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In 2001, a prospective randomized trial studying patients in a surgical ICU, where only 13% of patients had a history of diabetes, found that intensive maintenance of normoglycemia (blood glucose between 80 and 110 mg/dL) with insulin infusions ... Read More

For the food and pharmaceutical industries, both regulations and customer expectations shape how processes are run. Stringent legislation demands that products conform as closely as possible to their advertised weight. Read More

Spectrophotometers measure the amount of light of a specific wavelength that is absorbed by a sample. A spectrophotometer is used chiefly to measure the concentration of analytes in solutions, but is also used to characterize liquid and solid ... Read More

The Epstein Barr virus (EBV), which causes infectious mononucleosis (IM) or “mono,” is one of the most common human viruses. EBV occurs worldwide, and most people become infected with EBV sometime during their lives. In the United States, as many as ... Read More

Mercury is a toxic element, harmful to the environment and poisonous to humans, even at very low levels. It is generated by industry, by burning fossil fuels and as a by-product of some bacteria. Read More

With the exception of 1918, when influenza was the leading cause of death in the United States, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has had that honor for the last 100 years. CVD is also the leading cause of death worldwide. According to the World Health ... Read More