The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2025: #9
November 4, 2025
Meet the team behind Bio-Rad’s Nuvia wPrime 2A Media: tunable mixed-mode chromatography for biomolecule purification
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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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Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
Monodisperse Silica Particles: A Critical View
Sep 29, 2025
6 min read
The evidence is clear, argues Fabrice Gritti: particle size uniformity does not result in superior column efficiency and resolution
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The Thrill of Discovery: Sitting Down With Scott McLuckey
Oct 15, 2025
8 min read
Scott A. McLuckey continues to delight in turning over stones in mass spectrometry
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Wading Through the Invisible: Sitting Down With Juliane Hollender
Oct 09, 2025
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Blending chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental science, Juliane Hollender tracks the unseen chemicals shaping our waters
Trends & Challenges
Deep dives into the trends shaping analytical science today – and the challenges that lie ahead
The Coming Of Age of IMS
Oct 28, 2025
Erin Baker discusses ion mobility's maturation into a core analytical tool – and the challenges that still limit wider adoption
5 min read
Spectroscopy
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Spectroscopy in the Clinic: Ten Years On
Oct 07, 2025
7 min read
As CLIRSPEC turns ten, co-founder Peter Gardner assesses the progress made – and the work still needed to bring spectroscopy to patients
Opinion & Personal Narratives
Field Flow Fractionation Comes of Age
Oct 23, 2025
11 min read
By preserving sample integrity, FFF meets modern separation challenges found at the intersection of the nano, micro, and macromolecular worlds
Environmental
Business & Entrepreneurship
New Event Explores Analytical Science’s Vital Role in Decarbonization
Oct 01, 2025
7 min read
Pierre Giusti offers a snapshot of what to expect at the first Transition Analytics for Decarbonization (TAD) conference in Paris
Innovation
The technologies, lessons, and stories defining innovation in analytical science
Monodisperse Microspheres: No “Revolution” – But Excitingly Scalable
Oct 30, 2025
By Frantisek Svec
Bo Zhang’s new column technology itself isn’t “revolutionary,” argues Frantisek Svec, but he is excited about the potential for large-scale production
3 min read
Innovation
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Innovation at Scale: A Conversation with Agilent’s New CTO
Oct 24, 2025
11 min read
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
Innovation
Business & Entrepreneurship
Lessons Crossing the Valley of Death
Sep 18, 2025
3 min read
Let’s transform analytical chemistry into the hotbed of commercial innovation it ought to be
Innovation
Technology
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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The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2025: #10
Nov 03, 2025
By James Strachan
Our Innovation Awards countdown begins – with Bruker’s timsMetabo: 4D separation for small molecule analysis
2 min read
Blood-Brain Barrier Stays Intact in Alzheimer’s Model
Nov 03, 2025
New findings suggest the brain’s defences hold steady in Alzheimer’s models, challenging assumptions on permeability
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Electron Microscopy Unlocks Growth Secrets in Ancient Fish Otoliths
Oct 31, 2025
Backscatter imaging reveals hundreds of previously hidden daily growth rings in 7,600-year-old ear stones
1 min read
Accuracy Amidst Chaos
Oct 31, 2025
A chaos-assisted spectrometer achieves record spectral precision in a chip-scale device
2 min read
Monodisperse Microspheres: No “Revolution” – But Excitingly Scalable
Oct 30, 2025
By Frantisek Svec
Bo Zhang’s new column technology itself isn’t “revolutionary,” argues Frantisek Svec, but he is excited about the potential for large-scale production
3 min read
Dioxin2025: Our Picks from the Program
Oct 30, 2025
By James Strachan
We bring you highlights from Dioxin2025, which takes place November 1–6 at the Titanic Deluxe Golf Resort Belek in Antalya, Türkiye
3 min read
Rapid Raman Screen to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
Oct 29, 2025
MX-Raman platform could screen for bacterial infection and recommend effective antibiotic treatment
5 min read
Mass Spec Roundup: Vesicles, Tumors, and Doping…
Oct 29, 2025
Plus more mass spec research…
4 min read
The Coming Of Age of IMS
Oct 28, 2025
Erin Baker discusses ion mobility's maturation into a core analytical tool – and the challenges that still limit wider adoption
5 min read
Nanoneedles Unlock Lipid Profiling in Live Brain Tissue
Oct 28, 2025
New workflow is developed for spatiotemporal lipidomics to classify gliomas and monitor treatment response
1 min read
