When Does an Instrument Become a Collaboration Partner?
September 11, 2025
Agilent’s Christian Haas on the changing role of analytical instruments in the age of automation
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The Power List 2025 – Leading Voices Edition
Aug 05, 2025
By James Strachan
Thought-provoking answers to the field’s biggest questions – and a celebration of those shaping its future
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Bridge to Impact: Sitting Down With Ying Ge
Jul 07, 2025
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At the intersection of chemistry, biology, and medicine, Ying Ge is pioneering a new era of translational analytical science
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Let’s Join Forces to Survive the Grant Apocalypse
Jun 25, 2025
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Could US academics – with help from societies – share resources to ensure all students get the experience they need?
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Tivadar Farkas: Industry’s Chromatography Crusader
Jun 17, 2025
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2025’s Uwe D. Neue Award winner, Tivadar Farkas, reflects upon the key lessons learned across a career spanning three decades in separation science
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Deep dives into the trends shaping analytical science today – and the challenges that lie ahead
Drowning in Features; Thirsty for Answers
Aug 26, 2025
By Henry Thomas
The challenge of identifying unknowns looms large for mass spectrometry, says Susan Richardson, who returned from ASMS 2025 with new ideas – and a hope that AI might finally bridge the gap between data and discovery
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Does In-Source Fragmentation Require a Soft Touch?
Sep 02, 2025
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Soft ionization can allow chromatography to disentangle artifacts from genuine metabolic features, argues Plasmion’s Jan-Christoph Wolf
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Is the Single-Cell Revolution Still Just Beginning?
Jul 10, 2025
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Single-cell analysis has exploded in recent years, yet much of the chemical landscape remains uncharted, and we're only beginning to address – or, indeed, understand – many fundamental questions on cell chemical heterogeneity
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The “Dark Lab” Approaches
Aug 15, 2025
3 min read
Why a fully automated analytical laboratory might be closer than you think
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The Innovation Awards 2025: Nominate Now!
Aug 28, 2025
By James Strachan
Nominations are open for The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2025!
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A Revolution in Chromatographic Performance? Let’s Discuss.
Aug 29, 2025
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New chromatographic material promises better-than-state-of-the-art separation – can this be true? And if so, why?
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The Psychology of Innovation: How to Build a Fearlessly Curious Team
Jun 30, 2025
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Creating space for dissent, risk-taking, and failure is key to innovation, says SCIEX’s R&D VP Chris Lock
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How to Succeed in Commercial Innovation
Dec 12, 2024
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Sell your story, stay alert, be careful who you hire, and focus intensely on execution
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Earliest Evidence of Betel Chewing Found in 4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Teeth
Sep 10, 2025
By Henry Thomas
Using LC-MS, scientists trace alkaloid signatures in ancient plaque, revealing the earliest biomolecular evidence of chewing practices in Southeast Asia
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Mass Spec Roundup: Photorespiration, MXenes, and Zebrafish in 4D…
Sep 10, 2025
Plus more mass spec news…
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Nanodroplet Array Platform Accelerates Cancer Drug Discovery
Sep 09, 2025
A chip-based nanodroplet system unites synthesis, screening, and analysis in a single, miniaturized workflow
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A Safer Stop-Gap for Non-Stick Surfaces?
Sep 08, 2025
Toronto researchers use “nanoscale fletching” to achieve high repellency with minimal PFAS – an effective but likely temporary fix
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Ultrasound Microscopy Breaks Depth Barrier in Brain Imaging
Sep 08, 2025
MIT system combines three-photon excitation and photoacoustics for label-free, single-cell metabolic imaging deep in brain tissue
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Could this Snail Show Us How to Regrow Human Eyes?
Sep 05, 2025
By James Strachan
Genomic and developmental analyses reveal how the apple snail rebuilds a complex, camera-type eye from scratch
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Welcome to the Era of Megadaltons… and Beyond…
Sep 04, 2025
By Henry Thomas
As new ion sources and megadalton capabilities emerge, the boundaries of mass spectrometry are being redefined, suggests David E. Clemmer from Indiana University
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Why Adduct Choice Matters in Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Sep 04, 2025
Study of 500,000 spectra reveals the overlooked influence of precursor ions on MS/MS data reliability
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Algal Ion Channel Discovery Boosts Optogenetics
Sep 03, 2025
Infrared spectroscopy reveals an unusual intermediate state in light-gated ion channel
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Mass Spec Roundup: Lymphoids, Lipids, and Life’s LEGO…
Sep 03, 2025
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