August 2013 – Cal Lab Magazine

What is the best software to use for automation?

August 17, 2013 Michael Schwartz

What is the best software to use for automation? That is the age old question. I remember having this debate more than 20 years ago when I was working at White Sands Missile Range in […]

Gender-Specific Effects on Tympanic Temperature of a Cohort Sample of 15 to 16 Year Old High School Students

August 15, 2013 Office

Written and presented by Rebecca Choi, Jessica Chung, and Justin Jinwon Lee of Fairmont Preparatory Academy in Anaheim, California — awarded Best High-School Student Paper at the 2013 Measurement Science Conference in Anaheim. Our experiment consisted […]

Small Current Measurements for a New Standard in Radionuclide Metrology

August 15, 2013 Office

by Helko van den Brom, Gert Rietveld, and Jan Paepen The accurate measurement of small electrical currents is essential for the measurement of ionizing radiation as generated by radionuclides. VSL has been involved in the […]

The Metrology of Counting Protein Particles

August 15, 2013 Office

by Dean C. Ripple, Michael J. Carrier, Richard E. Cavicchi, Christopher B. Montgomery, and Zhishang Hu A common degradation pathway for protein-based drugs is the growth of protein aggregates or particles. Counting and characterization of […]

Metrology 101: Testing Linearity on Agilent E441xA Power Sensors

August 15, 2013 Office

by Michael Schwartz Today’s new high dynamic range power sensors are not built the same as the older generations of sensors. Older generations of power sensors only had a correction table for their frequency response. […]

INSCO 737 Dry Block Calibration System

August 12, 2013 Office

INSCO is pleased to present the 737 Dry Block Calibration System. Like all INSCO products, the instrument is designed and built to insure exact precision and outstanding quality. The INSCO 737 is a high accuracy […]