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January 2016
Welcome to January's issue! In Upfront, “Making a Murderer” raises the profile of analytical chemists, researchers puncture claims that banned tire treatments are undetectable, and genomics rules the roost in Thomas Reuters’ “hottest researchers”. We Sit Down With Carlo Bicchi, and Philip Britz-McKibbin asks if there’s a simpler method for multiplexed separations in metabolomics. In ‘Exploring Our Blue Planet’, oceanographer Rob Munier explains the role of analytical science in understanding the mysteries of the deep. And from our blue planet to the red planet, we talk to two experts who are looking to Mars to learn more about the universe.
GC-MS and the Art of POP Analysis
February 4, 2016
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) encompass a wide variety of contaminants, but they share one thing in common: they have the potential to hit headlines and cause huge disruption to the food and feed industry. Fortunately, innovation does not stand still – and advances in mass spectrometry are opening up new vistas in POPs analysis. Here, I assess the complete range of GC-MS techniques used in POPs analysis, including the latest GC-MS instrument developments.
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Small-footprint Absorbance System for Characterizing Heme Proteins
February 4, 2016
Compact Spark spectral sensor measures Vis-NIR absorbance of hemoglobin – and more
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News and Research
News and Research
Technology
Environmental
Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
Sponsored
Dioxin Determination in Air Filter Samples Using Pressurized Solvent Extraction (PSE)
February 4, 2016
Extraction of air sampling filters for the determination of dioxins using BUCHI’s SpeedExtractor E-914
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Mass Spectrometry
Mass Spectrometry
Pharma and Biopharma
Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
Sponsored
Screening, Identifying, and Quantifying Potential Genotoxic Compounds with High Resolution LC/MS
February 4, 2016
Analysis of chlorhexidine drug substance using an Agilent 6545 Accurate Mass Q-TOF System and MassHunter Mass Profiler Software.
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Applying the Basics
February 4, 2016
Sitting Down With… Carlo Bicchi, Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Turin, and member of the scientific committee for the 40th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography and 13th GC×GC Symposium (Riva 2016), Italy.
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Faster Chemical Separations
February 4, 2016
A 2015 Innovation Award-winning “fastGC” module enhances proton transfer reaction time-of-flight analyzer performance by adding an optional near real-time chemical pre-separation step. Here’s the story behind its development.
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Dating in Space
February 4, 2016
Scientists who are dissatisfied with the analysis of samples from our blue planet look to the stars – or rather, neighboring planets – to learn the mysteries of the universe.
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Exploring the Red Planet
February 4, 2016
Scientists who are dissatisfied with the analysis of samples from our blue planet look to the stars – or rather, neighboring planets – to learn the mysteries of the universe.
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Exploring Our Blue Planet
February 3, 2016
The seven seas represent an extremely challenging and almost boundless environment that a secret army of passionate oceanographers nevertheless joyfully dive into. Here, I explain the role that analytical science plays in understanding the many mysteries of the deep.
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Enlightened Experimental Design
February 3, 2016
The traditional approach of designing experiments by changing one factor at a time is outmoded.
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MSI-CE-MS Simplifies Separations
February 3, 2016
Multiplexed separations in metabolomics: is there a faster, cheaper, and better way?
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A Tiny Sample Problem
February 3, 2016
A novel CE-MS technique shows great promise for sample-restricted metabolomics.
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Seeing the Full Picture
February 3, 2016
The analytical world in general has yet to appreciate the power of FTIR spectroscopic imaging for process analysis. Here’s why it should be in your toolkit.
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Mass Spectrometry
Mass Spectrometry
Sample Preparation
Materials Science
Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
End of the Road
February 3, 2016
Researchers use SPME and GC-MS to puncture claims that banned tire treatments are “undetectable”
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Making a Murderer
February 3, 2016
Analytical science hits the mainstream with Netflix’s hit documentary [spoiler alert!]
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Gene Genie
February 3, 2016
Genomics platform director tops Thomson Reuters’ list of highly cited authors
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Faster (GC) Tactics
February 3, 2016
Five ways to speed up gas chromatography analyses using your current system
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Characterizing Collagen at the Double
February 3, 2016
Two-dimensional mass spectrometry (2DMS) can be twice as fast as conventional methods in proteomic analyses
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SERS SLIPS Ahead
February 3, 2016
Can a new slippery surface for Raman scattering open the door to routine single molecule detection?
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Nice Measurement – Now What?!
February 3, 2016
Concerning disparity between measurements and decisions.
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