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December 2017
Welcome to our December issue – and the fifth Innovation Awards, which celebrates colorful concepts and vibrant analytical tools. In Upfront, we meet the 11-year-old speeding up lead contamination detection, explore possible dangers in tattoo inks, and find out why polyester clothes might have you reaching for the deodorant. We also enter the “fifth dimension”, look at a partnership detecting dangerous toxins, and finally, We Sit Down With influential innovator, R. Graham Cooks, who tells us why unhappiness makes for a successful inventor…
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Metabolomics Lipidomics
Hot Topics: Most Read Articles 2017
December 12, 2017
What were The Analytical Scientist’s most popular online articles in 2017? Here are our top 10 most read…
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The Innovators 2017
December 11, 2017
Whether ensuring consumer safety, speeding up biomedical research, or just making life in the lab a little bit easier – meet the companies advancing analytical science.
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Elemental Creativity
December 9, 2017
Sitting Down With... R. Graham Cooks, Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Aston Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, Purdue University, USA.
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Entering the Fifth Dimension
December 9, 2017
The analysis of complex samples often demands multiple sample preparation and separation steps. Could we streamline the analytical method by combining five chromatography and mass spectrometry dimensions into a single automated instrument?
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Joining Forces: Breaking the Mold
December 9, 2017
In our ongoing series profiling collaborations between industry and academia, we look at a partnership finding better ways to detect dangerous fungal toxins in our food.
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I Do Not Want Green Eggs and Ham
December 9, 2017
We’ve come a long way in food safety – but consumers deserve to know exactly what they are eating.
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Keeping the Lights On
December 9, 2017
The threatened closure of Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource would be a huge loss for the US research community.
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The (Sci)X Factor
December 9, 2017
The 2017 “Great Scientific Exchange” provided fascinating insights into some of the toughest challenges facing analytical science – and the world.
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Dark Fields and Diagnostic Disks
December 9, 2017
New devices for detecting tuberculosis may speed up diagnosis and improve treatment
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Scent to Try Us
December 9, 2017
PTR-MS helps explain why some fabrics keep you smelling fresh, while others... don’t
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Mass Spectrometry
Mass Spectrometry
Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
Omics
Metabolomics Lipidomics
Sample Preparation
Destination: Hyphenation
December 9, 2017
Small but perfectly formed, HTC-15 will be held in the Welsh capital Cardiff. Here, we present our top picks for the 2018 symposium
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Think Before You Ink
December 9, 2017
Advanced mass spectrometry finds that tattoo ink can migrate to lymph nodes
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Detecting Talent
December 9, 2017
Meet the 11-year-old who was named “America’s Top Young Scientist” for her rapid lead detection device
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A Recipe for Innovation
December 9, 2017
Curiosity, a desire to help others and a hefty dose of teamwork are essential ingredients for creativity.
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