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Neutron Crystallography Contributes to Drug Design
Monday, January 07, 2013
Carbonic anhydrases are a large group of enzymes that are expressed in humans. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) catalyzes the reversible hydration of CO2 to ... Read More
Glas-Col’s Digital Pulse Mixer
Monday, January 07, 2013
Our Digital Pulse Mixer uses advanced technology providing shortened processing time for QuEChERS and EPA Methods. Staying with our initiative to ... Read More
Vaccine Storage: Keeping Vaccines Safe When They Are In Highest Demand
Friday, January 04, 2013
Flu season is upon us and laboratories are doing their part to make sure vaccines are prepared and ready for distribution. One of the biggest problems... Read More
Genuinely Better GC
Friday, January 04, 2013
Agilent’s full range of GC and GC/MS solutions offers the highest level of analytical performance and unmatched assurance and reliability to help you ... Read More
Pittcon 2013 – Powering Innovations in Environmental Science
Friday, January 04, 2013
Pittcon 2013, the world’s largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science. March 17-21, Philadelphia.

The premier exposition offers... Read More
Product Intelligence: Buyer's Guide to Water Baths and Chillers
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Used to maintain constant temperature of samples and heat or cool them, water baths and chillers find wide application in the laboratory. An overview ... Read More
Volume 45, Number 1
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
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Product Intelligence: Purchasing Guide to Microplate Readers
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Microplate readers find application in a tremendous array of applications and across a wide range of disciplines such as proteomics, chemistry, and ... Read More
Answer to What is This on the Cover of American Laboratory November/December
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
The image on the cover of American Laboratory November/December showed osteocytes (bone cells) from fibrillar compact triceratops horn bone. Read More
Rational Design of an Oral Enzyme Therapeutic: A Novel Approach for Celiac Disease
Monday, December 31, 2012
Rational design of proteins seeks to develop enzymes with particular function by engineering the protein’s structure. This is an exceedingly difficult... Read More
Mitigating Problems With Hydraulic Fracking in the Marcellus Shale
Monday, December 31, 2012
I’ve been bothered by the adverse reports on hydraulic fracking to stimulate hydrocarbon production, including pollution of water (surface and ... Read More
H5N1 Avian Influenza: An Emerging Disease
Friday, December 28, 2012
The first cases of zoonotic human infection with A/H5N1 were reported from Hong Kong in 1997. Since the re-emergence of A/H5N1 infections in 2003, ... Read More
Three new triple quads achieve a new global standard in mass spectrometry
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Three new triple quadrupole mass spectrometers LCMS-8040, LCMS-8080 and GCMS-TQ8030 complete Shimadzu’s UFMS series consisting of seven powerful ... Read More
Reducing DNA Sample Backlogs and Protecting Chain-of-Custody in the Forensic Laboratory
Monday, December 24, 2012
For years, forensic laboratories in the U.S. have struggled to reduce DNA sample processing backlogs and human errors, both of which hinder timely and... Read More
Attend Pittcon® 2013 and Experience the Power of Innovation
Friday, December 21, 2012
Pittcon® is the largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science. This “must-attend” event offers an extensive technical and ... Read More