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Microscopy is Moving On
Friday, July 01, 2005
Aubrey Lambert
The basis for observations has not really changed in all the time that lenses have been used to magnify objects. read more
Microscopy + Spectroscopy: Pittcon® 2013 Celebrates the Power of Two
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Barbara Foster
The year 2013 celebrates a new benchmark for imaging at Pittcon^®. Historically, Pittcon has not been considered an imaging meeting, despite the fact that a review of Pittcon 2012 statistics revealed ... read more
Microplate Readers Buying Tips: The Core Lab Perspective
Friday, August 16, 2013
Josh P. Roberts
Directors of core labs give their perspectives on key issues that should be considered before one purchases a microplate reader. For example, it is important for the user to determine the kinds of ... read more
Microfiltration Technology: A Sensible Approach to Automating Sample Preparation
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
William E. Coville Mason Loika
In the world of laboratories, the discerning eye of an efficiency expert must wince while witnessing sample preparation. read more
Microcentrifuge Buyers Guide
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Josh P. Roberts
A microcentrifuge is an invaluable tool that finds application in research, academic, and clinical laboratory settings. In order to select the right microcentrifuge for your purposes, you will need to... read more
Microcalorimetry: A Powerful Tool for Characterizing Amyloid Fibril Formation
Friday, February 03, 2006
Verna Frasca
Many soluble proteins misfold and form insoluble amyloid fibrils. This process occurs in many neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s ... read more
Micro-ESR: Miniature Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
Friday, April 01, 2011
Christopher J. White Colin T. Elliott James R. White
Recent years have seen a dramatic upsurge in the availability of miniaturized sensing technologies. read more
Micro Raman at Pittcon^® 2012
Monday, May 07, 2012
Barbara Foster
Micro Raman was big news at Pittcon® 2012. While the hardware has stabilized, there were intriguing new developments in the science and its applications. read more
Methodologies for Stabilization of Pharmaceuticals in Biological Samples
Friday, July 01, 2005
Jiwen Chen Ganfeng Wang Jean-Marc Brisson Yunsheng Hsieh
The instability of small drug molecules in biological fluids causes serious bioanalytical challenges, regardless of what type of powerful analytical technology is employed for the bioanalytical ... read more
Method Development in Thermal Analysis: Part 1
Monday, February 18, 2008
Markus Schubnell
The development and validation of methods is of major importance in today’s quality assurance systems. read more
Methane—A Simple Gas with Complex Problems
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Natural gas (NG), which is 90+% methane, heats half of America’s households and fuels many important industrial processes including production of electricity, fertilizer, and polymers. NG is collected... read more
Mercury and Arsenic Speciation Analysis by IC-ICP-MS
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Laura Reyes H.M. Skip Kingston Andrea Wille Jürgen Knöll Alfred Steinbach
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
Meeting Multilevel Challenges in University Laboratory Design
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Andrew Labov
The programming and design of the University of Texas at Austin’s Norman Hackerman Building illustrates how architecture can help institutions meet research and educational goals in science and ... read more
Measuring Yield Stress
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Richard Buscall Adrian Hill
Various materials, typically gels or dispersions with a high concentration of suspended particles, can behave either as elastic solids or as liquids, depending on the degree of force or stress to ... read more
Measuring Organic Carbon: A Brief History and Discussion of Methodologies
Monday, May 02, 2016
William Lipps
Total organic carbon (TOC) is a rapid method that analyzes for organic carbon and expresses the result as the amount of carbon found. read more
Measurement of Viscosity in a Vertical Falling Ball Viscometer
Monday, October 27, 2008
Ping Yuan Ben-Yuan Lin
A number of methods are used to measure the viscosity of fluids. read more
Measurement of Biodiesel Percentage Volume in B0–B100 Blends Using Encoded Photometric Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
Monday, October 01, 2007
Mike Beauchaine
Derived from biological sources, biodiesel is gaining momentum as the energy source of the future, being biodegradable and nontoxic, and producing around 60% less net carbon dioxide emissions than ... read more
Mass Spectrometry Imaging Techniques Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy to Advance Dementia Research
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Habil J. Sabine Becker Meike Hamester
The Analytical BrainMet (Bioimaging of Metals in Brain and Metallomics) Centre at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, has developed novel mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) techniques using laser ... read more
Mass Spectrometry and Liquid Chromatography: A Dynamic Duo
Friday, May 31, 2013
Josh P. Roberts
The combined techniques of liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry provide a powerful tool for which to conduct important analyses. Applications of LC/MS in proteomics and drug metabolite analysis... read more
Making Single-Molecule Sequencing a Reality
Friday, December 05, 2008
Avak Kahvejian Steve Kellett
The quest to directly sequence individual strands of DNA has challenged genomic technologists for decades. read more