Is it possible for a cylinder of helium to last years, rather than months? When using a novel split-splitless injection port for gas chromatographs, the simple answer is “yes.” Here, I present the more technical answer.

Science and business: tenacious partners in a shaky marriage or eternally bound nonidentical twins?

Incorrect labeling of foods – sometimes a result of inappropriate or incorrect analysis – can cause needless suffering for people with food allergies. We analytical scientists must step up and change the landscape of food allergen analysis.

Christopher Harrison described the flipped classroom as an inevitable evolution in teaching. And he’s right – but why has it taken so long for university lecturers to catch on?

There are more researchers working in industry than in academic facilities – and, in many ways, they are shaping the future more profoundly than their academic colleagues. It’s time to push them into the limelight.

“During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art,” wrote Herbert Spencer in 1861. So, is analytical chemistry truly as much an art form as a science?

Could a new acoustic micropump inspired by the legs of swimmers open doors for microfluidics?

Can SERS accurately detect the early stages of the most common male cancer?

Multi-isotope analysis uncovers the life story of King Richard III – and, for the first time, links wine intake to oxygen isotope composition

How to put instant blood identification and age estimation into the hands of forensic investigators