A sneak preview of the 2016 SciX conference, taking place in Minneapolis in Spetember.

Products, partnerships, investments - what’s going on in the analytical science business world.

Assessing the effect of climate change on maple syrup - using liquid chromatography

A Chinese research group have discovered potentially dangerous levels of lead in lipsticks

What is the future of the 'impact factor'? Does it make sense to assign a number to quality?

Then & Now, with Amadeo Fernández-Alba, Professor at the University of Almeria, Spain.

This article explores how multiple detectors, particularly light scattering detectors, may be used for size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) in protein analysis. Using a light scattering detector as part of a multi-detector Size Exclusion Chromatography system provides the accurate molecular weight (MW) data needed to assess the activity, safety and clinical efficacy of therapeutic proteins.

This article explores the role of different components within drilling muds, including barite and calcium carbonate. The need to achieve optimum particle sizes is examined, the application of laser diffraction is considered within this context. Fast, efficient and having a wide measurement range, laser diffraction delivers accurate, precise and reproducible particle size information. Offering automated analysis, it is a preferred method for drilling mud particle sizing and the focus of ongoing API efforts to develop a standard in this area.

Tom Metz, Integrative Omics Scientist and Metabolomics Technical Lead at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Washington State, USA), selects six papers that exemplify the power of multi-omics.

When fighting food fraud, there are problems that analytical science alone cannot solve. We must work together to take a more inclusive and multidisciplinary approach that ensures true food integrity.