Food, Beverage & Agriculture

What are the effects of mixtures of toxic substances, all present at low concentrations in our foodstuffs, and how should we go about measuring them?

Research using lobsters shows how discontinuous odor information is integrated at the neuronal level to produce an ‘olfactory scene’. It could have practical applications in identifying the location of explosives or drugs.

Right now, we can only see small pieces of the colossal picture entitled “Food and Health”.

Nick Kim gifts us with his very analytical and amusing view of the world around us.

DNA barcoding highlights a disturbing trend in the composition of herb-based health products – contamination, substitution, and unlabeled fillers make up your daily dose

The Windy City is set to welcome “the world’s largest annual premier conference and exposition on laboratory science”, but are you prepared? Here, we look at historical attendance trends and offer our top picks.

We sample the views of five food analysis experts. Is separation science still the greatest thing since sliced bread, or are there bigger fish to fry?

The development of Orbitrap™ has taken up all of my professional life. It’s been a story of luck, perseverance, and, ultimately, success.

Taiwan proudly set the tightest limits on glyphosate, but failed to measure the herbicide

The unique co-evolutionary relationships between plants and their pollinators are as complex as they are diverse.