With the holiday season upon us, it is useful to be able to determine just how much (or how little) spiking the office party punch has received. [Russell Smith] shows how he tried to determine the ...

Study compares calcium phosphate mineralization on polydopamine and zein coated titanium dioxide nanoparticles using quartz crystal microbalance measurements.

PORTLAND, Ore.—Using a new twist on the traditional thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) technique, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) demonstrated a new method for taking Nanoscale ...

There are few experimental techniques that allow the study of force on biological molecules. Among them, optical or magnetic tweezers and atomic force microscopes (AFMs) have provided much insight ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found a way to link measurements made by a device integral to microchip fabrication and other industries directly to the ...

Mettler Toledo has released the XP56 Microbalance, which is designed to tackle a typical problem of development and quality-control labs: With its minimum sample size and simple sample transfer ...