To celebrate our first year anniversary, we commissioned a short video that highlights what The Analytical Scientist is all about. And to make things even more exciting, we’re giving away an iPad mini to watch it on.

Nick Kim gifts us with his very analytical and amusing view of the world around us.

Did you leap at the chance of a supervisory role or do you dread the idea of managing a former peer or an entire lab?

Could – and should – analytical science be more environmentally friendly?

Performance-enhancing drug expert Douwe de Boer goes toe-to-toe with the Dutch Doping Authority’s Herman Ram on the big issues in sports doping.

My journey through science, and my personal view on the transformative potential of laser ablation.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover recently raised its head (camera) to the night sky to take its first photograph of Earth from the surface of the Red Planet.NASA’s Curiosity Rover recently raised its head (camera) to the night sky to take its first photograph of Earth from the surface of the Red Planet.

QEPAS offers highly sensitive portable sensing of nitrous oxide and methane – two of the nastier greenhouse gases

DNA barcoding highlights a disturbing trend in the composition of herb-based health products – contamination, substitution, and unlabeled fillers make up your daily dose

Gamers are better at identifying certain patterns than computer algorithms, so why not use them to pick out breast cancer-related gene profiles?