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AOAC International Awarded NIST Grant for Developing Drug Testing Standards
October 31st 2024The grant will be part of a new collaborative scientific initiative to address the need for standards that define the desired performance of lateral flow immunoassay test strips to detect illicit drugs in tablets and powders.
Supercritical Fluid Chromatography for Separating Chemotherapy Anti-Nausea Medication
October 30th 2024Scientists from Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences created a new method for separating palonosetron hydrochloride, which is frequently used to prevent acute or delated nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy.
New Algorithm Created for Detecting Volatile Organic Compounds in Air
October 9th 2024Scientists from Institut de Combustion, Aérothermique, Réactivité et Environnement (ICARE-CNRS) in Orléans, France and Chromatotec in Saint-Antoine, France recently created a new algorithm for detecting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ambient air.
SFE-SFC-MS Used to Analyze Transferred Plastic Additives from Laboratory Materials
September 30th 2024Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) was combined with supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) hyphenated to mass spectrometry (MS) to analyze plastic additives that could be transferred into the environment from laboratory gloves.