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Click the title above to open the LCGC Europe October 2013 regular issue, Vol 26 No 10, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the LCGC North America October 2013 regular issue, Vol 31 No 10, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the October 2013 issue of Current Trends in Mass Spectrometry, Volume 11, Number 4, in an interactive PDF format.

The Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 multi-angle light scattering detector measures absolute molecular weight and size (Rg) of proteins and polymers. Its 20 detector array and vertical flow cell ensure exceptional accuracy.

Tosoh Bioscience expands the renowned TSKgel SW series of aqueous size exclusion HPLC columns by three new UHPLC columns, tailored to different aspects of antibody analysis.

AkzoNobel presents its latest preparative HPLC product, Kromasil EternityXT, an extension of the Eternity grafted technology platform, a material with an extended lifetime for preparative applications under extremely demanding conditions.

Click here to view the full Asia Pacific E-newsletter from 26 September.

The US senate has passed a bill halting the impending shut down on October 7th of the Federal program for crude helium sale, storage, and delivery. The program at present supplies 40% of helium demand in the USA and 30% of worldwide demand.

Click here to view the full European E-newsletter from 26 September.

Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California) plans to separate into two publicly traded companies: one in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied markets that will retain the Agilent name, and another that will encompass Agilent?s current portfolio of electronic measurement products.

The Working Group Separation Sciences of the Analytical Division of the German Chemical Society are now inviting applications for the Eberhard Gerstel Prize. The prize will be awarded to a scientist for an outstanding publication in the field of separation sciences. Gerstel sponsors the prize in honour of Eberhard Gerstel Sr., founder of the company.

The US senate has passed a bill halting the impending shut down on October 7th of the Federal program for crude helium sale, storage, and delivery. The program at present supplies 40% of helium demand in the USA and 30% of worldwide demand.

The Working Group Separation Sciences of the Analytical Division of the German Chemical Society are now inviting applications for the Eberhard Gerstel Prize. The prize will be awarded to a scientist for an outstanding publication in the field of separation sciences. Gerstel sponsors the prize in honour of Eberhard Gerstel Sr., founder of the company.

Editors? Series: Fundamentals, Optimization and Practical Aspects of UHPLC: Series 2: Optimization of UHPLC systems and column technology

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Fully automated Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Extraction System for MS. On-card IS application module for extraction efficiencies and matrix effect correction. Wash station for minimized carry-over effects.

Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California) plans to separate into two publicly traded companies: one in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied markets that will retain the Agilent name, and another that will encompass Agilent?s current portfolio of electronic measurement products.

Markes International (Llantristant, UK) has opened a new Technical Centre in Neu-Isenburg (Frankfurt, Germany). The centre features a laboratory for customer demonstrations, in addition to a conference room for seminars and customer training. The company is planning an inaugural seminar and workshop on the 23rd of October to mark its official opening.

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Christie Hunt, Director of Proteomics Applications at AB Sciex (Massachusetts, USA), has won the Human Proteome Organization (HPO) 2013 Science and Technology Award.

Incognito rallies a call on the power of published research. Is open access the way forward?

The first pilot study demonstrating the application of a prototype "scent device" (commercially known as "OdoReader") to detect bladder cancer has been published in the journal PLOS ONE.1

Click here to view the full European E-newsletter from 19 September.

Analytical chemists from Indonesia have developed a metabolomics-based method to determine the authenticity of the world?s most expensive coffee, Asian palm civet coffee (Indonesian Kopi Luwak).1 Currently, there is no reliable, standard method for determining authenticity, making it an ideal target for fraud.

The Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) will be held this year from November 18 to 20, 2013, in Somerset, New Jersey. EAS is the second largest conference and exposition for laboratory science in the United States dedicated to the needs of analytical chemists and those in the allied sciences.

Kevin A. Schug, professor at the University of Texas, Arlington (Texas, USA) and LCGC North America EAB member, has led a team to survey and assess the impact of natural gas extraction from shale, also known as "fracking", on nearby water sources. The results of the assessment were recently published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.1

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, California) and ABC Instrumentacion Analitica (ABCIA) (Mexico City, Mexico) have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire assets from ABCIA.