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Volume 42, Number 10
Friday, October 01, 2010
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Biological Imaging: What More Can It Provide?
Thursday, September 30, 2010
The physicist Richard Feynman famously said in reference to (what is now called) nanotechnology, that “there is plenty of room at the bottom.” Read More
The Interaction Between Gemini Surfactant and Bovine Serum Albumin
Thursday, September 30, 2010
In recent years, Gemini surfactants have emerged as promising surface active agents. Read More
A Novel Performance Test for Outlet Check Valve Function in HPLC Pumps
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Check valves are a vital mechanical component of HPLC pump hardware. A detailed description of check valve function and hardware designs is given in ... Read More
A Microfluidics-Based Droplet Plate Reader for Nucleic Acid and Protein Quantification
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Life science laboratories are gradually moving toward automated liquid handling to achieve cost reduction, productivity increases, and improved data ... Read More
The Road to Better Cell Culture Outcomes
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
In an environment literally covered in microorganisms, keeping cell cultures contaminant free is both challenging and essential. Read More
Enterprise Thinking: Driving Open Standards Adoption in the Laboratory
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
With the continued rise in the cost of drug research and development, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and research companies are rethinking the way ... Read More
Improving FTIR Operation With a Contaminant Analysis Program
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Spectrum search (library search) is a procedure often used in contaminant analysis. It consists of using the search function included in Fourier ... Read More
Effective Forensic Sample Tracking and Handling
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
With implications for the success of a legal case, forensic samples must be stored under optimal conditions to avoid DNA deterioration. Failure to ... Read More
Benefits of an Integrated Laboratory (iLAB)
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
An iLAB, or integrated laboratory, is a new type of laboratory informatics system—a total laboratory automation system. The value of an iLAB can best ... Read More
Challenging Chromatographic Peak Integration
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Integration is a fundamental task that all chromatographers perform on a daily basis. Due to faster chromatography, which is creating more data every ... Read More
Identifying Trace Compounds in Complex Mixtures With MS Data-Processing Software
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
With the ultimate aim of protecting workers, consumers, and the environment, industry regulations are continually expanding with respect to monitoring... Read More
Determination of Pesticides in Baby Food by HPLC-MS-MS Using an LC System and Triple-Quadrupole LC-MS
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Due to the diversity of pesticides used in food protection and the globalization of the food industry, it is important to monitor programs that cover ... Read More
Multimycotoxin Screening and Quantitation in Beer Samples Using UHPLC and a High-Resolution and Accurate Mass Approach
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by many species of microscopic filamentary fungi occurring on field cereals including barley, ... Read More
Real-Time Detection of Central Nervous System Tissues on Bovine Carcasses Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal, neurodegenerative transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in cattle that is thought to be the... Read More