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Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk: Pipets as Sources of Error
Thursday, March 01, 2007
This is the first in a series of articles entitled, “Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk,” addressing the most common causes of liquid delivery error and... Read More
Lead in Vinegar: Determination and Possible Sources
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Exposure to contaminant lead remains a public concern because of its pervasiveness in the environment and increasing evidence of its sublethal ... Read More
Experimental Variables in GC×GC: A Complex Interplay
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) has been enjoying increasing attention in recent years. Read More
From Desert Storm to Lipstick: Applying Viscosity Measurement to New Challenges*
Thursday, February 01, 2007
The development of solid-state acoustic viscometers opens a wide range of new applications in both the laboratory and the field. Read More
Ion Exchange for Proteomics
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Ion exchange is particularly well suited to the separation of biological molecules; however, limitations of HPLC packing materials have restricted its... Read More
Improved Column Chromatography Performance Using Arginine
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Protein purification and analysis using column chromatography is facing new challenges because of increasing demands in the proteomic and ... Read More
Centrifuge Safety and Security
Thursday, February 01, 2007
For laboratories around the world, increasing health and safety legislation requires that equipment be operated and maintained so that every step is ... Read More
Reagent-Free Ion Chromatography Systems With Eluent Regeneration: RFIC-ER Systems
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Since the introduction of ion chromatography (IC) in 1975, Dionex Corp. (Sunnyvale, CA) has continued to improve the performance of IC systems while ... Read More
The Nanoliter Syringes
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Following an informal collaboration with Affymax (Palo Alto, CA), Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, CA), and Chem-Space Associates (Pittsburgh, PA), ... Read More
Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 25—Calibration Summary
Thursday, February 01, 2007
In a modern chemical-analysis laboratory, virtually all of the testing equipment must be calibrated periodically. Read More
Ultrasensitive Measurement of Protein and Nucleic Acid Biomarkers for Earlier Disease Detection and More Effective Therapies
Friday, January 19, 2007
It is a universal fact substantiated by decades of biopharmaceutical research: the earlier a disease is detected, the more likely treatments will be ... Read More
Advances in Microscale Protein Fractionation and Analysis
Monday, January 01, 2007
Fractionation is an essential step in the identification of proteins and their subsequent structural characterization. Read More
Attomole Quantitative Chemiluminescence for Molecular Diagnostics
Monday, January 01, 2007
The study and use of bioluminescence and chemiluminescence have increased dramatically in recent years. Read More
A Sterile, Reliable Laboratory Setup for Low-Volume Tuberculosis Antibiotic Discovery Assays
Monday, January 01, 2007
One-third of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis, and one person dies every 15 sec from the disease. Read More
High-Efficiency FAMEs Analyses Using Capillary GC
Monday, January 01, 2007
During the past few decades, a variety of theories concerning the hazards and benefits of dietary fats have been postulated, some of which seem to be ... Read More