Sport: The Precision Medicine Vanguard
July 13, 2026
Armed with ever-more practical and powerful sampling devices, omics workflows, and wearable tech, could elite athletes pioneer a more precise approach to sport – and health?
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Out of the Basement and Into the Light
Feb 05, 2026
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Three Power Listers discuss practical ways to help funders, journals, and fellow scientists understand – and invest in – analytical science
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Tomorrow’s Science Leaders Roundtable: Part Two
Jan 06, 2026
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Isabelle Kohler, Charlotta Turner, and Lourdes Ramos discuss AI, success, and redefining impact in an age of change
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The Coffee Break: With James Grinias
Apr 30, 2026
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Jim Grinias shares the ideas and debates shaping conference conversations – from AI to interdisciplinary science
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The Missing Piece in the Dark Metabolome Puzzle?
Apr 08, 2026
By James Strachan
Microdroplets formed during electrospray ionization may trigger chemical reactions that help explain a substantial portion of the “dark metabolome” – though some researchers question their relevance under typical metabolomics conditions
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GLP-1 Analysis: Riding the Wave of Peptide Innovation
Jan 26, 2026
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The remarkable commercial success of GLP-1 receptor agonists is fueling investment, accelerating science, and creating new analytical challenges. Here, we outline the hurdles these peptides present, explore methods for impurity profiling and structural characterization, and consider strategies to keep pace with this fast-moving field.
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PFAS Enters its Big Data Era
Feb 17, 2026
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Jennifer Field explores new frontiers in the fight against PFAS: mining big data, tracing volatile emissions, and probing fluoropolymers through biomimetic tools
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The Past, Present and Future of Non-Target Screening
Mar 23, 2026
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Thomas Letzel reflects on the evolution of non-target screening and why interdisciplinary insights are key to its future
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The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2025
Nov 17, 2025
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The products – and people – defining the next wave of analytical innovation
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Innovation at Scale: A Conversation with Agilent’s New CTO
Oct 24, 2025
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We speak with August Specht, Chief Technology Officer at Agilent, about the opportunities and risks of AI, the promise of multimodal data, and building a more connected and sustainable future for analytical science
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Lessons Crossing the Valley of Death
Sep 18, 2025
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Let’s transform analytical chemistry into the hotbed of commercial innovation it ought to be
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The Psychology of Innovation: How to Build a Fearlessly Curious Team
Jun 30, 2025
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Creating space for dissent, risk-taking, and failure is key to innovation, says SCIEX’s R&D VP Chris Lock
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Sport: The Precision Medicine Vanguard
Jul 13, 2026
By James Strachan
Armed with ever-more practical and powerful sampling devices, omics workflows, and wearable tech, could elite athletes pioneer a more precise approach to sport – and health?
20 min read
Seeing Through the Bottle
Jul 09, 2026
Combined wavefront shaping and wavelength modulation enable through-bottle Raman detection of methanol in sealed commercial spirits
2 min read
Reimagining Risk and Resilience
Jul 08, 2026
By Stephanie Harden, Tracy Hibbs
Accelerating analytical data management for the next-generation laboratory
4 min read
Mass Spec Roundup: Mitochondria, Nanoparticles, and Monsoons
Jul 08, 2026
From mitochondrial interaction networks to Arabian Sea monsoons, mass spectrometry clarifies hidden links, intracellular fates, and seasonal divergence
5 min read
The Queen Bee’s Toxic Legacy
Jul 07, 2026
Accelerator mass spectrometry uncovers a previously unrecognized route of pesticide transfer through honeybee colonies
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Spectroscopy Roundup: Hidden Structure and Sharper Signals
Jul 07, 2026
From carbon defects and milliliter-scale gas sensing to proton-transfer dynamics and machine-learned spectra, spectroscopy delivers sharper structural readouts
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The Scourge of Self-Serving Citation Requests
Jul 06, 2026
By Victoria F. Samanidou
When reviewers push authors toward their own papers, publishing integrity pays the price
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A Turning Point for Clinical Mass Spec?
Jul 03, 2026
By James Strachan
As Roche Diagnostics secures a first-of-its-kind CLIA designation, Allyson Kozak considers what it means for the future of clinical mass spectrometry
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Business-in-Brief: June 2026
Jul 02, 2026
This month’s analytical science business news: Merck’s Bio-Techne acquisition, plus major ASMS product launches
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A Picture of Positivity: Sitting Down With Georgios Theodoridis
Jul 01, 2026
Tireless advocate for the field, Georgios Theodoridis, discusses his vision for the future of clinical metabolomics
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