Technical Articles

The demands of environmental and atmospheric monitoring continue to grow in terms of the number of sites and types of facilities that are being monitored (fixed, mobile, shipboard, airborne) and the ... read more

Protection of consumer rights, the prevention of fraudulent or deceptive practices, and the adulteration of food are important challenging issues facing the food industry. read more

Trace-level determination of toxic compounds from complex matrices often requires a sample cleanup step such as liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) or solid-phase extraction (SPE) prior to analysis in ... read more

Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), a buffer solution commonly used in many biological research fields, contains monobasic potassium phosphate, sodium chloride, and dibasic sodium phosphate. read more

Historically, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) measurements have focused on the analysis of materials as a function of an imposed temperature profile. However, most consumer products are subject to a... read more

The disease discovery and therapy workflow is lengthy and convoluted, with the potential for technical, regulatory and turf issues. read more

Quantitative bioanalysis is the most important application area of liquid chromatography coupled with atmospheric pressure ionization (API) tandem mass spectrometric detection (LC-API-MS-MS) in ... read more

Particle size analysis has traditionally been dominated by historical techniques such as sieving or sedimentation procedures. read more

Rice is the second most prevalent cereal crop in the world, with an annual global production of approximately 600 million tons. It is the staple food of most Asian countries, with a daily consumption ... read more

Nitrobenzene is widely used as an intermediary in the chemical industry. The release of nitrobenzene into the environment is of great concern because of its toxicity, persistence, and accumulation ... read more