Forensics

Residue from an ancient burial site in Eastern Asia – and the cannabis use that time forgot.

Amber was an important status symbol in prehistoric Iberia, but perhaps not a foolproof one

Analysis of shamanic ritual bundle paints a picture of botanical and psychotropic knowledge in ancient South America.

Traditional testing of hair for drug use has struggled to differentiate genuine drug ingestion from external contamination - until now.

How a respectable chiral separation scientist got sucked into the weird, wonderful, and unpredictable field of novel psychoactive substances.

Three connoisseurs of CE discuss the hot topics in the field.

Mass spec helps crack a cold case of thallium poisoning.

This year’s Pittcon will be covering the hottest of topics, including epigenetics, automation, nanomaterials and cannabis analysis.

Forensic testing labs need to clean up their act...

Business in brief: What’s going on in analytical science?