The idea that humanity will be wiped out by a meteorite was recently popularized in the film “Don’t Look Up!” But how likely is this to happen? The answer, disturbingly, is perhaps more likely than we...
On February 28, 2021, a fireball was observed over the sleepy village of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, England. A meteorite from the asteroid belt near Jupiter was bearing down on the town. Fortunate...
Have you ever thought about the authenticity of the food you are buying? Maybe asking yourself, is it truly organic and was it really locally produced? In the end, it is quite difficult to judge where...
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Using isotope fingerprints to improve protection of the environment In the first post of this interview, Dr. Andi Smith and Dr. Jack Lacey from the National Environmental Isotope Facility, Nottingham,...
Part 1: Understanding How Isotope Fingerprints Are Used for Environmental Investigations In many countries, institutions are investigating ways to detect and measure pollution levels, allowing regulat...
The global media frequently reports pervasive air, land and water pollution events and their associated risks for human and environmental health. Governments and institutions are focused on improved w...
When investigating for a forensic case, the first step is to collect physical evidence. In some cases, however, the evidence required can only be uncovered by means of analytical techniques. Anything ...
A person’s age can be risky to determine without asking directly. But what about rocks and other materials on Earth? How do scientists determine the age of a rock? Geochronologists are real detectives...
Food fraud is a significant global problem. It most commonly involves either simply mislabeling a foodstuff to defraud consumers about its true origin or adulteration of food and beverages with cheape...
Fraud in the food and beverage industry and how applying isotope analysis technology can detect it is well documented, as my colleague Paul Dewsbury has noted in previous Analyte Guru blog posts.As th...
The ProblemOrganically grown products, such as fruit and vegetables, are more expensive because the farming practices used for growing them are more environmentally friendly, the yield of good quality...
Selling bottled water is big business with a global market estimated at 280 billion liters in 2014 and consumers in the USA averaging consumption of 128 liters per person per year. The absence of both...
Lemon juice is deceptively simple in composition, comprising water, sugars, organic acids (principally citric acid) and small amounts of amino acids, vitamins and phenolic compounds. As with most frui...
Researching for a nice bottle of wine to take to a party, I did what many of us do and performed an internet search. High on the results and distracting me from my task was the following story: World’...
I love the term honey laundering, and in this continually growing food fraud scandal wouldn’t it be wonderful, almost romantic, if it were actually the bees that were perpetrating the crime and making...
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