Technical Articles

Degradation of proteins during storage or processing is a major concern in both manufacturing and research. read more

pH influences the rate of many chemical and enzymatic reactions. read more

Chemotherapeuticals as feed additives were widely used in the European Union to prevent and control many diseases in food-producing animals, read more

The basic concept behind high-throughput screening (HTS) is a numbers game: If one has the technical ability to test thousands upon thousands of potential drug compounds against a specific target, it ... read more

Analytical chemists have long known that closed-vessel microwave sample preparation techniques are the most reliable way to achieve high-quality digestions—i.e., clear, precipitate-free solutions... read more

One of the main focuses of the scientific community, now that major advances have been achieved in the comprehension of genome organization, has become the study of proteins, including their structure... read more

Sample introduction has been a problem for analytical chemists for decades. In 1984, Richard Browner and Andrew Boorn went so far as to call sample introduction "The Achilles’ Heel of Atomic ... read more

In vivo protein imaging technology has been greatly advanced over the last decade by the development of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its derivatives as investigational tools. read more

In 1981, two research scientists from IBM’s European research facility in Rueschlikon, Switzerland, made a discovery that would help change the face of the world today. read more

Since the beginning of this series of articles, the central topic has been calibration and its associated uncertainty. read more