Fields & Applications

Keep your eyes and ears open, because a lot of discrimination is subtle.

Is (analytical) science still sexist? Six chemists contemplate the ‘glass ceiling’ for women in science: does it exist and if so, can it be broken?

Can comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography breath analysis lead to better lung cancer diagnostics?

H2020 wanted to put food authentication into the hands of the consumer. What impact will the outcome have on our field?

A vitriolic attack on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sparks controversy – and acts as a stark reminder of the need to love science but refute ‘scientism.’

A close-up of cocaine distribution in washed hair strands

Is pesticide residue analysis still a hot topic? Ahead of EPRW 2016 in Cyprus, current Chair – Despo Louca Christodoulou – and scientific organizing committee members Magnus Jezussek and Sonja Masselter discuss the importance of the field in challenging times.

What is the chemical nature of thought? What is memory? Why, over 2000 years since Aristotle first asked such questions, are we still searching?

In many European countries, the limit of lactose in lactose-free labelled products has been lowered from 100 to 10 mg/100 g product in recent years (1).

Can infrared absorption and Raman spectroscopy keep pace with clandestine chemists?