The Thrill of Discovery: Sitting Down With Scott McLuckey
October 15, 2025
Scott A. McLuckey continues to delight in turning over stones in mass spectrometry
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The Power List 2025 – Leading Voices Edition
Aug 05, 2025
By James Strachan
Thought-provoking answers to the field’s biggest questions – and a celebration of those shaping its future
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Bridge to Impact: Sitting Down With Ying Ge
Jul 07, 2025
10 min read
At the intersection of chemistry, biology, and medicine, Ying Ge is pioneering a new era of translational analytical science
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Let’s Join Forces to Survive the Grant Apocalypse
Jun 25, 2025
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Could US academics – with help from societies – share resources to ensure all students get the experience they need?
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Tivadar Farkas: Industry’s Chromatography Crusader
Jun 17, 2025
6 min read
2025’s Uwe D. Neue Award winner, Tivadar Farkas, reflects upon the key lessons learned across a career spanning three decades in separation science
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Deep dives into the trends shaping analytical science today – and the challenges that lie ahead
Drowning in Features; Thirsty for Answers
Aug 26, 2025
By Henry Thomas
The challenge of identifying unknowns looms large for mass spectrometry, says Susan Richardson, who returned from ASMS 2025 with new ideas – and a hope that AI might finally bridge the gap between data and discovery
8 min read
Metabolomics & Lipidomics
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Does In-Source Fragmentation Require a Soft Touch?
Sep 02, 2025
4 min read
Soft ionization can allow chromatography to disentangle artifacts from genuine metabolic features, argues Plasmion’s Jan-Christoph Wolf
Omics
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Is the Single-Cell Revolution Still Just Beginning?
Jul 10, 2025
10 min read
Single-cell analysis has exploded in recent years, yet much of the chemical landscape remains uncharted, and we're only beginning to address – or, indeed, understand – many fundamental questions on cell chemical heterogeneity
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The “Dark Lab” Approaches
Aug 15, 2025
3 min read
Why a fully automated analytical laboratory might be closer than you think
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Lessons Crossing the Valley of Death
Sep 18, 2025
By Elia Psillakis
Let’s transform analytical chemistry into the hotbed of commercial innovation it ought to be
3 min read
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A Revolution in Chromatographic Performance? Let’s Discuss.
Aug 29, 2025
2 min read
New chromatographic material promises better-than-state-of-the-art separation – can this be true? And if so, why?
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The Psychology of Innovation: How to Build a Fearlessly Curious Team
Jun 30, 2025
12 min read
Creating space for dissent, risk-taking, and failure is key to innovation, says SCIEX’s R&D VP Chris Lock
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How to Succeed in Commercial Innovation
Dec 12, 2024
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Sell your story, stay alert, be careful who you hire, and focus intensely on execution
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Smarter Sensors for Safer Food
Oct 13, 2025
Spectroscopic gas sensing technologies – with the help of AI – could transform how we safeguard food across global supply chains, according to a recent review
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Introducing: The Product Book
Oct 13, 2025
A digital celebration of innovation – packed with the latest tools and technologies shaping analytical science
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Portable Raman Tool Detects Vaginal Microbiome Imbalance
Oct 10, 2025
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy reveals biochemical signatures linked to key bacterial species, showing promise for early, noninvasive diagnostics
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Beyond the Usual PFAS Suspects
Oct 10, 2025
By James Strachan
Mass spectrometry-driven non-targeted screening is revealing previously undetected PFAS in food, water, and the environment
4 min read
Mining The Human "Igome"
Oct 09, 2025
By Henry Thomas
A proof-of-concept study in malaria demonstrates how plasma antibody sequencing could reshape infectious disease research
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Wading Through the Invisible: Sitting Down With Juliane Hollender
Oct 09, 2025
By Henry Thomas
Blending chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental science, Juliane Hollender tracks the unseen chemicals shaping our waters
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AEC-MS Enables Robust Analysis of Polar and Ionic Metabolites
Oct 08, 2025
A new protocol provides a practical solution for large-scale metabolomics, linking molecular pathways to health and disease
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Mass Spec Roundup: Iridoids, Isoforms, and Carbon Currents
Oct 08, 2025
Plus more mass spec stories…
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Spectroscopy in the Clinic: Ten Years On
Oct 07, 2025
By James Strachan
As CLIRSPEC turns ten, co-founder Peter Gardner assesses the progress made – and the work still needed to bring spectroscopy to patients
7 min read
The Cold Side Of The Moon
Oct 07, 2025
By analyzing the first rocks from the lunar far side, scientists provide direct evidence that the Moon’s hemispheres cooled differently
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