The Analytical Scientist Most Read
What were the hottest articles from The Analytical Scientist online in 2016? Here are our top 10 most read.
1. The Power List 2016
1016’s Power List shone a celebratory spotlight on the female scientists leading the way in the analytical sciences. Read on for their passions, pivotal moments and predictions – and prepare to be inspired.
2. Analyzing Autism
As the mother of a child with autism, analytical scientist Anna Blazewicz has a personal interest in the condition. She tells us how she has used ion chromatography to uncover a link between iodine levels and symptoms of autism.
3. RIP-GC?
When disruptive technology comes along, it can be hard to defend the technique under attack – even if we have embraced it for decades. Ray Perkins explains why selected ion flow tube mass spec could spell the end of GC in some cases.
4. Tacky Factor
In July's editorial, Rich Whitworth took on the over-popular ‘Impact Factor’. What does “impact” mean in scientific journal publishing? What should it mean? And should analytical scientists be the ones leading the charge for change?
5. Toward Integrative Omics
From the study of cancer to microbial communities, multi-omic analyses provide insight unattainable with single omics. Amanda Hummon and Tom Metz point to the power, potential – and inevitability – of an integrated omics approach.
6. Language as Quality Control
When writing is central to the job of assuring health, safety and quality, you can’t afford to be loose with language. Steven Schultz shares a few tactics.
7. G-A-T-T-A-C-A
Imagine a society where people are discriminated against not because of their color, race, religion or sex, but because of their genomic predisposition to disease. Rich asks if genetically-modified embryos herald a dystopian future…
8. Ion Legend
We Sit Down With patent-publishing wonder, Chris Pohl, of Thermo Fisher. He talks about the chemistry equivalent of LEGO and how trialing explosives in his father’s basement helped make him the experimental chemist he is today.
9. Making a Murderer
In an episode of the hit documentary, two witnesses gave testimonies – the FBI Chemistry Unit Chief and an analytical chemist. They had very different takes on what constitutes proof – and what it means to be an analytical scientist…
10. Gurus of Raman Spectroscopy
Four gurus share a potentially disruptive new model to explain unexpected observations in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and offer their thoughts on the future of Raman.
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