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COVER S TORY
8 Promise and Limitations of Lab Automation Systems
in R&D
New systems with new capabilities promise to upgrade
R&D lab operations, but they won’t solve the needs of all
researchers.
MANUFACTURING
12 3-D Printing Blasts Off, Explodes Into the Future
Since its onset in 1985, 3-D printing has allowed for
game-changing benefits in manufacturing methods
and practices and industry.
LAB EQUIPMENT/ENVIRONMENT
16 Sustaining a Laboratory Environment
If it’s not sustainable, it’s rarely an acceptable laboratory
environment.
26 Six Tips to Use When Calibrating Your pH Meter
Keeping your pH measurements reliable and accurate.
IMAGING
18 Superior Resolution for the Biological World
Suffering from the resolution limits imposed by
diffraction, fluorescent microscopy gets a super-resolution face lift.
ENERGY
20 Limitless Photovoltaic Future
New PV solar cells have a full periodic table of elements
to work with and traditional production issues to deal
with.
IMAGING
22 Giving Design Power to Everyone
Enhancements to multiphysics software systems allows
non-users to create new designs and products.
DEPARTMENTS
6 Editorial
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