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The Road to Better Cell Culture Outcomes
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
In an environment literally covered in microorganisms, keeping cell cultures contaminant free is both challenging and essential. read more
Enterprise Thinking: Driving Open Standards Adoption in the Laboratory
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
With the continued rise in the cost of drug research and development, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and research companies are rethinking the way they do business. read more
Improving FTIR Operation With a Contaminant Analysis Program
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Spectrum search (library search) is a procedure often used in contaminant analysis. It consists of using the search function included in Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) software or specialized ... read more
Effective Forensic Sample Tracking and Handling
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
With implications for the success of a legal case, forensic samples must be stored under optimal conditions to avoid DNA deterioration. Failure to maintain proper storage conditions can result in ... read more
Benefits of an Integrated Laboratory (iLAB)
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
An iLAB, or integrated laboratory, is a new type of laboratory informatics system—a total laboratory automation system. The value of an iLAB can best be appreciated by exploring four key problems with... read more
Challenging Chromatographic Peak Integration
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Integration is a fundamental task that all chromatographers perform on a daily basis. Due to faster chromatography, which is creating more data every day, the amount of time spent on integration is ... read more
Identifying Trace Compounds in Complex Mixtures With MS Data-Processing Software
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
With the ultimate aim of protecting workers, consumers, and the environment, industry regulations are continually expanding with respect to monitoring the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by ... read more
Determination of Pesticides in Baby Food by HPLC-MS-MS Using an LC System and Triple-Quadrupole LC-MS
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Due to the diversity of pesticides used in food protection and the globalization of the food industry, it is important to monitor programs that cover a large number of pesticides. The application of ... read more
Multimycotoxin Screening and Quantitation in Beer Samples Using UHPLC and a High-Resolution and Accurate Mass Approach
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by many species of microscopic filamentary fungi occurring on field cereals including barley, which is used in the production of beer. The most ... read more
Real-Time Detection of Central Nervous System Tissues on Bovine Carcasses Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal, neurodegenerative transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in cattle that is thought to be the cause of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)... read more
Mercury and Arsenic Speciation Analysis by IC-ICP-MS
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Ion chromatography (IC) with conductivity detection has been used successfully to determine anionic and cationic substances as well as polar compounds such as amines and organic acids. However, in ... read more
Volume 42, Number 9
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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Volume, 42, Number 8
Sunday, August 01, 2010
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Time-of-Flight Terahertz Tomography
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Terahertz sensing and imaging technology has been investigated in various fields, including security,medicine, biochemical applications, and art.1–4 One of the most powerful tools for terahertz ... read more
The Double Life of Structured Fluids
Sunday, August 01, 2010
The products we stir, pump, spread, pour, and spray are usually thought of as liquids. Surprisingly, however, it can be demonstrated that they live a quiet double life as liquids when observed,but ... read more