This Mind Map outlines some thought processes designed to help identify potential performance-enhancing changes.

Tracing the origins of the laboratory incubator and looking ahead to future advances.

Tracing the origins of lab refrigerators and freezers and looking ahead to future advances.

Tracing the origins of the pH meter and looking ahead to future advances.

Using a MIND MAP to provide mental prompts when running specific HPLC processes can be more effective and efficient.

If one studies the evolution of the laboratory pump over the past 25 years, it becomes apparent that this is an area of significant innovation, with important developments in high vacuum technology, corrosion resistance, vacuum control, and improvements in the efficiency and ecological impact of vacuum pumps.

A look at water purification systems from 1700s into the future.

The origins of HPLC date back to the invention of chromatography in the early 20th century, through the introduction of partition and paper chromatography in the 1940s, to the introduction of liquid chromatography in the early 1960s.

The laboratory centrifuge is considered to be one of the most efficient ways to separate samples of different densities.

This article looks at the evolution of the laboratory glassware washer; a staple in most labs.

Gas chromatography (GC) dates back to the first experiments of Mikhail Tsvet separating plant pigments using paper chromatography in 1903

This guide will take a look at the evolution of three main areas of microplate technology–instrumentation, applications and the plates themselves.

This article will look at the major technological breakthroughs–from the first single-pan analytical balance manufactured in 1945 to that which more closely resembles what's in your lab today.

February picks for innovative new product introductions made to fit under your hood.