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Professor Ahmed Zewail, President of the L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Jury, on November 9, 2010 announced the five Laureates of the 2011 programme. Each year, five outstanding women scientists, one per continent, are honored for the con
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The ACS Green Chemistry Institute has just announced the 15th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference will be held June 21-23, 2011. In a greater effort to unite scientific leaders and commemorate the International Year of Chemistry, ACS GCIAvailable on Demand
At a special ceremony on November 11, 2010, Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) dedicated its new Ocean and Coastal Studies Building (OCSB). Designed by WHR Architects, the highly sophisticated, 110,000 square foot building is the largest and b
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The Cold Triple Axis spectrometer, a new addition to Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor and a complementary tool to other neutron scattering instruments at ORNL, has entered its commissioning phase.
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Technology News LC/MS LCMS-8030 Fusion of Ultra Fast MRM and Ultra Fast Polarity Switching of 15msec UFsweeper™ Technology Dramatically Minimizes Cross Talk An Ultra Fast Scan Speed of 15,000 u/sec Quantitation Br
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Thermo Fisher Scientific announced on November 1, 2010 that it will play a key role in the organization of the 2012 Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry. At the 2012 biennial Winter Conference, the company will present the award to the
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Waters Corporation (WAT:NYSE) on November 2 launched a new program to support scientific innovation in the fields of health and life science research, sports science, food safety, clinical research and environmental protection. Through its Centers of
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As instruments have become more sensitive and applications increasingly complex, the demand for high-purity water has also increased. Parts-per-million (ppm) is no longer the smallest level of contamination, as users are testing for parts-per-billion
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Many labs today rely on glassware washers, as they ensure consistent cleaning of critical labware, free up technician time for more value-added work, and provide assurance and validation in regulated industries. “Generally, the more critical th
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Costs associated with generating a vacuum, such as process costs, user costs and cost to the environment, have never really been considered seriously. Although technology has advanced to provide smaller, cleaner and quieter options, not many people a
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Total organic carbon (TOC) analysis measures the carbon content of dissolved and particulate organic materials in water. It’s nonspecific, meaning it tells how much organic carbon is present without identifying the contaminant. The carbon measu
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Defining the term “specialty gas” seems simple at first. But after considering the numerous ways specialty gases might differ from their commodity counterparts, it becomes tempting to apply the aphorism “I can’t define it, but
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