Forensics

Quantifying THC in oral fluid by turning convention on its head

The latest mass spec research: your proteome age, the after-effects of the Ohio train derailment, and signs of extraterrestrial life?

We’ve dug through our – now 10 years old – archive and dusted off a selection of archeological gems

What were The Analytical Scientist’s most popular online articles in 2022? Here are our top 10 most read…

Chemical profiles of smokeless powders are often the only link between the offense and the offender. Can we profile faster and with greater precision?

Michelle Wood talks us through some of the biggest challenges and trends in the forensics field today

How MANDRAKE gathers intelligence, shares information with the police and develops new technologies to combat the UK’s synthetic cannabinoid epidemic

Sex, age, pathology, and now, with imaging mass spectrometry, whether you’ve recently taken cocaine or heroin…

Joerg Koehler explains how Bruker is working with Bavarian police to develop new spectroscopy-based tools for forensic narcotics analysis

How water cluster SIMS can differentiate between ingested and non-ingested cocaine on a person’s fingertips