In what should be our constant endeavor to improve sample preparation, we must look to new materials – and focus on bending them to our own needs.

New analytical technology combinations promise simultaneous solvent-free measurement of every element on the periodic chart. And that’s something worth shouting about.

Are we analyzing the right arsenic species or are organoarsenicals actually wolves in sheep’s clothing?

By Dietmar Knopp, Professor of Applied Biochemistry and Head of Group ‘Bioanalytics’ at the Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Hydrochemistry, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.

Genomics often steals the headlines, but could metabolomics be the true deliverer of personalized medicine?

Opening Pandora’s box with a seemingly simple question.

Non-targeted profiling is progressing in many application areas, including food, drugs, environmental, proteomics and metabolomics – but how can we measure the suitability of our own methods?

hemaPEN aims to rewrite the textbook for disease screening, therapeutic drug monitoring and medical research

Analytical scientists play an important role in the standard setting process. Are you involved?

Despite the recent bad press, cutting-edge analytical techniques are transforming the field of hair analysis