Spectrometry
The latest chemistry news and research on spectrometry, including mass spectrometry and atomic spectrometry, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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Opinion
What’s lurking in your drink and drugs?
How to test illicit substances at festivals and identify the rodent in your beer
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News
British cyclist’s doping case raises questions over testing precision
Lizzy Banks’ case puts exceptional sensitivity of tests under scrutiny
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Research
Algorithm predicts bitterness from mass spectra data alone
New tool could find use in food science and drug development
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Research
‘Low-VOC’ paints may still release harmful volatiles
New analysis finds volatile compounds and potential allergens in several popular water-based paints
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Research
Using analytical chemistry to illuminate the unlisted ingredients in tattoo inks
Discovery that more than 80% of the tattoo inks sampled had unlisted ingredients prompts New York-based lab to launch a website providing chemical information to tattoo artists and their clients
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Research
Telling left from right: chirality detection faces up to its weaknesses
New solutions are being found to an enduring problem in chemistry
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Webinar
Advances in Reaction Monitoring with FlowNMR
Learn how the benchtop X-Pulse and FlowNMR are revolutionising reaction monitoring
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Research
Why are there metal particles in never-used cannabis vapes?
Findings cast doubt on past research showing metals are solely released by e-cigarettes when the devices’ coils are heated
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Research
Vlad the Impaler may have shed tears of blood
Protein analysis sheds light on the medieval ruler who may have inspired Dracula
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Research
Plant biomarkers provide evidence of nerve agent attacks
Analytical method detects chemical weapon usage up to three months after exposure by probing plant proteins
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Opinion
Mass spectrometry to catch Christmas tree thieves and timber traffickers
Forensic chemistry can help uncover pine pilfering and fiendish fir felling
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Feature
The discovery of mass spectrometry
Mike Sutton traces how Francis Aston’s mass spectrograph shook up chemistry
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Feature
How the power of smell could identify new medical tests
Diagnosis by odour is nothing to be sniffed at, finds Ian Le Guillou
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Webinar
Discover the possibilities with the new multi-sample Discovery X3 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
Discover how to improve sample throughput and provide greater confidence in your differential scanning calorimetry results
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Research
Newly discovered marine compound is in a super-carbon-chain league of its own
Isolated from algae, Benthol A has 35 stereocentres
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Article
Peering inside a working battery
Characterisation techniques have reached the point where they can monitor in real-time what’s going on inside a battery. This is the way to a better battery and a more sustainable world.
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Webinar
Li-ion battery electrolyte degradation characterization by mass spectrometry
Join us to learn how to streamline your battery research
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Research
Pointing the tools of atmospheric chemistry inside
US team monitoring air quality in an on-campus gym detects chemicals in the air that come from cleaning products reacting with sweat
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Research
Linking chemistry with surgery to detect cancerous cells in situ
Livia Schiavinato Eberlin explains how her team has developed a hand-held device for surgeons that analyses tissue samples on a mass spectrometer mid-operation