Tea With… James Harynuk
July 1, 2014
Are mass spectral search libraries like crooked politicians? James Harynuk applies thermodynamic common sense to find the answer.
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False
The Art of Analysis
May 28, 2014
In August, The Analytical Scientist will publish a special issue celebrating the very best images in the field of analytical science. And you have the chance to submit an image that defines your work.
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Pharma and Biopharma
Pharma and Biopharma
Chromatography
Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
Sample Preparation
Back to School for Pharmaceutical Analysis
May 28, 2014
Deeper consideration of individual analytical unit processes offers a more systematic approach to method development, ensuring that we don’t forget the basics in an increasingly sophisticated world.
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Three Gurus of Spectroscopy
May 27, 2014
What has driven spectroscopic techniques into their current prominent position in a plethora of application areas? Here, Gary Hieftje, Peter Griffiths, and Volker Deckert combine over 120 years of experience to assess past successes – and failures – and to offer a glimpse of our light-filled future.
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Two-dimensional Bioanalysis
May 27, 2014
Bringing biopharmaceuticals and biosimilars to market with 2D-LC
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Rapid and Robust Subunit Domain Mapping of Monoclonal Antibody Based Biotherapeutics
May 27, 2014
Highly specific enzymes for middle down approach - rapid mass spectrometric analysis of antibody based biotherapeutics using FabRICATOR®
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Firearm Forensics
May 27, 2014
Gun crime is not going away, but current forensic tools are limited at best. We believe that attenuated total reflectance (ATR) imaging could fill a big gap in the crime scene investigator’s armory.
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Diving into Proper Proteomics
May 27, 2014
Let’s not boast of “complete proteomes” or “protein coverage” until we correct our ignorance of post-translational modifications. Proteome analysis is more than just identifying and counting proteins.
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Applying Infrared Spectroscopy at the Nanoscale
May 27, 2014
How to meet today’s demands for nanoscale chemical analysis in materials and life sciences.
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My Ever-expanding Analytical Toolbox
May 27, 2014
New methods that focus on increased sensitivity or resolution are being developed on an almost daily basis. But are they the right methods and do we even need them? I say “no and no,” and here’s why.
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A Little Respect
May 27, 2014
Sitting Down With Ellen Miseo, instrumentation and applications consultant for Analytical Answers and adjunct assistant professor at Bentley University, Massachusetts, USA.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Ciencias
May 27, 2014
How broad are the legal duties of analytical laboratories and what do recent developments in US law mean for labs around the world?
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ASMS on Tour
May 27, 2014
On June 15, the 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics sails into Baltimore
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Learning Without Doing Equals Shortcoming
May 27, 2014
Removing practical assessments from science education is illogical, say UK chemical engineers
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For God’s Sake
May 27, 2014
Was an assistant analytical chemistry professor mistaken to instruct graduates not to “thank God”
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Watson and Crick visit the local pub
May 27, 2014
Nick Kim gifts us with his very analytical and amusing view of the world around us.
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Nano-labels for “Sour” Oil
May 27, 2014
Carbon black nanoreporters can warn oil producers of unacceptable levels of hydrogen sulfide
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Cutting that Red Tape
May 27, 2014
A report from the US National Science Board (NSB) has denounced excessive bureaucracy faced by researchers and urges a “focus on the science”
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Interred Tundra
May 27, 2014
Analysis of “dirty” ice from 3000 meters down reveals that ancient soil exists beneath the Greenland ice sheet
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Inspiration Particles, and Other Misconceptions
May 27, 2014
Where does inspiration come from? I mean the insight that leads you to a new invention or that suddenly makes you aware of the solution to a problem?
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