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Enterprise Thinking: Driving Open Standards Adoption in the Laboratory
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Trish Meek Séamus Mac Conaonaigh
With the continued rise in the cost of drug research and development, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and research companies are rethinking the way they do business. Read More
Ensuring Data Integrity in Dropping Point Determination
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Hans-Joachim Muhr
Softening and dropping point determination are established analytical tests that provide quality control for petrochemical products such as lubricating grease. However, to be accurate and comparable, ... Read More
Ensuring Biopharmaceutical Data Integrity in a Changing R&D Landscape: How Cloud-Based Solutions Overcome Big Data Challenges
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Trish Meek
Cloud-based informatics platforms are streamlining biopharmaceutical R&D and accelerating the process of bringing new drugs to market. Read More
Enabling Verifiable Science Through Smart, Connected Lab Devices
Tuesday, June 05, 2018
Tiphaine De Jouvencel
IoT laboratory devices such as cloud-enabled pipettes and electronic lab notebooks improve reproducibility. Read More
Enabling Cancer Research and Treatment With Droplet-Based Digital PCR Technology
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
George Karlin-Neumann
Cancer research is as necessary as ever, especially if we are to fulfill the promise of personalized (or “precision”) medicine based on specific cancer therapies directed to known molecular targets. Read More
Electrophoresis 2.0: Faster, Stronger, and More Reproducible
Monday, August 04, 2014
Ryan Jensen Stefan Lehr Anton Posch
In 2010, researchers around the world were competing to finish the race to purify BRCA2, a protein whose mutant form is associated with more than 50% of hereditary breast cancer. But only one of ... Read More
Electronic Pipetting: The Call for Innovation
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Paula Heimler
Take a close look around most laboratories and you will find an old, barely used fixture. No one knows who ordered it or who it belongs to. It is yellowed, dusty, and top heavy, with a small keyboard ... Read More
Electronic DNA Sample Processing Preserves Evidence Integrity in the Forensics Laboratory
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Joanie Brocato
Ten years ago, most forensics laboratories tested and analyzed a manageable number of samples. Read More
Electrochemical Determination of Acetaminophen Using Gold Nanoparticles–Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode
Monday, December 15, 2014
Youyuan Peng Zhifu Zheng
Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been extensively studied for use in emitting devices, energy storage, sensor field, and biological and biomedical applications. Read More
Efficient Use of Spectral Information Through Multiline Analysis in ICP-AES
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Jean-Michel Mermet Agnès Cosnier Sophie Lebouil Sébastien Vélasquez
The classical way to conduct the determination of an element in inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) is to select a single line with adequate sensitivity and that is free... Read More
Effects of Sodium Silicate on Self-Degradable Cementitious Composites
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Xiuhua Zheng Shiwei Yang Zhongli Lei Huijing Tan Bairu Xia
Sodium silicate plays an important role in the hydration and self-degradation of geothermal temporary sealing materials, prepared by introducing sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) into sodium ... Read More
Effective Techniques for Maintaining Test Sieves
Friday, August 09, 2019
Candace Blaker
As a sensitive technical instrument, it is essential to take proper care of sieves. If a sieve falls out of specification, it could adversely affect quality standards; however, a well-maintained sieve... Read More
Effective Forensic Sample Tracking and Handling
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Tal Murthy Brian Hewson
With implications for the success of a legal case, forensic samples must be stored under optimal conditions to avoid DNA deterioration. Failure to maintain proper storage conditions can result in ... Read More
Easy Transition From Assay Development to High-Throughput Screening
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Peter Banks Xavier Amouretti Karen Kleman-Leyer Brad Larson Tracy Worzella
A critical factor in achieving success with any assay is to ensure that the assay detection instrumentation is compatible with the reagents being used. Read More
Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis Measurements Using a Rotational Rheometer
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Prajakta Kamerkar
Many industries use a rotational rheometer on a daily basis to understand the mechanical properties and flow characteristics of a variety of viscoelastic materials. Read More
Dynamic Light Scattering For the Noninvasive Detection of Protein Aggregation
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Bernard Lorber
Protein homogeneity is an important issue in many fields of research, be it the characterization of newly isolated molecules, the identification of crystallizable samples, or the preparation of ... Read More
Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) Microrheology: Taking Rheological Characterization to Extremes
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Steve Carrington
Microrheology is a relatively new and developing analytical methodology of growing interest to those working at the forefront of rheological characterization. The term “microrheology” is used to ... Read More
Ductless Filtering Fume Enclosure or Ducted Fumehood? Selecting the Right Product in Today’s Environment
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Francois Pierre Hauville
What is preferable when handling toxic gases—a ductless filtering fume enclosure or ducted fumehood? Read More
DSC–Microscopy
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Steve Sauerbrunn Michael Zemo Tom Basalik
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) has been the primary thermal analysis tool since its inception many decades ago. Read More
Drying of Problematic Purification Samples by Lyophilization in a Centrifugal Evaporator
Monday, June 13, 2011
Induka Abeysena Rob Darrington
Lyophilization is often the preferred method of sample drying because a high level of dryness is achieved with low residual solvent levels, and because of the light, powdery, “fluffy” finish of the ... Read More