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Achieving Traceable Flow Measurement and Control of Gases in Scientific Research and Biopharmaceutical Systems
Monday, June 13, 2011
Larry Gallagher
As more research in science and pharmaceutical development is dependent on understanding and controlling the growth of cells and complex biochemical reactions, accurate and traceable measurement and ... Read More
Achieving Rapid, Accurate, and Reliable Nitrogen Determination in Soils Using Dynamic Flash Combustion
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Liliana Krotz Guido Giazzi
Nitrogen is a necessary part of all living cells, proteins, enzymes, and metabolic processes involved in the synthesis and transfer of energy. Read More
Achieving Accuracy and Reproducibility With Electronic Pipettes
Monday, November 07, 2016
Nora Meneceur Beatrice Guieu-Presle
Researchers are continuously seeking ways to improve efficiency while ensuring that their methods are reliable and their research is reproducible. Read More
Accelerating Discovery Through Better Supply Management
Friday, January 11, 2019
Jayant Kulkarni
LIMS, ELNs, and other software play a critical role in lab supply management. Read More
Accelerated Solvent Extraction With Acid Pretreatment for Improved Laboratory Productivity
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Brian Dorich Eric Francis Brett Murphy Bruce Richter Sheldon Henderson
Sample preparation, specifically solvent extraction, is an important beginning step in the analytical process. Read More
A Virtual Instrument System for Testing the Validity of Drugs
Monday, September 04, 2017
Xun Gong Wen Wu Qijun Wu Cheng Cai
A virtual instrument system for measuring the validity period of drugs enhances the performance of spectrophotometers. Read More
A Versatile Substrate Coated With Silver Nanoparticles for Surface-Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopy
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Beng Guat Ooi Lijie Zhao Ngee-Sing Chong
Both infrared and Raman spectroscopic techniques are useful for probing the structure of complex molecules. However, they are typically not as sensitive as mass spectrometric techniques and hence have... Read More
A UV Shadowing Technique Using a CCD Imaging System
Monday, April 04, 2011
Lindsey Bunn Afaf El-Sagheer
To visualize DNA and RNA on a gel requires the use of a dye or a radiolabel. Read More
A Tandem Approach to TOC Analysis in Drinking Water Treatment
Friday, August 07, 2015
John Welsh, Jr.
In 1974 Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to regulate the nation’s drinking water supply. Read More
A System That Helps Scientists See Drugs in Tissue Samples
Friday, July 01, 2005
Mark Springer
For drug developers, being able to see where a drug candidate is distributed in a targeted tissue helps them better assess the potential value of that compound as a pharmaceutical product. Read More
A System for Individual Rare Cell Recovery and Manipulation
Monday, May 09, 2011
Frank Gannon
One of the most valuable emerging tools for prognostic indication of cancer is the detection and quantification of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Read More
A Sterile, Reliable Laboratory Setup for Low-Volume Tuberculosis Antibiotic Discovery Assays
Monday, January 01, 2007
Pamela Thayalan Kakoli Mukherjee David Beer
One-third of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis, and one person dies every 15 sec from the disease. Read More
Simplified Bioanalytical Sample Preparation
Wednesday, April 08, 2015
Erica Pike
The complexity of biological samples can pose challenges to downstream analysis in the pharmaceutical industry. Bioanalytical and drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) groups often work with ... Read More
A Simple Way to Reduce Analysis Time in GC
Tuesday, June 05, 2018
Jaap de Zeeuw
An easy tool can be used to decrease analysis times in GC. Read More
A Sensitive and Selective GC/MS Method for Analyzing Persistent Organic Pollutants Using a Novel Ionization Source
Friday, October 04, 2013
Jody Dunstan
Charge transfer chemical ionization (CI) was among the ionization types studied decades ago by researchers investigating fundamental Characteristics of chemical ionization. However, the technique was ... Read More
A Robust Solution for the VOC Analysis of Air Toxics
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Nicola Watson
As evidence grows indicating the harmful effects of low-level exposure to hazardous air pollutants such as air toxics, there is an increasing need for analytical labs employing canisters to detect ... Read More
A Robust and Cost-Effective Alternative to LIMS for Sample Data Management
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Brian Baumann Stephanie M. Boos Althea Lee Peggy Ho Faix
Scientists recognize the importance of retaining critical research information that includes not only the raw data and accompanying analysis, but also information regarding the samples used to ... Read More
A Review of Quetzal: A Linguistic Search Engine for Biomedical Literature
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
C. Tobin Magle
Quetzal is a biomedical literature search engine that uses simple strategies that contain few keywords combined with an extensive biomedical vocabulary and filter sets that mirror the discovery ... Read More
A Research Tool for Sample Preparation and Microfluidics
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Jason Tucker Shane Woody
Precision ultrasonic microvortexing is an underexplored area in biophysics research, a pathway to automation for portable lab-on-a-chip (LOC) systems, biodetection, assays, and screening. Read More
A Redesigned Confocal Microscope for Super-Resolution Microscopy
Tuesday, May 09, 2017
Erik Manders Peter Drent Ronald Breedijk
A simple optical redesign converts a standard confocal microscope to a super-resolution microscope. Read More