How may the use of nano particles of certain material as fillers in composite preparation differ from the use of normal material as a filler?

May the use of CaO, as an example, as additive to a polymeric material to prepare a composite, differ from the use of normal particle size CaO for the same purpose, regarding the composition and...

03 April 2018 6,460 4 View

How to determine heavy metals in tobacco samples?

The digestion methods for plant materials are many. Which method may be the best

06 July 2016 7,316 17 View

Do we need some pre-treatment of the fiber to make them compatible with the paper board?

01 February 2015 8,070 4 View

Anyone that can help with details in phosphopeptides enrichment?

Anyone know the amount of protein before enzymatic digestion for phosphopeptides enrichment of serume sample in Ti-IMAC? Has anyone ever use Ti-IMAC(the material is from Chinese company named...

28 February 2021 7,310 3 View

Problem with ligating 2.8 kb insert into 8.5 kb plasmid?

I am trying to clone 2 copies of the same mammalian gene into the pSF-CMV-Ub-Puro Ascl (contains HindIII, KpnI and NheI cut sites) plasmid. This is what the final product is supposed to look like...

24 February 2021 6,310 3 View

Is anyone working on a project focused on immigrants/newcomers working in the hospitality industry and how they have been impacted by COVID?

The on-going Covid-19 pandemic has had devastating economic effects on many industries. However, few have suffered to the same extent as full-service restaurants. Numerous studies have shown that...

24 February 2021 9,496 4 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 View

What is the optimum time and temperature of blanching and pre-frying potato for frozen fries?

I am helping a local home industry for developing frozen fries from their local farm. I want to know what is the optimum blanching and pre-frying temperature and time for processing. Please also...

23 February 2021 1,616 5 View

Sanger Sequencing results not matching experimental results of Restriction Digestion, colony PCR and protein expression?

I have cloned two domains of a gene into two bacterial vectors using cut and paste cloning with different RE sites. I checked the putative clones by colony PCR and Restriction Digestion (fallouts...

18 February 2021 6,736 4 View

What are the best cations for preparing competent cells, Ca2+ or Mg2+?

I have been reading various articles and most state that treatment with CaCl2 produces higher efficiency of transformation than MgCl2. Can anyone explain why Ca2+ is better than Mg2+ at...

16 February 2021 8,519 5 View

Alternatives to traditional cloning of insert into backbone (dsDNA)?

Hi, I am stuck with a cloning experiment: The insert & backbone(bb) share one compatible end at 3' end(NotI) and one incompatible end at 5' end (XbaI for insert; HindIII for backbone). So i...

16 February 2021 1,664 3 View

Can any one explain why the ethyl ester Biodiesel (FAEE) has higher than that of the metyl ester FAME- both of them are derived from the same oil?

Biodiesels derived from waste vegetable oil transesterification with Ethanol (FAEE) show higher peroxide values than those derived by transesterification with methanol (FAME) prepared under the...

13 February 2021 193 6 View

How to measure pH in anaerobic digester?

I'm planning on doing research by using anaerobic digester with liquid substrate and want to see its pH changes periodically. Any suggestion on measuring the pH with maintaining its anaerobic...

09 February 2021 1,293 1 View