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Yelling “Fire”

Fear is a powerful emotion. So is the desire to believe the narrative with which we are most comfortable. Behaviors such as ostracizing HIV sufferers or having a preference for the biblical time line ... read more
A Look at Trends in Lab Automation With Hamilton, Premier Sponsor of SLAS2015

Laboratory automation is becoming increasingly more present, reliable and affordable. Debbie Bowers, VP of robotic operations at Hamilton Robotics (premier sponsor at SLAS), answers our questions ... read more
Book Review: Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA

Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA (Bloomsbury Press) is a must-read for scientists, particularly chemists and biochemists in America. Authors E.G. Vallianatos and McKay ... read more
Scientists Are Respected, But Not Believed

In January and into February, the Contra Costa Times published a series of articles relating to the public’s perception of science and scientists. To summarize, scientists are respected, but their ... read more
LIMS and DNA Analysis in the Forensics Laboratory

Laboratory information management systems (LIMS) are valuable tools in the forensics laboratory, streamlining the documentation and management of evidence including sample accession, extraction, ... read more
Pure Water: The Most Essential Laboratory Element

Both vital and versatile, water is used in all laboratories, in preparing media, buffers and additives and for heating, cooling, cleaning and rinsing. read more
Pittcon 2015 Exhibitors

Now in its 66th year, Pittcon continues to be the world’s foremost annual conference and exposition on laboratory science. One of the notable features of Pittcon is the global exposition, which ... read more
The Importance of Monodisperse Silica in the Evolution of UHPLC and HPLC Column Performance

There is growing interest in the use of monodisperse particle-size distribution or PSD (here defined as having 10% RSD or less) to prepare modern HPLC columns because good correlation has been ... read more
What Does Your Particle Size Data Mean?

Laser diffraction is a mature technology with extensive capabilities. Highly automated and easy to use, modern laser diffraction systems efficiently meet the requirements for particle size data ... read more
Total Nitrogen in Water by High-Temperature Catalytic Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection

There are currently no promulgated U.S. EPA methods for the determination of total nitrogen in ambient water and wastewater. There are approved methods for the determination of inorganic nitrogen (NO3... read more
Volume 47, Number 1

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Use of Microcalorimetry to Study Protein Stability

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is used in the pharmaceutical, polymer and biotechnology industries to study the effect of temperature on a variety of solids or liquids, including those that ... read more
High-Throughput Tools for Optimizing Drug Nanosuspensions

Inadequate absorption and bioavailability often make it difficult to deliver the drug to the target in vivo and pose significant challenges to the discovery and development of new drugs. A number of ... read more
Connecting the Genes With A Laptop Computer

Investigator Eugene Demidenko, PhD, of Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center coined the term “Gene Rank,” or GR, to describe a new characterization of gene connectivity. The computer algorithm can ... read more
Material Changes Shape Without Programming

A new class of rubber-like material not only self-stretches upon cooling, but reverts to its original shape when heated, all without physical manipulation. The material is like a shape-memory polymer ... read more