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Buyer’s Guides, Tech Compares, and Product Roundups written by Labcompare editors can help you make informed decisions for your laboratory needs with overviews of the newest products and solutions, as well as recent trends and applications.

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  • Infrared Thermal Cameras: Technology Overview and Buyers’ Guide

    Thermographic imaging has many industrial applications, including monitoring equipment and testing the thermal efficiency of buildings. Recently, infrared thermal cameras have found application in the medical field, as demonstrated by their use in airports during the 2008 swine flu pandemic. Read More

  • High-Purity Gases on Demand: A Laboratory Gas Generators Buyers’ Guide

    In contrast to high-pressure gas cylinders, in-house gas generators use filters to extract the target gas from lab air or water. Whether the application is gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, mass spectroscopy, or thermal analysis, lab gas generators are a safer, more convenient, and less expensive surrogate to gas cylinders. Selecting the ... Read More

  • Buyers' Guide to Biological Confocal Microscopes

    Late 16th century Dutch eyeglass maker Zaccharias Janssen and son Hans inadvertently invented the compound microscope. Since then, microscopy has enabled highly efficient and accurate molecular, genetic, and cellular imaging for countless research and clinical applications. Read More

  • Laboratory Vacuum Pump Buyers’ Guide

    A laboratory vacuum pump is an adaptable tool that can aid a wide diversity of research scientists and engineers. Read More

  • Homogenizers Buyers’ Guide

    The act of homogenizing can mean the act of blending, mixing, disrupting, emulsifying, dispersing, or stirring. The method used by homogenizers to accomplish any of the above tasks can be categorized into three major methods: ultrasonic, mechanical, and pressure. The governing principles of each method will be outlined in this article, along with ... Read More

  • Buyer’s Guide to Water Baths and Chillers

    Water baths and chillers are used to heat or cool liquid samples and maintain them at a constant temperature. They are ideal for substances that cannot be exposed to direct heat, such as flammable liquids or biological materials. Read More

  • Buyers’ Guide: Flow Cytometers

    The ability to sort individual cells quickly based on their size or protein expression has had a significant, positive impact on any area of cell biology research or medicine in which a mixed population of cells needs to be sorted out. This is accomplished using flow cytometry, in which cells (or particles) in suspension are funneled single-file ... Read More

  • Liquid Handling Buyer's Guide

    Learn more in the January Edition of Labcompare's Buyer's Guide on liquid handling. Read More

  • Buyers' Guide: Top Tech for Cannabis Sample Prep

    Discover insights and tech innovations for sample preparation technologies in this month's cannabis sample prep buyers' guide. Read More

  • Buyers’ Guide: Best Buys for Mass Spectroscopy

    The best and most useful mass spectrometer system is this month's buyers' guide focus. Discover everything you need to know about mass spectrometry and which systems are worth the greatest bang for your buck. Read More
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