The Column-09-07-2010

The second Kuwait Laboratory Technology Conference and Exhibition will be held 30 November?1 December 2010.

Agilent Technologies has announced that a group of researchers from the University of California, Davis, USA, has found that human breast milk contains an unexpected abundance of sugars that coats the lining of infants? intestines, protecting it from noxious bacteria.

A study published in the Journal of Separation Science has looked at using the racemization of amino acids as a proxy for DNA preservation, giving archaeologists a rapid screening method for samples too badly damaged to extract.

Dr Robert Shellie, a senior lecturer at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) school of chemistry, researcher at the Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS) and LCGC Europe EAB member and columnist, has been named 2010 Young Tasmanian Tall Poppy of the Year.

Mass spectrometry is a very large, diverse and relatively dynamic market, and is one of the most powerful analytical techniques available to modern scientists.

The Column spoke to Linde AG about how emissions are controlled and monitored to reduce the potentially harmful risks to the environment.

This article considers the key challenges faced within this changing arena and how environmental testing laboratories can strive to meet them.