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We Don't Need No Education?
March 25, 2015
Teachers of the analytical sciences have a hard job. Lesson preparation time is limited – and, if the teacher’s own educational background is lacking, he or she could struggle to deliver what students really need. So, what is the answer?
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Never too Young to Learn
March 24, 2015
More than 15,000 UK school students have been given the opportunity to learn about spectroscopy through hands-on experience thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Spectroscopy in a Suitcase (SIAS) scheme.
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The Challenge of China
March 23, 2015
As the world’s most populous country and the second largest global economy, the potential for growth is significant. But how does an analytical services company break into China?
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Five Star Separation Science
March 23, 2015
Sitting Down With... Guowang Xu, Director of the Metabonomics Research Center and Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China.
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What Do You Want ‘Now’?
March 23, 2015
Safer than radioactive labelling, fluorescence detection offers workflow streamlining and quicker results.
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Moving Lab Safety Higher Up the Agenda
March 23, 2015
The death of a University of California staff research assistant back in 2008 put safety concerns on the agenda. Where are we now?
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What’s in the Surprise Gift Box?
March 23, 2015
Structure elucidation of small organic molecules requires a concerted analysis using several techniques.
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Ruining Science by Writing it Up
March 23, 2015
How to maximize your chances of success when preparing manuscripts for publication.
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NMR: New Meat Research
March 23, 2015
Can triglyceride fingerprinting and NMR help find adulterated meat?
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Spectrometry Take Flight
March 23, 2015
Aerial drones already aid in sample collection. Is in-situ water analysis next?
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The Lego-lytical Scientist
March 23, 2015
Plastic spectrometers help students understand instrumental limitations
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Bad Breathalyzer
March 23, 2015
A start-up company delivers breath analysis technology to an eager consumer market
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Viral Code Breaker
March 23, 2015
Spectroscopy lights the path to preventing virus deployment
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The Cream of Chromatography
March 23, 2015
We started with a simple question: who’s leading the way in chromatography? Here, we present our findings from a publication and citation analysis of international institutions represented in The Analytical Scientist’s 2013 Power List.
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Questioning Our Values
March 23, 2015
Sometimes it’s good to stop and think about what is truly important and whether we need to refocus – or redouble – our efforts.
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A Briefcase Full of NMR
March 23, 2015
One half of The Blues Brothers – Bernhard Blümich, a leading expert in compact nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy – shares the story behind the innovative technology that is enabling scientists to perform spectroscopic analyses in minutes instead of hours or even days.
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