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A walk along most any body of water—inland or ocean—will soon reveal plastic waste, and this is just the big things, like soda bottles. Read More

Most undergraduate chemistry departments do not have Raman spectroscopy instruments in their instructional laboratories. Cost is a primary reason—a Raman spectrometer is typically in the $100,000 range. The fragility of research Raman instruments is ... Read More

To analyze trace elements—metals and nonmetals— in a sample, scientists often turn to inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry (ICP/MS). Read More

Pharmaceuticals and diagnostics continue to represent the two largest segments of the nearly $50 billion global analytical and life sciences instrumentation market. Read More

An estimated 21.5 million Americans aged 12 and above had a substance use disorder in 2014; 1.9 million had a substance-use disorder involving prescription pain relievers. Read More

Scientists and engineers must analyze particles to understand natural events such as volcanic eruptions, and to optimize industrial processes such as powder manufacturing. Read More

The specificity of elemental analysis required and the laboratory budget are the biggest considerations in choosing an ICP-OES system over an ICP-MS system. The amount of samples to be tested per day, as well as regulatory testing standards and ... Read More