May 2013 Issue of The Analytical Scientist

Despite its intrinsic importance, analytical science has a very low profile and is in danger of being dismantled ... completely.

New metrics promise “game-changing" improvements to SAXS.

How clinical analysis tracks developments in analytical technology ...

As we burn through our natural resources with gay abandon, all humans must consider the impact of non-sustainable activities and prepare to change.

Radiocarbon dating not only supported the identification of King Richard III’s remains, it also shed ... light on his diet.

Dried blood spot analysis is a useful, but not yet perfect, technique.

For centuries, taste experts have had the enviable – and indispensable – job of managing brandy quality ... control. Are they about to be replaced by E-Tongue technology?

Are the right questions being asked about substance abuse in sport? I say no...

The abandonment of employee training and development is a false economy. Those companies ... that do invest will have a huge competitive advantage.

Scientific innovation combined with manufacturing excellence continues to drive improvements in GC. For ... trace analysis, the development of ultra-inert columns has been crucial. Here’s how it was done.

A state-of-art mass spec system hits the road, offering a new way for analytical science providers to meet their ... customers.

Full-scan mass spectrometry is about to transform the way that we do analyses ... Here, I describe the possibilities for non-targeted analysis that are opened up by recent improvements in instrumentation, compare the new approach to today’s best (targeted) practice, and look for solutions to the bottlenecks that are hindering widespread adoption of non-targeted analysis.

Where does sample preparation stand today, and where is it going? Two experts – one from environmental ... chemistry, the other from pharmaceutical science – share views on the current, short-term and long – term outlook for sample prep.

Advantages of dried blood spot (DBS) analysis for the pharmaceutical industry abound yet analytical and ... regulatory challenges are hindering widespread uptake. Here, two leading proponents of the approach discuss what can be done to overcome the barriers to its implementation.

How a public-private community is transforming the way analytical chemistry research is approached in ... The Netherlands.

Moving away from constant flow to multiple modes of operation heralds a revolution in high ... performance liquid chromatography

Sitting Down With Peter Schoenmakers, professor at the Faculty of Science, van‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular ... Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and co-chair of HPLC2013.

This Application Note describes the fast and highly sensitive detection of trace-level aroma compounds in the headspace gas above fresh strawberries.

Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe, but on Earth it’s relatively rare