Mass Spectrometry

In May, emerging analytical professionals gathered at a UK conference of the same name to present ... and network – and to compete for The Analytical Scientist’s first ever prize.

A combination of HDX-MS and IMS will help to explore the basis of functional failures in proteins linked to medical conditions.

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.

Three gurus describe significant breakthroughs in micro and nanoscale analytical techniques and envisage where they might take us next.

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

A new solid phase extraction technology has been developed to speed up sample preparation by eliminating steps in the extraction workflow.

This Application Note describes the fast and highly sensitive detection of trace-level aroma compounds in the headspace gas above fresh strawberries.

A state-of-art mass spec system hits the road, offering a new way for analytical science providers to meet their ... customers.

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.