The Column - Digital Edition - 02/01/2012

Discover Restek's new PFAS certified reference materials, designed to simplify lab analysis and enhance accuracy for water and food testing.

In episode #37 of Analytically Speaking, podcast host Dr. Jerry Workman speaks with Dr. Austin Daniels, application scientist for Yokogawa Fluid Imaging Technologies, about flow imaging microscopy (FIM), a new technology for sub-visible particle characterization in biologics.

A new cancer detection test to analyze volatile organic compounds through urine analysis, was granted the Breakthrough Device Designation status by the U.S. FDA. The system, which is built on gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and proprietary AI, generates real-time cancer risk scores.

Using two-dimensional liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, a new workflow was developed to characterize phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers, which can help treat infectious diseases.

Researchers at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (New Delhi, India) investigated the endogenous levels of gibberellins (GAs) at six different developmental stages and four time points in four varieties of cauliflower using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).