The Conversations Shaping ASMS 2026
May 27, 2026
Ahead of ASMS 2026, Boone Prentice considers the technologies, pressures, and conversations shaping mass spectrometry’s next chapter
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Out of the Basement and Into the Light
Feb 05, 2026
4 min read
Three Power Listers discuss practical ways to help funders, journals, and fellow scientists understand – and invest in – analytical science
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Business & Entrepreneurship
Tomorrow’s Science Leaders Roundtable: Part Two
Jan 06, 2026
8 min read
Isabelle Kohler, Charlotta Turner, and Lourdes Ramos discuss AI, success, and redefining impact in an age of change
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The Coffee Break: With James Grinias
Apr 30, 2026
7 min read
Jim Grinias shares the ideas and debates shaping conference conversations – from AI to interdisciplinary science
Trends & Challenges
Deep dives into the trends shaping analytical science today – and the challenges that lie ahead
The Missing Piece in the Dark Metabolome Puzzle?
Apr 08, 2026
By James Strachan
Microdroplets formed during electrospray ionization may trigger chemical reactions that help explain a substantial portion of the “dark metabolome” – though some researchers question their relevance under typical metabolomics conditions
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GLP-1 Analysis: Riding the Wave of Peptide Innovation
Jan 26, 2026
12 min read
The remarkable commercial success of GLP-1 receptor agonists is fueling investment, accelerating science, and creating new analytical challenges. Here, we outline the hurdles these peptides present, explore methods for impurity profiling and structural characterization, and consider strategies to keep pace with this fast-moving field.
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PFAS Enters its Big Data Era
Feb 17, 2026
11 min read
Jennifer Field explores new frontiers in the fight against PFAS: mining big data, tracing volatile emissions, and probing fluoropolymers through biomimetic tools
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The Past, Present and Future of Non-Target Screening
Mar 23, 2026
6 min read
Thomas Letzel reflects on the evolution of non-target screening and why interdisciplinary insights are key to its future
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The technologies, lessons, and stories defining innovation in analytical science
The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2025
Nov 17, 2025
By James Strachan
The products – and people – defining the next wave of analytical innovation
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Innovation at Scale: A Conversation with Agilent’s New CTO
Oct 24, 2025
11 min read
We speak with August Specht, Chief Technology Officer at Agilent, about the opportunities and risks of AI, the promise of multimodal data, and building a more connected and sustainable future for analytical science
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Lessons Crossing the Valley of Death
Sep 18, 2025
3 min read
Let’s transform analytical chemistry into the hotbed of commercial innovation it ought to be
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The Psychology of Innovation: How to Build a Fearlessly Curious Team
Jun 30, 2025
12 min read
Creating space for dissent, risk-taking, and failure is key to innovation, says SCIEX’s R&D VP Chris Lock
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A Global Atlas of Human Molecular Diversity
May 25, 2026
A new, open-access dataset maps ethnicity- and geography-associated variation across immune, metabolic, and microbiome features
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Vibe-Reporting Comes to Omics?
May 22, 2026
Jesse Meyer’s vibe-coded app is impressive, says Randall Julian, but don’t call it a “platform”
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High-Resolution Spectroscopy on a Silicon Chip
May 21, 2026
A photonic–computational spectrometer smaller than 0.002 mm² delivers picometer-scale spectral resolution
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Why We’re Using AI to Rethink Analytical Chemistry Education
May 20, 2026
By Paulo Correia
A structured, AI-supported approach to uncovering the hidden conceptual barriers in analytical chemistry education
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Mass Spec Roundup: Structure Searching Comes to Metabolomics
May 20, 2026
Mass spectrometry brings new detail to searchable metabolites, dynamic protein pockets, ancient hominin proteins, and plant chemistry
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An Interstellar Signal Captured in Antarctic Ice
May 19, 2026
Iron-60 measurements suggest Earth is sampling supernova-seeded material in the Local Interstellar Cloud
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A Singular Approach to Combatting Infectious Disease
May 18, 2026
By Anis Larbi, LaToya Montgomery
How single-cell analysis is evolving to improve vaccine development
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Engineering Better Separations
May 15, 2026
By James Strachan, Frank van Geel
Ahead of HPLC 2026, Luis Colón explores new materials, PFAS challenges, and greener separations
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Science Against Silence
May 13, 2026
By Henry Thomas
Jacob de Boer reflects on five decades of environmental analytical chemistry, regulation, and responsibility
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Mass Spec Roundup: Proteins, Lipids, Pitcher Plants, and Coffee
May 13, 2026
This week’s roundup explores hidden chemistry in the dark proteome, forest soils, lipid binding in cells, and pitcher plant food webs
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