Gas Chromatography

As we prepare to launch The Analytical Scientist Innovation Award, the articles in this month’s issue unwittingly form links in the innovation chain – from idea to marketed product – contributed by people who have been there, done that.

Worldwide helium demand far exceeds current production levels. For many gas chroma- tography applications, the ... switch to hydrogen is painless. What’s stopping you?

Jumping on the breath biomarker bandwagon is tempting, but a number of failures to observe the ... fundamental rules of good science have cast doubt over the ... technique. Here, the authors describe best practice, from collection to clinical evaluation.

The Problem: How can we rapidly detect economically-motivated adulteration of food and deter fraudsters from ... committing future crimes?

Sitting Down With Georges Guiochon, Professor and Distinguished Scientist of Analytical Chemistry at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Scientific innovation combined with manufacturing excellence continues to drive improvements in GC. For ... trace analysis, the development of ultra-inert columns has been crucial. Here’s how it was done.

Full-scan mass spectrometry is about to transform the way that we do analyses ... Here, I describe the possibilities for non-targeted analysis that are opened up by recent improvements in instrumentation, compare the new approach to today’s best (targeted) practice, and look for solutions to the bottlenecks that are hindering widespread adoption of non-targeted analysis.

As we burn through our natural resources with gay abandon, all humans must consider the impact of non-sustainable activities and prepare to change.

How clinical analysis tracks developments in analytical technology ...

Günther Laukien, founder of Bruker Physik AG, posthumously receives 2013 Pittcon Heritage Award ...