Technical Articles

Gas chromatography (GC) is a powerful analytical tool, and it’s getting out of the lab and traveling millions of miles into space as part of the Rosetta mission, a project initiated by the European ... read more

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates, but is not limited to, the food, drug, and medical device industries, which are subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&... read more

The exorbitant cost of bringing a new pharmaceutical product to market in the U.S. is well documented, with estimates as high as 12 years and $11 billion. There are many factors that drive this cost, ... read more

Hematology analysis comprises three primary physical technologies, i.e., flow cytometry, fluorescent flow cytometry, and electrical impedance. Each methodology is employed with chemical reagents that ... read more

Pittcon®, the world’s largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science, is the premier venue for innovations, and the Pittcon Editors’ Awards are all about rewarding those types of ... read more

In its most basic form, the UV-VIS spectrophotometer comprises a light source, a method for separating out the light into its spectrum, and a method to detect light once it has bounced off of a sample... read more

In recent years, carbon nanomaterials have created their own niche in materials science due to their exceptional electronic, thermal, mechanical, optical, and magnetic properties, creating potential ... read more

Quantitative analysis of subvisible particles is an important unsolved problem, as discussed in the Particle Analysis track of PepTalk 2014, held January 12–17 at the Renaissance Hotel and Palm ... read more

Biologists are increasingly turning to fluorescence as their contrast method of choice. In addition to finding application in materials science, medicine, pharma, and semiconductors, fluorescence is ... read more

Statistical outlier identification and remediation is a topic that has caused issues in almost every laboratory. There are many causes of outliers, including measurement error, sampling error, ... read more