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How Would You Analyze Uranium Telluride (UTe2)?

Monday, August 19, 2019

How would you analyze uranium telluride? Your response is probably: What? Why do you ask? Read More

Improving Reproducibility and Replicability in the Sciences: Part 3

Monday, May 20, 2019

This installment is the third to examine the report on Reproducibility and Replicability by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and ... Read More

Adding Humans to Computational Repeatability

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Discussion about non-replicability and what can be done to mitigate it. Read More

A Critical Review of Reproducibility and Replicability from the NAS in 2019

Monday, May 13, 2019

Data integrity is key to the advancement of science and to everyday commercial transactions. Read More

Failure Analysis on the Molecular Scale

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

A report from NIST demonstrates new technology that can image failures on the molecular scale. Read More

Backgrounded Membrane Imaging (BMI) Highlights Particles

Friday, January 11, 2019

An announcement from Halo Labs promoting a poster—“HORIZON High Throughput Low Volume Subvisible Particle Analysis”—caught my eye. Read More

See the Visible Difference in Laboratory Science Expositions at Pittcon 2019

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Thousands of laboratory professionals and scientists will ascend to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA, March 16–21, for a week of... Read More

Chromatography Columns Use Amorphous Silica

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

OSHA issued standards limiting exposure of workers to respirable crystalline silica. Read More

1968–2018: Five Extraordinary Decades of American Laboratory

Friday, September 28, 2018

When American Laboratory’s “Big 50” started to appear on the planning horizon, I looked back on the major advances I’d seen. Read More

The Unique Properties of Nanomaterials

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Nanoparticles require a novel process for synthesis, purification, and characterization, as reviewed in a comprehensive article by Samuel M. Stavis ... Read More

Motivation Through Recognition: Awards and Other Highlights From Pittcon 2018

Friday, May 04, 2018

Several interesting products were introduced at Pittcon 2018. Read More

1-D Has a Place Too

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Two-dimensional materials are one of highest-interest topics in chemistry. Read More

Thermometry of Thin Materials, Including 2-D Structures

Monday, February 05, 2018

Thermometry of thick materials is well studied by bulk property techniques, including melting points, such as thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). 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

The Credible Power of Laboratory Product Reviews

Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Labcompare, the online buyers’ guide for laboratory equipment, recently launched a new, exciting feature to its website—product reviews. Read More

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