Mass Spectrometry

Earwax – or cerumen – comprises secretions from specialized sweat glands and fatty materials produced by sebaceous glands.

Over the past few months, we’ve been asking you to send in the photos and images that best reflect the important and intriguing work that you do.

Tracking the volatile chemical profile modifications that attract mosquitoes

Will further progress in direct ionization technologies kick-start a revolution in surgery – and what does that mean for other fields?

Fresh from the excitement of ASMS 2014 in Baltimore, Ken Miller, VP of Marketing for Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry, provides a snapshot of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s ambitions.

Sitting Down With Daniel Armstrong, Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA.

Atmospheric pressure gas chromatography (APGC) showed great promise when it was originally unveiled, but significant development and input from key collaborators would be required to harness the technique for ultra-trace POP analysis. Here’s that story.

Starting my own bioanalytical research company after many years working for Big Pharma has been daunting, but also satisfying, and I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

Many sample preparation techniques originated a long, long time ago. Should we be satisfied with old separation magic or does our whole approach need to be re-cast?

Analytical scientists will descend on Mozart’s hometown for two future-facing conferences – ISC 2014 and MSACL 2014 EU.