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Coral Rebounds in Maui in 2016

Thursday, December 01, 2016

Warnings about thermally induced die-off of corals around the world first appeared in 2014. Read More

Atomic Electron Tomography Provides 3-D Atomic Structures of Solids

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

For more than a century, scientists have relied on X-ray crystallography to elucidate the properties of crystalline materials. Read More

Reports, Random and Relevant

Monday, November 07, 2016

U.S. elections. Chances are when this magazine arrives in your mailbox, the U.S. 2016 elections will (mercifully) be over. Read More

Cancer Throws Another Curveball

Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Metastasis of solid cancer tumors is a crucial step in progression and generally portends poor patient outcome. Read More

Close to Home

Thursday, September 29, 2016

A loose definition of sustainability would go something like, “Practices that foster energy savings and reduce pollution.” Read More

Wearable Sensor for Blood Alcohol Responds in Under 100 Seconds

Monday, September 05, 2016

Measuring blood alcohol in real time is a significant unmet need in law enforcement and healthcare, especially in emergency situations. Read More

Interview with Larry R. Marshall, Chief Executive of CSIRO

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

At the Silicon Valley and Down Under Innovation Summit, hosted in February by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, I had ... Read More

Paper Analytical Devices (PADs) for Qualitative and Semiquantitative Assays

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Do you ever wonder if the drug you’re considering buying is what it says it is or if it is still potent? Read More

No Such Thing as TMI

Friday, August 26, 2016

The June 27, 2016 issue of The New Yorker included an article by Paige Williams that detailed the work of paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, a professor ... Read More

FDA Issues Draft Guidance for DNA Sequencing

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

President Obama outlined the Precision Medicine Initiative in his 2015 State of the Union address, with a goal toward improving healthcare and ... Read More

Review of Nanolytica 2016

Friday, July 22, 2016

Nanolytica 2016, held May 20 at the University of California at Berkeley, was organized by PerkinElmer and the Bay Area Nanotechnology Council of the... Read More

Book Review: ContamiNation: My Quest to Survive in a Toxic World

Thursday, June 16, 2016

McKay Jenkins has earned a reputation for critically reviewing the advances and costs of our industrial world. Read More

Sweet Tooth

Monday, May 30, 2016

Discussions about food safety generally focus on contaminants such as bacteria, pesticides and other non-food substances that find their way into the... Read More

Electron Microscope With sub-Angstrom Resolution

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

For most of my scientific life, I’ve been intrigued with the possibility of directly observing molecules. Read More

All Abuzz

Monday, May 02, 2016

Monoclonal antibodies. PCR. High-throughput screening. Pot. What do they have in common? They were, or are, going to change the world. Read More

Coral Rebounds in Maui in 2016

Atomic Electron Tomography Provides 3-D Atomic Structures of Solids

Reports, Random and Relevant

Cancer Throws Another Curveball

Close to Home

Wearable Sensor for Blood Alcohol Responds in Under 100 Seconds

Interview with Larry R. Marshall, Chief Executive of CSIRO

Paper Analytical Devices (PADs) for Qualitative and Semiquantitative Assays

No Such Thing as TMI

FDA Issues Draft Guidance for DNA Sequencing

Review of Nanolytica 2016

Book Review: ContamiNation: My Quest to Survive in a Toxic World

Sweet Tooth

Electron Microscope With sub-Angstrom Resolution

All Abuzz

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Buyer's Guide: GC-MS for Monitoring Environmental Pollutants

Refocusing the Lens of Cancer Screening

Study: NGS Should Be Go-to Technology on Day Zero of the Next Pandemic

Overcoming Common Challenges in Sample Viability for Single-Cell Research