Mass Spectrometry

Can R&D organizations really afford to kill off analytical data that could be used for future decision-making? Perhaps it’s time to breathe life back into analytical data environments.

The juxtaposition of simplicity through new technology with complexity in the chemistry keeps gas chromatographic method development exciting – despite GC being described by many as a “mature” technique. But are we still using packed-column thinking?

Just imagine how many analytical problems would be solved if we could increase the resolution of liquid chromatography (LC) from hundreds to thousands or perhaps a hundred thousand compounds?

Online hyphenation of capillary electrophoresis and mass spectrometry is nearly 30 years old, but has been ignored in certain camps. It’s time to give CE-MS a chance.

Is the heat applied in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry really responsible for false results? And, if so, how often?

Hormones are examples of contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) that have been detected in environmental and drinking waters around the world in trace amounts (1, 2).

Equipping scanning electron microscopes with Raman imaging to create a 2014 Innovation Award-winning universal microscopy solution.

When Richard Fussell still worked at the UK’s Food and Environment Research Agency, he was the first customer to see the Thermo Scientific Q Exactive™ GC in action – well ahead of its official launch at ASMS 2015. The latest Orbitrap™ innovation made him wonder – not for the first time – if the grass was greener on the other side.

Coupling gas chromatography with Orbitrap™ technology wasn’t easy, but the outcome – the introduction of the Thermo Scientific Q Exactive™ GC – represents a big step towards bringing full-scan, high-resolution, and accurate mass data into routine labs around the world. And my dream of an “Orbitrap in every lab” inches ever closer.

Research into migration of packaging materials into food began decades ago. And despite the relatively inconspicuous nature of this niche area, it is characterized by some of the most significant modern-day challenges in food analysis.