December 2022 | Column

December 06, 2022

An article from The Robot Report contrasted the performance of robots in industry against those of humans. The takeaways from the report are as follows.

December 06, 2022

This month we interview Raviraj Chandrakant Shinde from India, about his work on the analysis of various food contaminants using chromatography and mass spectrometry, and the challenges involved in analyzing polar and ionic pesticides.

December 06, 2022

Small leaks may compromise column lifetime, increase maintenance, cause retention time shifts, and decrease sensitivity at elevated temperatures, but do they matter?

December 06, 2022

Quantifying the content of coumarin and cinnamaldehyde in cinnamon products

December 06, 2022

As we move back into a world of face‑to‑face meetings, we take a look at upcoming conferences—the Third Australian Symposium on Advances in Separation Science (ASASS III) will take place 15–17 February 2023 in Hobart, Tasmania. Here’s a glimpse of what you can look forward to.

December 06, 2022

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, California, USA) has become a member of How2Recycle, a standardized labelling system that advises the public on recycling. Owned by the Green Blue Institute, Inc., the programme is comprised of brands who want their packaging to be recycled and are empowering consumers to do it through smart packaging labels.

December 06, 2022

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts, USA), along with Society for Science (Washington, D.C., USA), has announced the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, a middle school science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competition in the USA.

December 06, 2022

Shimadzu (Duisburg, Germany) has announced a collaboration with the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) (Germany). The collaboration will focus on the development of new clinical laboratory methods using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) analysis.

December 06, 2022

LCGC, the leading resource for separation scientists, is proud to announce that Peter J. Schoenmakers and Emanuela Gionfriddo are the winners of the 16th annual LCGC Lifetime Achievement and Emerging Leader in Chromatography Awards, respectively. Schoenmakers and Gionfriddo will be honoured in a symposium as part of the technical programme at the Pittcon 2023 conference in March 2023.

December 06, 2022

As HPLC 2023 approaches, The Column spoke with the organizers, Oliver Schmitz and Michael Lämmerhofer, to find out what attendees can expect from the conference, which is a highlight in the chromatography calendar.

December 02, 2022

Click here to open The Column November 2022 North American issue, Volume 18, Number 12, in an interactive PDF format.

December 02, 2022

Click here to open The Column December 2022 Europe & Asia issue, Volume 18, Number 12, in an interactive PDF format.