December 2014 Issue of The Analytical Scientist

Including the contents this final issue of 2014, we’ve published just shy of 350 articles to date, covering all aspects of analytical science.

Can the human nose beat analytical instrumentation when it comes to identifying gory components?

A new microRNA analysis platform aims to detect disease well ahead of symptoms

Performing GC-MS on a speeding comet certainly sounds like science fiction...

A new World Community Grid project harnesses excess computational power donated by volunteers to screen millions of candidate drug molecules

We dived into our analytics to find the most popular online articles. Here, we present a thought-provoking quote from each of the top ten.

I’ve been lucky enough to spend time in the grey area between analytical spectroscopy and atomic physics. It’s fascinating and enlightening – but is it chemistry?

A technique can only make it into the upper echelons of analytical chemistry with a strong, balanced team. And that means bringing together fundamental researchers, application specialists, and instrumentation experts on a well-supported playing field.

Will the future see crime scene investigators collecting nasal swabs or rinses from deceased victims to identify the assailant? In a word: yes.

How can we avoid band broadening and distortion of high performance liquid chromatographic peaks in the second dimension?

Accurate measurement drives progress in science in immeasurable ways. Here, we celebrate a year’s worth of advances in The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2014. What impact will these 15 TASIA winners have on your field?

The M908 took the top spot in our 2013 Innovation Awards – “Revolutionary technology; will be an inspiration for new generations,” said the judges. Here, four co-founders of 908 Devices describe the perfect storm that led to the creation of the world’s first handheld mass spectrometer.

How do your customers, your competitors, the press or even the public perceive your organization? Here, I offer my tips, tricks and thoughts on PR – and suggest why you might want to consider a smarter approach.

Sitting Down With Nicoló Omenetto, Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida, USA.

Sponsor companies proudly present their impressive contributions to the analytical science community.

In this application note, we show that Malvern’s OmniSEC software can now communicate with Waters Empower® for the seamless exchange of sample sequences. A selection of proteins was used to demonstrate the measurement of protein molecular weight, oligomeric and aggregation state.

In this application note, one protein, interferon α-5, was conjugated with two different PEG molecules in different reactions.  The protein and PEG molecules were characterized individually using multi-detector SEC, followed by the PEGylated conjugates.  Their composition, molecular weights and intrinsic viscosities were measured. This work was performed by Celares GMBH, Germany with samples provided by DIGNA BIOTECH, Spain