March 2015 Issue of The Analytical Scientist

Sometimes it’s good to stop and think about what is truly important and whether we need to refocus – or redouble – our efforts.

Spectroscopy lights the path to preventing virus deployment

A start-up company delivers breath analysis technology to an eager consumer market

Plastic spectrometers help students understand instrumental limitations

Aerial drones already aid in sample collection. Is in-situ water analysis next?

Can triglyceride fingerprinting and NMR help find adulterated meat?

How to maximize your chances of success when preparing manuscripts for publication.

Structure elucidation of small organic molecules requires a concerted analysis using several techniques.

The death of a University of California staff research assistant back in 2008 put safety concerns on the agenda. Where are we now?

Safer than radioactive labelling, fluorescence detection offers workflow streamlining and quicker results.

One half of The Blues Brothers, shares the story behind the innovative technology that is enabling scientists to perform spectroscopic analyses in minutes instead of hours or even days.

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.

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.

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.

In 2008, COAST (which stands for Comprehensive Analytical Science and Technology) was formed to address three major concerns in analytical science

Analytical sciences are at the core of many fundamental and applied scientific problems and innovations. Did you know that one out of every two chemists working in industry is working in analytical sciences?

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?

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.

This technical note describes the features and benefits of OMNISEC RESOLVE. It also includes a discussion of the value of OMNISEC as a complete system as opposed to upgrading an existing conventional system to advanced detection.

This technical note describes the system and explains how OMNISEC sets a new standard in molecular characterization.

In this application note, the structural distribution of some common polymers are compared using the Mark-Houwink plot. The data are all generated using the advanced OMNISEC multi-detector GPC/SEC system

This application note discusses the methodology and results for the rheological characterization of Opthalmic Viscosurgical Devices (OVDs) according to the International Standard ISO15798:2013