Techniques & Tools

Oscar van den Brink, managing director of COAST and TKI-Chemistry in the Netherlands.

Implementing a new laboratory information management system (LIMS) takes a lot more work than choosing the “right” software.

You’ve convinced your boss that your laboratory absolutely needs a shiny new quadrupole-based, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) system for trace element analysis. Now what?

There are a lot of things to consider when seeking good results from gas chromatography. Success often comes from understanding precisely what goes on in the injection port.

Ahead of New Oleans, we offer a little history, editorial program picks, and invite you to the Humanity in Science Award symposium.

A UK study is set to examine whether new Raman technology can be used to assist surgeons during brain tumor removal.

In this short series of articles Dr Paul Kippax is looking at how recent innovations are substantially enhancing the value and informational productivity of some of our established and trusted analytical techniques. This time, the addition of Raman spectroscopy to automated imaging…

Raman spectroscopy identifies rickets in 400-year-old bones from the Mary Rose

Is analytical science poised to storm the theatre and steal the spotlight? Possibly not. But I do sense an increasingly central – and recognized – role, particularly in the clinic.

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