Analytical chemistry – Page 55
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ResearchPolymer ‘nano-suit’ protects insects from vacuum
Discovery could revolutionise electron microscopy by letting scientists examine living organisms
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NewsMassachusetts crime lab scandal explodes
A second Massachusetts state chemist has been charged with evidence tampering after more than 300 convicted inmates have been released
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Business
Court convicts ex-Aptuit researcher over drug data
Altered liquid chromatography results at Scottish site lead to first successful good lab practice prosecution
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FeatureTiny insights
Chemists and materials scientists are adopting a range of three-dimensional imaging techniques to reveal structural secrets. Andy Extance looks inside their work
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FeaturePhenome Centre goes for gold
Andy Extance finds out how British researchers are turning Olympic anti-doping facilities into a world-leading facility to understand the links between metabolism, chemicals and health
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NewsHorse meat scare offers food for thought
Burger safety scandal highlights holes in the UK’s food testing regime
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Opinion30 years ago: The oldest operational PerkinElmer spectrophotometer in the UK is found
Firm celebrates silver jubilee with competition
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OpinionAutomatic for the chemist
How automatic structure elucidation could lead to more creative chemists
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FeatureMagical mass spec
The increasing sophistication of detection techniques means mass spectrometry can now escape the laboratory. Emma Davies sets sail to new horizons
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NewsArafat exhumed in poisoning probe
An international team of scientists are taking samples from the former Palestinian leader’s body to try to discover what killed him
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NewsChemistry goes into the field to battle metal theft
New DNA and metal nanoparticle technologies are helping to catch thieves that target railways, telecommunications and churches
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FeatureStationary phases move ahead
What’s in those columns? Jon Evans looks at the increasingly sophisticated materials being used to separate compounds in chromatography
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FeatureA signal honour
The 2012 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded to Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors. Phillip Broadwith looks at the molecular machinery underpinning cell signalling