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The TriPlus 500 HS Family Grows

It was Pittcon 2019 when the Thermo Scientific™ TriPlus 500 Headspace Autosampler was introduced to the market of volatiles organic compounds (VOC) sampling for GC and GC-MS. Thermo Scientific TriPlus...

Innovation Summit Call for Abstracts Extended to 31 July

The deadline for oral and poster presentation submission for the Innovation Summit has been extended to 31 July to allow you more time to share with us and your colleagues what YOU'VE been doing. In S...

Do You Want a Date with Charlie Chromeleon at Innovation Summit?

It’s on - we’ll be meeting up again, and this time with all your chromatography pals!At Thermo Fisher Scientific we are known for our innovation capabilities in research, and now it’s really time to s...

A Closer Look into Microplastics

Courtesy of IS-X.Why is plastic — having a lifespan of several hundred years or more — widely used for disposable tools and containers? This is a paradoxical question that is hard to answer, but it pr...

How the New Orbitrap Exploris GC-MS Can Help Enhance Quantitative Performance for Analytical Testing Laboratories

In high-throughput analytical testing laboratories robust streamlined analytical and data processing workflows are key requirements for the accurate and reliable determination of trace level residues ...

When Smoky Wines Don’t Taste Good!

Many people like a certain flavor of smokiness in food and alcoholic beverages, and certain types of wines aged in toasted oak barrels are appreciated for their smoky notes. However, the sensation is ...

Productivity and Results Defensibility for Forensic Labs

Chromatographers dealing with volatile compound determination know very well how popular the static headspace technique is in many application fields since it offers benefits of ease-of-use, low cost ...

Breath Biopsy™ – How Exhaled Breath Can Be Used to Uncover Disease and Cancer

Biomarker studies using exhaled breath are rapidly emerging as a novel approach for early disease detection and precision medicine. In my last blog article - Breath Biopsy™ – A Non-invasive Tool for t...

Fighting COVID-19? The Double Face of Ethylene Oxide (EO)

The current worldwide pandemic has impacted every aspect of our lives, which we are struggling to bring back to what we consider ‘normal.’ We have seen an impact on our social habits, our way of worki...

Overcoming the Challenges of Nitrosamine Analysis Using the Latest GC-MS Technology

With roughly 50% of the world population taking prescription drugs, it is important to ensure that pharmaceutical products are safe. Nitrosamine impurities have been widely publicized recently. A year...

Breath Biopsy™ – A Non-invasive Tool for the Early Detection of Disease and Cancer

Research Use Only, Not for Diagnostic ProceduresWhen you think of diagnostic tests for disease and cancer, the first that probably come to mind rely on using samples of blood or tissue. While these me...

Match the Goals of Automated Sample Prep for GC Analysis

In a previous blog post, I commented on the opportunity to use modern robotic technology to make our life easier by automating low-value routine activities. Doesn’t matter if it is for housekeeping du...

A Fully Automated Method for MCPD- and GE-esters and the Importance of Glass Quality of the Used Autosampler Vials

Monochloropropanediol esters (MCPDe) and glycidyl esters (GE) are the central point of attention of the food industry. Those compounds are unwanted by-products of oil refinery and predominately occur ...

The Power of ITEX

In the world of the solventless microextraction techniques for volatile organic compounds, the In-Tube Extraction (ITEX) is probably not the most popular one, but definitely the most versatile. Do you...

Quality Concern Rises Over Valsartan Crisis

In July 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned of the presence of unacceptable amounts of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) -- a potential human carcinogenic compound -- in some batches ...

What is in my medicine?

When we are sick we rely heavily on chemistry to quickly restore our health and make us fully operational again. I've been experiencing this for a couple of weeks now, trying to eradicate resistant ba...

Pittcon 2019 – Day 1 – New Automated Sampling Solution for Volatile Organic Compounds Analysis

It’s day one at Pittcon 2018 in Philadelphia! Thermo Fisher Scientific has some exciting announcements this week, so be sure to check in each day to see what’s happening. If you’re at the show, be sur...

Opening the Door to New Cannabis Testing Approaches Using GC-MS/MS

The traditional approach to routine cannabis testing has involved the collection of urine or blood samples. Analyses of these specimens typically involve well-established and reliable techniques, such...

5 Reasons to Adopt Orbitrap Technology in Your Pesticide Lab

You are using triple quadrupoles today, and they are fantastic instruments, but did you know that Orbitrap can quantify as well as a triple quad? It can also do a lot more you’re missing out on.Ready ...

Robustness Enhances Lab Optimization Analysis Processes - Part 5: eWorkflows

This fifth in a blog series on robustness and its role in enhancing lab optimization processes focuses on data management. The series takes a critical look at the term “robustness” and describes how i...

I Love Science Because…

When I thought about who to profile for this blog, my colleague Chuck Kazarian came to mind. Chuck is an Applications Chemist within our Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Center of Excellence. Admi...

Robustness Enhances Lab Optimization Analysis Processes – Part 3: Gas Chromatography

This third in a blog series on robustness and its role in enhancing lab optimization processes focuses on gas chromatography (GC). The series takes a critical look at the term “robustness” and describ...

ISCC in Riva del Garda, Italy: A Conference on Capillary Chromatography

If you are a user of GC, GCxGC, GC-MS or any combination of technology with gas chromatography, there is a great conference coming up in one of the most beautiful sceneries in the world. Let me quickl...

One Hot Summer and a Glimpse into the Future

For maximum effect, I probably should have written this on October 21st 2015, but I’d like to take you back to the future. Or rather, back to a time when I shared a glimpse of the future, with my coll...

What’s Your Poison?

What's your poison? It is one of those phrases people often use without stopping to think about the meaning (an English idiom: used to ask somebody what they’d like to drink). It is thought to origina...

What’s Inside Your Headspace? GC and GC-MS Analysis of Volatiles.

Are you living with your head in the clouds? Not to worry, so do I!It is nice up there, completely filled with the aromas of tasty foods and the smells of perfume, scattered with alcoholic notes and f...

How to Find the Most Suitable Method for the Analysis of Pesticides

When you sit down to lunch do you ever wonder which pesticides, if any, may be present in your food? Food safety analysts responsible for the control of pesticides in food samples have to ask a simila...

Fracking and Regulation: A Controversial Issue

If you’ve been watching the presidential candidate debates over the past several weeks and news over the past several years, you’ve probably heard the term ‘fracking’ come up at least once. Fracking i...

Little Green Chromeleon Monsters Inside Your Lab

We have a green animal in our company that we all love and cherish. Most humans are not fond of lizards, and it is true that chameleons are not the cuddliest type of animals compared to kittens or pup...

What No One Tells You About Plastic, Hamsters and Drug Profits

On a molecular level, over time plastics offer as much resistance to migration as a Schengen border. As plastics age, their properties can change, and some molecules can readily migrate or ‘leach’ fro...

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