The US Pharmacopeia (USP) proposes to lower the maximum permissible limits of trace elements in pharmaceuticals and recommends that impurities be measured through automated instrumentation-based ...

Today, nanoparticles are being utilized in a wide variety of products and materials, such as clothing, coatings, fuel additives, antimicrobial bandages, biomedical elemental tags, sunscreen, MRI ...

In addition to fish, mercury can also be tested in end consumers. It can be tested for in human hair, for example, or in potential polluters such as crude oil. The US Environmental Protection Agency ...

Laboratories performing trace elemental analyses are under constant pressure to maintain high throughput whilst guaranteeing accurate, reliable results. In an effort to address these requirements ...

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are the most widely used nanoparticles in consumer products, thanks to their antimicrobial properties. The small size and high surface area of AgNPs increase their ...

Healthy tissues can be distinguished from diseased tissues with the help of a highly detailed image of the organs provided by non-invasive diagnostics that make use of contrast agents. The functioning ...