Michelle Wood talks us through some of the biggest challenges and trends in the forensics field today

Dolphins are rubbing themselves on metabolite-rich coral – could they be self-medicating?

How MANDRAKE gathers intelligence, shares information with the police and develops new technologies to combat the UK’s synthetic cannabinoid epidemic

Low VOC emissions from indoor cannabis cultivation facilities – good news for people and the planet?

Sex, age, pathology, and now, with imaging mass spectrometry, whether you’ve recently taken cocaine or heroin…

SERS for bacterial identification, an innovative tool in NASA’s “Search for life”, and a novel sensor to detect high-risk biomarkers…

Nominations are open for The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2022!

Supercritical fluid chromatography has come a long way in terms of versatility and ease of use, so there’s no reason to be scared, says Caroline West

Sue Abbatiello tells us about her recent Twitter success – a photo-based MS quiz!

Tea With Rich… returns with a rather extraordinary episode