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Novel Vacuum Degassing: An Interview with IDEX Health and Science

Thursday, August 06, 2020

Saba Jazeeli

Saba Jazeeli, Senior Product Manager at IDEX Health & Science, discusses a new method by which vacuum degassing can be ... read more

NIST 20, Major Upgrade NIST/EPA/NIH EI & Tandem Libraries Announced 68th ASMS Conference

Thursday, August 20, 2020

O. David Sparkman

Learn about an exciting upgrade, NIST 20, NIST/EPA/NIH EI & Tandem Libraries Announced 68th ASMS Conference read more

New Dimensions in Isotope Ratio MS Using ESI-FT Technology

Tuesday, January 03, 2023

ESI-FT-MS enables the determination of isotope ratios from the analysis of intact isotopologues, conserving ... read more

Microplastics in Drinking Water: SEM Investigation

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

A study by Czech researchers, examining plastic particles down to 1 µm, revealed the prevalence of micro- and ... read more

Membrane Filtration: Advantages and Modern Advancements

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Advances in membrane technology and protocols for challenging samples have made membrane filtration one of the most ... read more

Meeting Li-ion Battery Demand with Improved Raw Material Analysis by ICP-OES and ICP-MS

Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Untapped lithium sources may consist of lower Li levels and higher levels of impurities, requiring better analytical ... read more

LABTips: Switching from Helium to Hydrogen Carrier Gas for GC

Friday, October 14, 2022

While the process of method transfer may seem daunting, laboratories can take advantage of faster analysis times and ... read more

LABTips: Obtaining & Interpreting High Quality IR Spectra

Friday, April 15, 2022

Approach the IR spectrogram with a strategy that prioritizes your time and quickly narrows down potential compounds read more

LABTips: How to Prevent Tailing Peaks in HPLC

Friday, October 15, 2021

Whether one, a handful or all of your peaks are tailing, these tips can help you diagnose and treat the underlying ... read more

LABTips: Hi-Tech Techniques for Pesticide Analysis

Friday, May 13, 2022

Are your pesticide testing methods in need of an upgrade? Consider leveraging these advanced techniques to develop a ... read more

LABTips: Handling 'Glitches' in the Environmental Matrix

Monday, December 20, 2021

Prevent pesky matrix effects in ICP-OES and ICP-MS analysis of complex environmental samples by following these ... read more

Laboratory Planning and Operations Recommendations in a Pandemic Environment

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Scott Kreitlein

Laboratory planning and operating practices for safely reopening clinical and research laboratories (they differ) entail... read more

Lab Digitalization: Delivering Efficiency and Traceability

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Jean-Charles Wirth

Despite the abundance of digital tools on the market, the life science laboratory trails behind in solutions for digital... read more

Keeping Drinking Water Safe: Precise, Reliable Determination of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Using Advanced Technology

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Chris Shevlin

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are prevalent in aqueous environments and known to be potentially ... read more

Is Cognitive Bias Hampering Your Lab Communications?

Monday, August 02, 2021

Learning to recognize mental shortcuts like "anchoring" can help lab managers better negotiate and problem solve read more

Investigating Intracellular Ice Formation with Cryomicroscopy

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Duncan Stacey

Cryopreservation is the preservation of living and structurally intact cells and tissues by cooling to very low ... read more

Innovative GC Technology is Key to Agilent’s Success: Interview With Agilent President and CEO, Mike McMullen

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.

In celebration of American Laboratory’s 50th anniversary as well as Agilent’s 50 years in the analytical sector, I had ... read more

Hungry?

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Steve Ernst

Each year, 48 million Americans suffer from a foodborne illness. Of that number, 120,000 will require hospitalization ... read more

How to Prepare for New PFAS Regulations

Monday, July 26, 2021

Greater attention to "forever chemicals" by the federal government signals a likely increase in demand for fast and ... read more

How to deal with unstructured data in the lab

Monday, November 11, 2019

Steve Yemm

The use of unstructured data, which includes text files (spreadsheets, emails, word files, etc.) and machine-readable ... read more

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