The Power List 2025 – Leading Voices Edition
August 5, 2025
Thought-provoking answers to the field’s biggest questions – and a celebration of those shaping its future
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Voices in the Community
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Bridge to Impact: Sitting Down With Ying Ge
Jul 07, 2025
At the intersection of chemistry, biology, and medicine, Ying Ge is pioneering a new era of translational analytical science
10 min read
Voices in the Community
Opinion & Personal Narratives
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Let’s Join Forces to Survive the Grant Apocalypse
Jun 25, 2025
5 min read
Could US academics – with help from societies – share resources to ensure all students get the experience they need?
Gas Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
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
Chromatography
News & Research
Riva Returns!
Jun 13, 2025
4 min read
Luigi Mondello explains why the time is right to reignite Chromatography’s much-missed “scientific retreat”
Trends & Challenges
Deep dives into the trends shaping analytical science today – and the challenges that lie ahead
Is the Single-Cell Revolution Still Just Beginning?
Jul 10, 2025
By Jonathan Sweedler
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
10 min read
Metabolomics & Lipidomics
Keynote Interviews
Gary Patti: Metabolomics Is Not in Crisis
Jun 12, 2025
10 min read
Our ability to measure and quantitate key metabolites remains robust, reproducible, and highly valuable – regardless of how the issue around unknowns plays out
Metabolomics & Lipidomics
Mass Spectrometry
The Dark Metabolome: No Mere Figment?
Jun 02, 2025
14 min read
In-source fragmentation cannot explain away the reality – and significance – of the dark metabolome
Liquid Chromatography
Data & AI
“AI Holds Transformative Potential in Chromatography”
May 30, 2025
3 min read
Martina Catani is optimistic about the future of HPLC – and excited about AI’s potential to accelerate method development and enhance precision
Innovation
The technologies, lessons, and stories defining innovation in analytical science
The Psychology of Innovation: How to Build a Fearlessly Curious Team
Jun 30, 2025
By James Strachan
Creating space for dissent, risk-taking, and failure is key to innovation, says SCIEX’s R&D VP Chris Lock
12 min read
Innovation
Business & Entrepreneurship
Why Most Instrument Startups Fail – and What to Do Differently
Jun 10, 2025
12 min read
Build a team that knows your application space, be prepared to pivot, and ignore tempting but unscalable detours
Innovation
Business & Entrepreneurship
How to Succeed in Commercial Innovation
Dec 12, 2024
4 min read
Sell your story, stay alert, be careful who you hire, and focus intensely on execution
Innovation
Career Pathways
The Philosophy – and Psychology – of Product Development
Mar 14, 2025
8 min read
In a new series highlighting industry’s often unsung heroes, Anne Marie Smith, Product Manager at ACD/Labs, discusses systems thinking, addressing unspoken challenges, and identifying the "empty fridge"
Latest
Recent developments in analytical science
Blood-Based Proteomics Maps Kidney Disease Progression
Aug 05, 2025
Using serum mass spectrometry, scientists outperform traditional imaging in forecasting ADPKD progression
2 min read
PFAS: The Year So Far
Aug 04, 2025
From wildfire smoke and household dust to breakthrough remediation – we round up the most striking PFAS stories of 2025
4 min read
Spectral Signatures from the Distant Universe
Aug 04, 2025
By James Strachan
Astrophysicist John K. Webb is decoding cosmic history through high-resolution quasar spectra and AI
8 min read
Chemists Forge Ultra-Stable Mirror Molecules
Aug 01, 2025
By James Strachan
Dynamic chromatography reveals chiral stability of new molecule lasting over 80,000 years
2 min read
Bloom and Gloom
Aug 01, 2025
By Henry Thomas
By decoding phycocyanin proteins, researchers spot toxic algae early – without relying on genetic or microscopic methods
1 min read
Mass Spec Roundup: Mitophagy, Metformin, Milk, and Teflon…
Jul 31, 2025
Plus more cutting-edge mass spec stories.
5 min read
Is It Time for a New Tool in Clinical Proteomics?
Jul 31, 2025
By Norberto A. Guzman
Immunoaffinity Capillary Electrophoresis delivers selective target isolation and high-resolution separation for reliable biomarker detection
3 min read
LiP-MS Reveals Misfolded Proteins Linked to Memory Loss
Jul 30, 2025
By Henry Thomas
Using structural proteomics, researchers uncover widespread protein misfolding linked to cognitive decline
2 min read
The Hidden Cost of AI in Scientific Writing
Jul 29, 2025
By James Strachan
Writing without AI is hard, but maybe that’s a good thing
3 min read
Wristband Tracks Glucose, Alcohol, and Heart Signals in Real Time
Jul 28, 2025
By James Strachan
New microneedle-ultrasound device enables comprehensive diabetes and cardiovascular monitoring
2 min read
