If you think configuring a system for your lab is difficult and time-consuming, then you haven’t checked out the new Thermo Scientific™ GC/GC-MS online configurator at www.thermofisher.com/mygc-gcms. ...
It was springtime this year when the new Thermo Scientific GC and GC-MS product portfolio was announced during an exciting Innovation Summit virtual event. A series of interesting presentations touchi...
Analytical testing laboratories across a variety of sectors, including food, environmental, industrial and pharma, can now meet their ever-increasing efficiency and productivity needs with a collectio...
Technological innovation is steadily entering modern testing laboratories to execute the day-to-day tasks more efficiently. I discussed in a previous blog post how a lab can benefit from raising the l...
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 ...
In my last blog post, “Looking for Certainty,” I took a closer look at the importance of data certainty and how it’s critical to all applications, but especially in contaminant testing. The importance...
The Pesticides Analytical Challenge Laboratories involved in pesticide residue analysis in foods are often challenged to analyse hundreds of different pesticides in hundreds of different sample types ...
Potentially dangerous contaminants can enter the food chain in a variety of ways – from the inappropriate use of pesticides on crops, to accidental contamination during processing, shipping and storag...
In August 2018 I was fortunate to be able to attend, for the first time, the Dioxin 2018 conference in Krakow, Poland. This conference combined the 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persiste...
Screening for drugs of abuse is an essential role of the forensic toxicology laboratory. The methods used for these routine tests must be sufficiently sensitive to selectively detect the analytes of i...
In the early 1970s, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was first introduced as a diagnostic technique for human urine metabolic profiling. Since 2000, publications utilizing GC-MS in metabol...
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...
Young children and babies are most vulnerable to pesticides. While this seems like a strong generalization, given that pound for pound children breathe more air, drink more water, and eat more food th...
A little over 50 years ago Robert Finnegan led the development of the first commercial gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer instrument (GC-MS), not only paving the way for development of GC-MS within T...
With today’s increasing demand for resources and a clear trend toward fossil-fuel free, sustainable energy, the world is looking for alternatives. An emerging modern technique that could change the wa...
Hello from the Pittcon 2018 exhibition floor in Orlando! Thermo Fisher Scientific is having another fantastic show. This year, the Thermo Fisher booth (#2353) is showcasing many new and exciting produ...
Fipronil may be effective at controlling fleas on your dog, but it is a toxic insecticide which you definitely do not need in your scrambled eggs.Fipronil sends an insect’s central nervous system fata...
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