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A Novel Sample Preparation Method for the Determination of Chloride in Bitumen Samples
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Reynhardt Klopper
Accurate salt content determination in petrochemical products such as crude oil and bitumen is of utmost importance to petrochemical companies. The presence of salt (present as sodium chloride) ... Read More
A Moisture Absorbing Polymer for Solvent Extraction Applications
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Chris Pohl Kannan Srinivasan Rahmat Ullah Pranathi Perati
The moisture absorbing polymer consumable described in this article is designed to remove moisture from wet samples inline during extraction as well as from the post-extraction solvent extract. Read More
Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy of Polymer Composites
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Kevin Kjoller Curtis Marcott Michael Lo Qichi Hu Eoghan Dillon Craig B. Prater
The field of polymer composites is a rapidly developing area of study in materials science. The addition of a variety of new component materials, such as carbon fibers, clay, carbon nanotubes, ... Read More
Interview With Richard Peters, President of NuAire, Inc.
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Maria Stone
Max D. Peters started the company back in 1971. He was an avionics engineer at Honeywell and he worked on satellites, aircraft, and other projects involving HEPA [high efficiency particle air] ... Read More
Quality Control: An Important Success Factor in Nucleic Acid-Based Analysis
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Carola Schade
Quality control (QC) is becoming increasingly important in nucleic acid-based testing. As detection technologies become more and more sensitive, final results are influenced not only by biological ... Read More
Particle Characterization: Challenges Associated With Submicrometer-Sized Objects
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Craig S. Schwandt
Materials in the form of particulate or engineered objects are relatively easy to characterize in terms of their composition, shape, size, and size distribution, provided they are larger than 1 µm in... Read More
How Electronic Laboratory Notebooks Aid in the Development of Bioanalytical Assays for Large Molecule Detection by LC/MS
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Laura Swift
The use of electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs) is becoming more popular among research and development (R&D) organizations. These electronic platforms optimize workflow and expedite data analysis ... Read More
Cyanobacteria - Origin of Modern Life and Hope for the Future
Friday, April 25, 2014

In this application note from the field of aquatic biotechnology, we learn how a BINDER KBW series climate chamber is chosen to research cyanobacteria, notably for its high temperature accuracy and ... Read More
Skin transplants Save Lives — Human Skin Cell Cultures are Incubated in BINDER Incubators for Clinical Use
Friday, April 25, 2014

The first clinical use of cultured autologous skin produced at DIZG was in 1995. The culture made a significant contribution to the life-saving treatment of a severely burned patient Read More
Adeas and BINDER Creating Best Conditions for your Solution
Friday, April 25, 2014

The creation of electronic products requires strict research and development, not just into their functional design, but also into the structural integrity of the design. Read More
Cable Testing with BINDER Ovens
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

With a heritage of nearly 150 years DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability are specialize in providing world-class, innovative solutions in the fields of business & technical consultancy, testing, ... Read More
Drug Safety: A Major Worldwide Issue in Patient Protection
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Globalization has many advantages. Pro ducts and services are available around the world Read More
Programmable, Light-emitting Textiles are in Fashion
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Textile Research Institute Thuringia Vogtland e. V. (TITV Greiz) uses BINDER drying ovens to test textiles and surfaces Read More
Evolution of Wyatt Technology Corp.
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Over the last 56 years, Wyatt Technology Corp. (WTC), including the adaptation of innovations from its progenitor, Science Spectrum, has earned a reputation for developing and marketing instruments ... Read More
Focus Sharpens on Miniature Optical Spectrometers at Pittcon®
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Matt Wilkinson
Optical spectroscopy often seems to be somewhat overlooked at Pittcon®, with much of the attention focusing on hyphenated technologies such as GC/MS or ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (... Read More
New Products for Gas Chromatography at Pittcon^® 2014
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Pittcon® is changing rapidly. After decades where separation science including GC/MS and LC/MS dominated the meeting, a report by Dr. Matt Wilkinson in this issue demonstrates that optical ... Read More
Sample Processing at Pittcon® 2014
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The tenfold increase in speed for the analytics (GC, HPLC, and SFC [supercritical fluid chromatography], all with MS) over the last decade has shifted the choke point in many workflows from analytics ... Read More
Mass Spectrometry—The Quest for Ionization Improvements: Notable New MS Products at Pittcon 2014
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Brian Musselman
Sitting here watching March Madness reminded me of the new instrumentation presented at Pittcon® in Chicago. Not one, but two, mass spectrometer prod- ucts were awarded a Pittcon Editors’ Award, ... Read More
Meeting the Challenge of Biological Changes Postsampling
Friday, May 16, 2014
Marcus Söderquist
Understanding the role of proteins, peptides, and their post-translational modifications, e.g., phosphorylations, in normal and diseased biological samples is crucial to elucidate in vivo biological ... Read More
A Matter of Speed: Real-Time PCR for the Rapid Detection of Mycoplasma Contamination
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Stephanie Schweizer Alexandra Scholz
Mycoplasma are among the world’s smallest bacteria capable of independent reproduction. They belong to the class of Mollicutes and have a very slow and parasitic growth. Read More