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Techniques & Tools Sample Preparation

What You’ve Been Reading...

| Rich Whitworth

We dived into our analytics to find the most popular online articles. Here, we present a thought-provoking quote from each of the top ten.

Techniques & Tools Mass Spectrometry

The Comet Lander

| Rich Whitworth

Performing GC-MS on a speeding comet certainly sounds like science fiction...

Techniques & Tools Chemical

Tea With Jean-Pierre

| Rich Whitworth

Tea and electrochemistry with Jean-Pierre Chervet at ISC2014 in Salzburg.

Techniques & Tools Mass Spectrometry

Three Gurus of Ion Chromatography

| Paul Haddad, Markus Läubli, Joachim Weiss

Ever since the innovation injection that was the “Manhattan Project”, ion chromatography has defied probability by exhibiting almost continuous evolution

Fields & Applications Mass Spectrometry

Shifting the Landscape of Nanomaterial Measurement

| Chady Stephan, Madjid Hadioui, Kevin J. Wilkinson, Robert Thomas

Collaboration between the University of Montreal and PerkinElmer shows how the unique capability of single particle inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (SP-ICP-MS) can be used to assess the environmental impact of engineered nanomaterials.

Techniques & Tools Mass Spectrometry

The Coffee-ring Effect

| Bob Blackledge

A single photo got me thinking about sample preparation for mass spectrometry – that’s the real beauty of art.

Techniques & Tools Mass Spectrometry

Blowhole Breathalyzer

| Stephanie Vine

Could bottlenose dolphin breath analysis help with conservation efforts?

Fields & Applications Mass Spectrometry

Alcoholic and Nutritious?

| Stephanie Vine

Analysis of pottery shards from Teotihuacan reveals ancient alcohol experimentation

Techniques & Tools Technology

The ‘Noble’ Undertaking of Helium Conservation

| Ed McCauley

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.

Techniques & Tools Food, Beverage & Agriculture

A Recipe for Disaster?

| Bert Pöpping

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.

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