Business-in-Brief: January 2026
February 6, 2026
This month’s analytical science business news: chromatography deals, AI labs, and new instruments
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Innovation
A Foundation for Revolutionary Separation Performance?
By Fabrice Gritti
December 18, 2025
Bo Zhang’s new strategy for the precise manufacturing of LC microspheres may allow scientists to conduct the experiments needed to make breakthroughs in column performance
5 min read
A Toast to Innovators of All Stripes
By James Strachan
November 20, 2025
Whether you’re grappling with the fundamentals, or putting the finishing touches on a new product – we salute you!
1 min read
What I Learned Bringing Slalom Chromatography Back from the Dead
By Fabrice Gritti
November 18, 2025
Fabrice Gritti spent a year immersed in the world of DNA physics to resurrect a long-abandoned technique to solve modern challenges in cell and gene therapy analysis
6 min read
The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2025
By James Strachan
November 17, 2025
The products – and people – defining the next wave of analytical innovation
7 min read
The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2025: #1
By James Strachan
November 13, 2025
The technology ranked first in our 2025 Innovation Awards is… Countable PCR, from Countable Labs
4 min read
Ocean Virus Sequencing From a Single Drop
November 13, 2025
A breakthrough in environmental sequencing maps the microbial ocean one particle at a time, uncovering new viral families in the process
2 min read
The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2025: #2
By James Strachan
November 12, 2025
Technical lead Johannes Petzoldt tells the story behind the development of Thermo’s Orbitrap Astral Zoom Mass Spectrometer
3 min read
How to Avoid a Third “AI Winter”
By Henry Thomas
November 12, 2025
Bob Pirok is cautiously optimistic about the future of AI-enabled analytical workflows – but analytical science has twice previously fallen into the trap of hype-driven AI development…
8 min read
The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2025: #4
By James Strachan
November 11, 2025
IonOpticks’ Aurora Series Capillary Flow Column Range combines proteomic depth with long-term stability – with insights from R&D scientists Andreia Almeida and Greta Briedyte
5 min read
