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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
Material Characterization With Complete Compositional Analysis Using Thermogravimetry
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Matthias Wagner Michael R. Zemo
Consistent high performance demanded from modern materials has been a topic of discussion for both technical and business individuals for many years. The globalization of the supply and ... Read More
Matrix Degradation Assays for Investigating Cell Invasion
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Jun Ma Luke Armstrong Janet Anderl
Tumor metastasis, inflammation, and development are accompanied by the invasion of cells through the extracellular matrix. Read More
Measurement and Prediction of Fluid Viscosity at High Shear Rates
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Tien T. Dao Jeshwanth K. Rameshwaram
Polymeric materials, in a general sense, are viscoelastic in nature since they exhibit a strong dependence of deformation and flow on time and temperature. Performance of these materials can only be ... Read More
Measurement of IL-6 RNA Levels in Live Cells
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Shobana Vaidyanathan
Infections and tissue damage lead to acute inflammatory responses, orchestrated by the release of cytokines from macrophages and mast cells, as well as endothelium and tumor cells. Tumor necrosis ... Read More
Measures to Alleviate Fume Hood Noise
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Kang Chen Hongbo Zhang Wenjun Zhang
The focus of this study was to reduce aerodynamic noise generated from fume hoods. Read More
Measuring Absolute Molar Mass Using UHPLC SEC-MALS
Friday, June 13, 2014
Sophia Kenrick Aym Berges
The characterization of aggregates or fragments in a biomolecular sample for applications such as bioanalytical chemistry and clinical diagnostics has traditionally been carried out using size ... Read More
Measuring the Heat of Evaporation by TGA/DSC
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Steve Sauerbrunn Michael Zemo
Heat of evaporation is the amount of heat required to make a physical change from the liquid phase to the gas phase. Read More
Measuring Viscosity in Samples as Small as 100 Microliters: Part 1
Friday, December 01, 2006
Kerem Durdag
Over the years there have been a number of efforts to build solid-state viscosity sensors for both laboratory and on-line applications that would measure smaller sample sizes, as well as be easier to... 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
Meeting the Specialized Requirements of the Biologist Through a Biology-Focused Electronic Laboratory Notebook
Monday, October 01, 2007
Paul Denny-Gouldson
Many organizations assume that electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs) are a generic tool because a paper laboratory notebook is generic and applicable to any discipline. Read More
Mercury Measurements: Overcoming Contamination and Interferences to Enable the Correct Measurements for Valued Judgments
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Peter B. Stockwell Warren T. Corns Derek W. Bryce
Interest and concern about the levels of mercury in its various forms in the environment have been well documented over the last 50 years. Read More
Metal Impurities in Pharmaceuticals and Dietary Supplements: Implementing ICP-MS for USP <232> and Proposition 65
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Stephen J. Mangum Kenneth R. Neubauer
Heavy metal exposure of a population has been a long-standing health concern. Read More
Methods to Increase Consumer Confidence in Premium Olive Oils
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Steve Zelenak
In 2007, the U.S. Marshals Service seized 10,939 cases of extra virgin olive oil and pomace olive oil, valued at approximately $628,000, in Long Island City, NY. Read More
Micro RNA Profiling with a Multiplexed Assay
Monday, March 03, 2014
Mark Santos
From the discovery of new miRNAs to clarifying their biological roles and utility as biomarkers, micro RNA (miRNA)-based research is undergoing a period of change. Rigorous methods are therefore ... Read More
Microbiological Testing Using Nutrient Pad Sets for Quality Assurance of Beverages
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Juliane Pfützenreuter
Inspection of final product is no longer sufficient to meet beverage quality assurance requirements. Read More
Microscopy for Materials Characterization: Illuminating Structures With Light and Electrons
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Elaine F. Schumacher
Engineered materials abound in products that we use every day. They can range from a bulk material like the glass in a window to a dispersion of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a sunscreen ... Read More
Microscopy in 2011: The Imaging Suite is the Microscope
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Scott Jordan
In the 1980s, Sun Microsystems coined the trademark “The Network is the Computer” to herald the days of distributed computing. Read More
Miniaturized FTIR for Maximized Productivity
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Ken Fredeen John S. Seelenbinder Mark L. Norman
In today’s fast-paced business environment, many companies are under pressure to improve their productivity. This is especially true in the pharmaceutical industry, where reducing time-to-market ... Read More
Minimizing Contamination in Cell Culture Laboratories
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Mary Kay Bates
Cell culture laboratories share the requirement for equipment and consumables that help to reduce contamination, protecting sample integrity for downstream use. Read More