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  • Sample Handling

    Friday, July 01, 2016
    As clinicians, scientists and technologists deal with an extensive variety of samples for more types of analysis, the handling process takes on an increasingly important role. Read More

  • Forensic Mass Spectrometry

    Tuesday, May 24, 2016
    The job keeps getting more complicated for forensic scientists. “Over the past 15 years,” says Thomas J. Gluodenis, forensic and forensic toxicology marketing manager at Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, Calif.), “there’s been remarkable growth in ... Read More

  • Particle Analysis

    Tuesday, May 24, 2016
    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

  • Clinical Sequencing

    Wednesday, March 09, 2016
    After the completion of the Human Genome Project, it was expected that medicine would change, indeed, our lives would change. Read More

  • Pharmaceutical Mass Spectrometry

    Wednesday, March 09, 2016
    In the pharmaceutical industry, accurately identifying the components of a mixture can be the difference between life and death. Read More

  • Environmental Mass Spectrometry

    Monday, February 08, 2016
    Humans and nature can pollute the environment, and our health often depends on tracking and analyzing the toxic compounds. Read More

  • Lab Technology Face Off: ICP-AES vs. ICP-OES vs. ICP-MS

    Thursday, July 17, 2014
    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

  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry—A Fundamental Thermal Analysis Tool

    Thursday, October 24, 2013
    A differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is a benchtop instrument used to determine thermodynamic transitions and heat capacities of a variety of substances. A small sample—typically 5–20 mg, around the size of the tip of a #2 pencil—is placed in ... Read More

  • Positive Patient Identification for Patient Protection

    Thursday, October 03, 2013
    Positive patient identification (PPID) is an approach to avoiding patient misidentification for the prevention of medical errors, which include errors in medication, transfusion, and testing, as well as wrong-person procedures and the discharge of ... Read More

  • Blood-Alcohol Analysis by HS-GC Using 0.15-i.d. Columns

    Friday, September 27, 2013
    Forensic laboratories face the need to analyze many samples of human blood and body fluids for alcohol content. The most important compound in blood-alcohol (BAC) analysis is ethanol, but the detection of several other significant alcohols and their ... Read More

  • Particle Sizing Systems: Key to QC and Product Testing

    Thursday, September 05, 2013
    A particle size analyzer, also known as a particle sizer, is used to measure the sizes of particles in a sample. It can also determine distributions of particle sizes. Read More

  • Blood Glucose Control, DM Diagnosis, and the Glycated Hemogobin A1c Test

    Friday, July 26, 2013
    A little over 8% of the population in the U.S. has diabetes mellitus (DM), with about 27% of these cases not diagnosed. Type 1 DM is an autoimmune disease, accounting for about 5% of cases. Effective treatment requires insulin. Type 2 DM accounts for... Read More

  • Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Facilitates Blood Glucose Control

    Thursday, July 04, 2013
    Monitoring patient glucose levels and determining the diabetic patient’s response to intervention is critical to the long-term health of the patient with diabetes. Read More
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