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April 2016
Welcome to April’s issue! In Upfronts, we share a new approach for tackling ‘legal highs’ and find out why plucky pigeons are strapping on sensor vests for the good of humankind. Michele Lees asks if analytical scientists can outwit food fraudsters and three experts explain why pesticide analysis is still a hot topic. Power List heavyweight Jonathan Sweedler discusses analytical semantics and his search for answers in neuroscience, while Frank Bright talks about the amazing ‘toolbox’ of analytical science and what defines great research.
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Liquid Chromatography
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Gas Chromatography
Mass Spectrometry
Food, Beverage & Agriculture
Guardians of Maximum Residue Limits
April 19, 2016
Is pesticide residue analysis still a hot topic? Ahead of EPRW 2016 in Cyprus, current Chair – Despo Louca Christodoulou – and scientific organizing committee members Magnus Jezussek and Sonja Masselter discuss the importance of the field in challenging times.
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When Two Worlds Collide
April 19, 2016
What is the chemical nature of thought? What is memory? Why, over 2000 years since Aristotle first asked such questions, are we still searching? We live and work in very exciting times, and I’m thrilled to be using all tools at my disposal to reach for the answers.
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Language as Quality Control...
April 18, 2016
... or sonicate until the cockroaches disappear. When writing is central to the job of assuring health, safety, and quality, can you afford to be loose with language prone to misunderstanding? Why take a chance? Here are a few strategies to edit your written work for quality control.
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Determination of Lactose in Lactose-free Products Using HPAEC-PAD
April 18, 2016
In many European countries, the limit of lactose in lactose-free labelled products has been lowered from 100 to 10 mg/100 g product in recent years (1).
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Drawn to the Light
April 18, 2016
Sitting Down With... Frank Bright, Henry M. Woodburn Chair and SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, New York.
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Drifting into the Future with IMS
April 18, 2016
Why old technology or ideas still have a part to play when it comes to advancing analytical techniques.
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The Trouble with Metabolomics
April 18, 2016
The pursuit of the metabolome may no longer be a novel field, but it remains the biggest analytical challenge.
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Forensics: The Next Generation
April 18, 2016
How will modern genomics tools and other analytical breakthroughs drive forensic science?
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Outwitting Food Fraudsters
April 18, 2016
Developing an effective strategy to combat food fraud can be challenging; it means thinking on your feet and staying ahead of the game.
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Million Peak Performance
April 18, 2016
Pioneering separations research gets the “STAMP” of approval
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Ebb… Then Flow
April 18, 2016
The co-inventor of flow injection analysis is awarded the newly reinaugurated Talanta Medal
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Pigeon Patrol
April 18, 2016
Meet London’s first ever flock of pollution-monitoring birds
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ZipChips and LIGHTNIRS
April 18, 2016
Two innovations that stood out from the crowd at Pittcon 2016
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High Hopes
April 18, 2016
Can infrared absorption and Raman spectroscopy keep pace with clandestine chemists?
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The Translational Scientist
April 18, 2016
...the perfect companion to The Analytical Scientist.
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