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NIST Downsizes Lasers

Thursday, November 02, 2017

The world is downsizing in search for the many benefits, including sustainability, specificity, and speed. Read More

Getting Super Resolution From Your Optical or Electron Microscope

Monday, October 30, 2017

Chemistry is all about structure–activity relationships. Determining structure is the hard part, especially on the nano scale. Often one is interested... Read More

Lack of Rigor and Reproducibility Raises Question About Likelihood Ratios

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Those of us who are called as expert witness or report about our work in forensic situations often hear the term “likelihood ratio” (LR). Read More

American Laboratory: Connecting the Dots for 49 Years

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

For 49 years, American Laboratory has served chemists and life scientists in their labs by communicating advances in products to corresponding ... Read More

Dusk Without Shadows: Observations on the Total Eclipse of 2017

Monday, September 18, 2017

I traveled to Salem, Oregon, to observe the eclipse of August 21, 2017 at a point along its path of totality. Read More

Ultrasensitive Detection Requires Ultravalidation and Transparency

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

A front-page article in the September 5 edition of The New York Times describes the problem created by stretching the limits of DNA amplification ... Read More

From Metrology Research to Cybersecurity: NIST Provides Sound Solutions

Tuesday, September 05, 2017

In light of upcoming fiscal planning for 2018, I am fearful that additional cuts will be made to the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (... Read More

ABC News Reports Circulating Tumor DNA Has Diagnostic Significance

Friday, August 18, 2017

On the ABC evening news of August 16, 2017, a closing segment described a promising report describing direct detection of early-stage cancers using ... Read More

Biosynth Licenses Unique Chemiluminescent Reporter Probes

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Reporter molecules are used in biochemical staining and bioassays such as ELISA. Read More

Early Authors Propelled Explosive Growth of Scientific Instrumentation

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

October 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of American Laboratory. I’d like to take this opportunity to reminisce about important factors that have ... Read More

Selective Detection of Oxygenates, Including Cannabis Analytes

Friday, July 28, 2017

Over several decades, DETector Engineering and Technology, Inc. has explored surface ionization as an element-specific detection technology for gas ... Read More

Pixels versus Paper

Monday, July 24, 2017

Society supports STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) because of the benefits they provide. Read More

What if Climate Change is Real?

Monday, July 17, 2017

Let’s put aside the politically hot topic of the reality of climate change and just assume it is real. Read More

How to Respond to the Pending Helium Shortage

Friday, July 07, 2017

Qatar is the source of as much as 30% of the global supply of helium. The embargo of Qatar by several of its neighboring countries threatens the ... Read More

Quantum Logic May Enable Single-Molecule NMR

Friday, June 23, 2017

According to Wikipedia, quantum logic (QL) is a set of rules for reasoning about propositions that takes the principles of quantum theory into account... Read More

NIST Downsizes Lasers

Getting Super Resolution From Your Optical or Electron Microscope

Lack of Rigor and Reproducibility Raises Question About Likelihood Ratios

American Laboratory: Connecting the Dots for 49 Years

Dusk Without Shadows: Observations on the Total Eclipse of 2017

Ultrasensitive Detection Requires Ultravalidation and Transparency

From Metrology Research to Cybersecurity: NIST Provides Sound Solutions

ABC News Reports Circulating Tumor DNA Has Diagnostic Significance

Biosynth Licenses Unique Chemiluminescent Reporter Probes

Early Authors Propelled Explosive Growth of Scientific Instrumentation

Selective Detection of Oxygenates, Including Cannabis Analytes

Pixels versus Paper

What if Climate Change is Real?

How to Respond to the Pending Helium Shortage

Quantum Logic May Enable Single-Molecule NMR

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