DECEMBER 2016
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PLATE EXPECTATIONS
Next-gen microplate readers
NARCOTICS DETECTION
MS and GC for
Advances in lean glove boxes
BIOTECHNOLOGY SYNTHETIC TOOLKIT
Guide to measuring pH in food products
Discover the current trends and latest product developments in microplate reader technology.
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Special Focus: Microplate Readers 8
Required reading A detailed report on the latest developments in the fi eld of microplate readers
Analytical and Laboratory Equipment 16
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Lean isolation workstations increase success New advances in gloveboxes
UK’s fi rst liquid gallium SAXS instrument Introducing the Soft Matter Analytical Laboratory (SMALL)
Hydrogels: taking the fi ght to cancer The successful use of hydrogels in drug delivery systems
Internal or external calibration? Safer storage cabinets
New pharmaceutical refrigerator Laboratory pH sensor family
HomoFRET fl uorescence polarization A novel approach to monitoring intracellular hormone packaging
Identifying the unknown The lab-based battle to analyse emerging designer drugs
Making a splash How new water purifi cation units are benefi ting a biology department
In-lab membrane cleaning Explaining the synergy of membrane cleaners
Next-gen silicon photonics Automatic testing of photonics components
Low-cost cooler for lab use
Miniaturised smart drug delivery module Scientists adopt data management tool Safeguarding samples from degradation
Chromatography 43 44
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Battling air bubbles Degassing in HPLC and ion chromatography
Dedicated gas solution New size exclusion column
Rapid perfl uorinated alkyl acid analysis Recent research using LC-MS/MS
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