Environmental

Meet London’s first ever flock of pollution-monitoring birds

For over 50 years, we have been continually striving to push the limits of quantitation for dioxins. But where do we stand today – and what’s our next plan of attack?

Drugs get a second chance to enter our bodies - via wastewater and fish…

Benthoctopus sp gets overly familiar with Alvin’s robotic manipulator arm at 2,300 meters down in the Gulf of Mexico.

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) encompass a wide variety of contaminants, but they share one thing in common: they have the potential to hit headlines and cause huge disruption to the food and feed industry.

Extraction of air sampling filters for the determination of dioxins using BUCHI’s SpeedExtractor E-914

F. Scott Anderson, a staff scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, USA, discusses the potential of in-situ resonance ionization mass spectrometry for understanding the age of planetary bodies.

Scientists who are dissatisfied with the analysis of samples from our blue planet look to the stars

The seven seas represent an extremely challenging and almost boundless environment that a secret army of passionate oceanographers nevertheless joyfully dive into.

The molecular weight, molecular weight distribution and size of two common polymers are measured using SEC-MALS 20. Results from SEC-MALS and conventional calibration are compared and discussed.