RFICs
PRODUCTS
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![Culture bioreactor]( "Leverage Bioreactor Capacity When You Need It With Culture Bioreactors")
Gain access to Culture bioreactors when you need rapid overflow experimental capacity.
Benefits
Progress studies faster
Run overflow projects and conduct parallel experiments with Culture to reduce time and alleviate bottlenecks.
Stay agile in your capacity planning
Scale your workload at Culture according to your current needs. Respond rapidly to surging demands.
Eliminate your capital equipment spend
Leverage Culture’s facility quickly to avoid building out lab space, spending capital on equipment, and hiring specialized staff.
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![GettyImages-1418357339-hand-spreadsheet-computer-keyboard]( "Electronic Data Capture (EDC) System: Leverage Flexibility And Speed")
Neither traditional nor hybrid clinical trials can operate on rigid EDC systems.
They require flexible data collection systems that support protocol amendments without downtime and accept mobile data without hassle. As a cloud-native solution, TrialKit bends to accommodate mid-study changes. And as the first full-featured EDC platform available as a native mobile app, TrialKit flexes to meet the demands of traditional, hybrid/decentralized, and completely remote clinical trials.
Give your team the freedom to build, deploy, and manage their studies, their way—weeks faster than with rigid EDCs and for a fraction of the cost of the major players.
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![orange-county]( "Disinfection")
As the final step before treated wastewater leaves the plant, effective disinfection is extremely important to protect human health, and the maintenance of the environment. This process eliminates pathogenic organisms that cannot be removed by previous treatment steps and reduces the spread of pathogens in the natural ecosystem.
USP’s current offerings include our unrivaled in-house CFD modeling expertise that can be used to optimize the injection, mixing and feed rates of PAA to meet the disinfection requirements of a facility. Also, launching later this year, is our OaSys iCT™ is a novel control approach that optimizes disinfection performance by calculating the optimal chemical dosage that accounts for sources of treatment variability in real time. Available for use with PAA or chlorine.
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![GettyImages-639637280 data insights]( "Pharmacovigilance Solutions")
Free your safety and clinical teams to focus on what matters most.
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![MBAL-0250CSP2]( "2-50 GHz Passive MMIC Chip Scale Package 1:2 Balun: MBAL-0250CSP2")
The MBAL-0250CSP2 is a passive monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) 1:2 balun developed by Marki Microwave, designed to operate across an exceptionally wide frequency range of 2 to 50 GHz.
WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES
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![GettyImages-1464319284_ipad_pen]( "Bringing A Device From Concept To Market")
Bringing A Device From Concept To MarketWithin three years, see how this company was able to achieve FDA approval and CE Marking, facilitating its entry into the U.S. and EU markets.
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![GettyImages-483946830-handbook-digital-futuristic]( "Life Sciences Corporation Implements eLogbooks Across 15 Sites")
Life Sciences Corporation Implements eLogbooks Across 15 SitesNew regulations challenged how surgical kits were tracked and processed across 15 U.S. sites. Discover how one team balanced compliance and efficiency to keep life-saving procedures on schedule.
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![AI Robotic brain-GettyImages-2210997075]( "Changing The Clinical Feasibility Game With AI")
Changing The Clinical Feasibility Game With AIAI is only as good as the data it’s built upon. Our customized AI platforms are constructed on a foundation of trustworthy, carefully curated data to produce detailed, expert-driven responses.
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![GettyImages-670218324_yeast]( "Scalable Production Of High-Purity Nanobodies Using Yeast Expression System")
Scalable Production Of High-Purity Nanobodies Using Yeast Expression SystemLeverage scalable K. pastoris expression systems to produce high-quality nanobodies for cutting-edge therapeutic, diagnostic, and research applications.
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![GettyImages-1081869198 data]( "How eSource Reduced Benchmark's Protocol Deviations By Almost 40%")
How eSource Reduced Benchmark's Protocol Deviations By Almost 40%Explore how a leading vaccine site network selected CRIO to help address the challenges with it's use of paper charts in collecting source data.
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![N ePulse 1 (002)]( "Minnetonka, MN Pilots Acoustic Pipe Assessment Prior To Road Resurfacing")
Minnetonka, MN Pilots Acoustic Pipe Assessment Prior To Road ResurfacingA Minnesota suburb used non-invasive acoustic technology to assess an aging water main before a 20-year road construction moratorium. This critical data allowed them to confidently prioritize pipe renewals and better manage their infrastructure budget.
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![integrated-intelligence]( "Integrated Water Intelligence: Digital Water Metering And Digital Twin Technology")
Integrated Water Intelligence: Digital Water Metering And Digital Twin TechnologyIntegrating digital metering with digital twins transforms raw data into actionable network intelligence. This unified approach enables precise hydraulic simulations and proactive maintenance, helping utilities eliminate operational guesswork while improving water quality and system efficiency.
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![GettyImages-1131587509-syringe-vial-injection-inspection]( "Container Closure Integrity Test Method Development For Autoinjectors")
Container Closure Integrity Test Method Development For AutoinjectorsDiscover an autoinjector technology that leverages laser-based headspace analysis for container closure integrity to advance biologic drug delivery with precision, safety, and regulatory confidence.
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![GettyImages-1764818961 warehouse, storage, inventory]( "GxP Inventory Delivers Real-Time Visibility, Operational Efficiency")
GxP Inventory Delivers Real-Time Visibility, Operational EfficiencyModernize your clinical supply chain to streamline global trial operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and deliver investigational therapies to patients efficiently and reliably.
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![GettyImages-2004779040 (1)]( "Whether Half-Empty Or Half Full, Krohne Helps Back River Accurately Measure Flow")
Whether Half-Empty Or Half Full, Krohne Helps Back River Accurately Measure FlowIf a pipe in a wastewater treatment plant is only 50% filled, it doesn't matter whether you call a glass half full or half empty. When it comes to measuring the liquid in that pipe, either way presents a significant problem.
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![city-of-stuart]( "Actuators On Aeration Blower Valves Improve Dissolved Oxygen And Increase Overall Process Stability")
Actuators On Aeration Blower Valves Improve Dissolved Oxygen And Increase Overall Process StabilityDiscover how installing Beck electric actuators on the aeration blower control valves has improved process stability and plant operations for a South Florida treatment plant.
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![GettyImages-1455726726 pain body map]( "Electronic Body Maps Drive Standardization Across Top-10 Pharma")
Electronic Body Maps Drive Standardization Across Top-10 PharmaLearn how a top-10 pharmaceutical client was able to "fundamentally transform the way they execute clinical trials" with the digitization and standardization of pain maps in a diabetic polyneuropathy trial.
NEWS
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Ovarro Opens New Asia Pacific Headquarters8/27/2025
Water technology provider Ovarro has opened a new Asia Pacific headquarters and production facility in Selangor, Malaysia.
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How Lakes Connect To Groundwater Critical For Resilience To Climate Change7/9/2025
The study drew on data from 350 lakes across 18 European countries, collected between 2022 and 2024, to provide a comprehensive picture of how the continent’s lakes are coping with climate change.
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Puraffinity Signs First Commercial Agreement For Full-Scale Deployment Of Its PFAS Removal Technology6/2/2025
The agreement was signed with Envytech Solutions, the leading expert in mobile water treatment in the Nordic region and a member of the Sortera Group, which operates across the Nordics and the UK.
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Canada Accelerates Transition To Zero-Emissions Vehicles8/13/2025
Canada is leading the way on the infrastructure, innovation and partnerships required to transition to electric transportation.
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New Technology Tracks Dairy Cows For Improved Health And Productivity1/30/2025
As dairy farmers dwindle every year, the demand for high-quality milk remains steadfast, driving a surge in dairy farming.
ABOUT
About Nutrient Removal
Nutrient removal from wastewater consists of treating wastewater to remove nitrogen and phosphorus before it reenters natural waterways. High levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in wastewater cause eutrophication, a process where excess nutrients stimulate excessive plant growth such as algal blooms and cyanobacteria. The decomposition of the algae by bacteria uses up the oxygen in the water causing other organisms to die. This creates more organic matter for the bacteria to decompose. In addition, some algal blooms can produce toxins that contaminate drinking water supplies.
As authorized by the Clean Water Act, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program regulates point sources, such as municipal wastewater treatment plants, that discharge pollutants as effluent into the waters of the United States. In recent years, many of the States’ environmental bodies have lowered nutrient limits to arrest eutrophication. Maryland’s effort to protect the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries is perhaps the most notable example of nutrient removal in the US. Nutrient removal continues to be a growing area of focus for wastewater treatment throughout the world.
The removal of nitrogen and phosphorus require different nutrient removal processes. To remove nitrogen, the nitrogen is oxidized from ammonia to become nitrate through a process called nitrification. This process is then followed by denitrification where the nitrate is reduced to nitrogen gas which is released to the atmosphere and removed from the wastewater.
Nitrification is a two-step aerobic process which typically takes place in aeration tanks. Denitrification requires anoxic conditions to encourage the appropriate biological conditions to form. The activated sludge process is often used to reduce nitrate to nitrogen gas in anoxic or denitrification tanks.
Phosphorus can be removed biologically using polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) which accumulate large quantities of phosphorus within their cells and separate it from treated water. Phosphorus removal can also be achieved by chemical removal. Once removed as sludge, phosphorus may be stored in a land fill. However, many municipalities and treatment facilities are looking to resell the biosolids for use in fertilizer.