Organic halogen compounds are a major class of persistent pollutants that can be toxic to aquatic organisms even at low concentrations. Commonly produced as byproducts of industrial processes such as ...
In my last blog post why we disinfect water, I gave a brief history of why disinfection of drinking water prior to consumption is necessary. It is a positive process step to stop life-threatening dise...
Situation before COVID-19 [caption id="attachment_22833" align="alignright" width="512"] Number and categories of new psychoactive substances reported to the EU Early Warning System for the first time...
Wine consumption increased globally over the past years but interestingly, the global wine market dipped during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, despite an increase in offsite consumption, mainly due to...
Life is a beautiful continuity no matter what obstacles it throws at us, we keep going. Science keeps evolving and we find innovative solutions to everyday challenges through those smaller or larger s...
[caption id="attachment_22778" align="alignright" width="1020"] Orbitrap Exploris GC 240[/caption]Although the technological principles that underlay its conception date back to 1923, when Kingdon fir...
Glycans play a key role in determining the structure and function of protein therapeutics. Even small modifications in the composition or location of these polysaccharide chains can have a large impac...
Many labs purchase chromatography systems to just get today’s job done as efficiently as possible. This is quite understandable given the environment we work in and with all the challenges a modern la...
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a preservative widely used in foods and beverages. It is used as an additive in various forms, most commonly as sulfites in the wine, cider, beer, and beverage and food industr...
Fridays for Future we all know. But what about forams for future, and what are these?mHUmaTo understand how our planet reacts to the increasing amounts of CO2 that we put into the atmosphere, geologis...
Water is nature’s greatest resource, and clean water is the giver of life and ultimately is the reason we exist on this spinning rock in the sky we call Earth.As we exist now, there are robust procedu...
A little spark in my brain took me back to school when my Maths teacher said, "Here is a pencil and a piece of paper - can you draw a circle with a dot in the middle without taking the pencil off the ...
I recently purchased a house and moving into a new space gave me an opportunity to evaluate some of my everyday activities. The move introduced me to major appliances that had features that I had prev...
Confused about what HPLC components you need? This guide will teach you how to easily build your HPLC system and request a quote in just a few clicks with the new system configurator tool. As a scient...
What’s the one true gift pi-electrons give we can celebrate as chromatographers? Color, or in chemistry talk, chromophores. Pi day is one of the few holidays that unites us self-proclaimed nerds aroun...
Organic acids are among the most important flavor components in beer. These sour-tasting compounds can be produced by both yeast and bacterial fermentation processes, and while the introduction of som...
Hello once again to those of you who joined my previous ICP-MS expeditions through Group 1, Group 2 and Groups 3 and 4 of the Periodic Table, and welcome to those of you who have only just joined me o...
If we needed evidence that virus research is an important area to focus on, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and cumulative COVID-19 human health impact have p...
Maintaining productivity is always a challenge when faced with any unforeseen circumstance, but forward-thinking and preventative features can provide resilience, without compromise to security. With ...
High-performance biopharmaceutical characterization for everyone!I’ve just recently celebrated five years in my current role here at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Wow, where did those years go? I love wha...
Wine is a product which dynamically evolves throughout the entire production process, starting from the grape harvest, fermentation process to bottling. Correct maturation of the grapes and management...
The word pressure is among scientific terms used in our daily life. At least once in life, you have pumped up a ball or balloon. Atmospheric pressure is a weather indicator, and as a car owner, you re...
Let me start with a story from many years ago when I was a young customer of ion chromatography. One day, I was introduced to reagent-free ion chromatography (RFIC), where the eluent is generated elec...
I’m sure that is a question that many cannot answer. How do you know if you are missing analytes if you’ve never detected them previously? I am confident, though, that most would wish to have the conf...
You probably ordered most of your holiday gifts online; maybe you buy your groceries through the web and your favourite books can be digitally purchased in seconds via the internet. So why not think a...
Finding your one true love and the perfect chromatography instrument have a lot in common. As you search for a soulmate, qualities such as trustworthiness and dependability are sure to fill your list....
Glycans play a pivotal role in determining the structure and function of biopharmaceutical proteins, with even small changes in glycan composition or location potentially affecting drug safety and eff...
As worldwide per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination becomes ever more evident, expanding analytical capabilities has never been more important. Currently, attention is primarily focu...
The normal tendency for any analyst is to stay in their comfort zone with HPLC techniques. Sometimes this works, but often not! I see reverse-phase columns forced into application areas which they are...
In a recent poll I carried out about sustainability initiatives, a lot of the respondents replied that they considered new, more efficient agricultural practices such as vertical and precision agricul...
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