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A High-Resolution Look at Glass Delamination Using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Elaine F. Schumacher
Formation of glass delamination flakes and secondary products through reaction of injectable pharmaceutical solutions with glass vial packaging leads to product contamination and costly recalls. ... read more
Product Intelligence: Capillary Electrophoresis Systems for High-Resolution Separations
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Caitlin Smith
High-resolution separations benefit from the power of capillary electrophoresis, due to its high accuracy and negligible investment of researchers’ time. This article points out the variety of ... read more
Product Intelligence: Mercury Analyzers in the Laboratory
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The determination of mercury levels is vital in many industries, for example, in the chemical industry, i.e., mercury levels in effluents, and in the food and environmental industries. Available ... read more
State-of-the-Art Separations With Convergence Chromatography
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has many potential advantages, including rapid separation of chiral analytes and separation by hydrocarbon class (i.e., saturates, olefins, and aromatics). Yet... read more
New Electronic Pipetting Technology
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Robert McNeil
Pipetting of samples and reagents is essential for reliable results. To meet this goal, pipetting has to be done with the highest precision and accuracy, but it must be done safely, without causing ... read more
Applied Ion Analysis of Water Used at Various Stages in the Energy Extraction Industry
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Jay Gandhi Anne Shearrow Johnson Mathew
Hydraulic fracturing (energy extraction) was invented by Floyd Farris and Joseph Clark (Stanolind Oil and Gas Corporation) in 1947 for the mining industry, but the modern horizontal fracking ... 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
Product Showcase: Blood Gas Analyzers
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
Blood gas analysis, more specifically referred to as arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, is a standard clinical diagnostic test that measures a patient’s blood gases; oxygen and carbon dioxide blood ... read more
What Should I Consider Before Buying an Automated Liquid Handler?
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
James Netterwald
Those in the market for an automated liquid handler have a number of considerations, as explained in this article. Types of dispensers for automated liquid handlers are peristaltic pumps, ... read more
R&D Informatics at Molecular Med Tri-Con 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Integrated R&D Informatics and Knowledge Management (I&KM) was the title of one of the 15 programs spread over three days at the 20th Molecular Med Tri-Con held February 13–15 at the Moscone Center in... read more
Automated Botulinum Neurotoxin Detection
Monday, February 25, 2013
Karine Bagramyan Aneela Reddy Dobrin Nedelkov Markus Kalkum
Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is undoubtedly the most potent biological toxin known. Intravenously injected it could paralyze and kill a human being at a dose of just 1.2 ng BoNT per kg body weight. read more
Product Intelligence:Considerations for Selecting Flow Cytometers
Monday, February 25, 2013
Caitlin Smith
Apoptosis, cell proliferation, cell cycle regulation, and immunophenotyping are some of the areas in which flow cytometers find application. Researchers have many options to consider when shopping for... read more
Product Intelligence: Solid Phase Extraction Systems
Monday, February 25, 2013

Solid phase extraction, or SPE, is used to isolate pollutants in water and pesticides in food, isolate drugs in blood and tissue samples, and separate proteins from a mixture, among other applications... read more
A Microwave Sample Preparation Procedure for the Commercial Testing Lab
Friday, February 15, 2013
Sumedh Phatak
Commercial testing laboratories that offer services for trace metals analysis have realized a variety of potential growth opportunities given the current passing of various local and international ... read more
Analyzing Volatile Organic Chemicals in Food: Emerging Trends and Recent Examples
Thursday, February 14, 2013
David Barden
The detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is important for a variety of reasons, many of which stem either from the need to ensure that damaging chemicals are controlled or eliminated, or the... read more
Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 51–Internal Standards With Electrospray Mass Spectrometry
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Lynn Vanatta
In modern scientific laboratories, the electrospray mass spectrometer is being used extensively. The instrument is highly specific and for many applications is quite sensitive. read more
Focus on Liquid Handling and 3-D Imaging at SLAS 2013
Friday, February 08, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Most commonly, laboratory automation involves a few hundred wells run for a specific purpose. SLAS 2013, the meeting of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, was held at the Gaylord ... read more
Automated Assays and More at SLAS 2013 and HCA 2013
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The second annual meeting of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS 2013), held January 12–16, attracted 3800 scientists and engineers to the Gaylord Hotel in Orlando, FL for an ... read more
High-Content Analysis (HCA 2013): 3-D Reduces the Gap Between In Vitro and In Vivo
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The 10th High-Content Analysis meeting attracted about 300 scientists to San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel (January 8–11, 2013). A Venn diagram of attendees would certainly include overlapping circles ... read more
$Product Intelligence: Overview of X-Ray Diffraction Systems$
Product Intelligence: Overview of X-Ray Diffraction Systems
Friday, February 01, 2013
Caitlin Smith
For the study of molecular structure, X-ray diffraction is a very powerful method that enables scientists to analyze the specific angles of diffracted X-rays and their intensities. X-ray diffraction ... read more