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Questions from the e-mail bag are considered this month.

Benefits of using elevated-temperature separations and some practical considerations for implementing this approach.

A dedicated GC– MS analyser was developed to address the increasing need for more sensitive catalyst poisoner analysis. The system combines the separation power and robustness of a classic backflush configuration with the selectivity and sensisitivitiy of mass spectrometry.

Event news summary

Annual review of the HPLC conference.

Click the title above to open the LCGC Asia Pacific September 2012 regular issue, Vol 15, No 3, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the LCGC North America September 2012 regular issue, Vol 30 No 9, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the LCGC North America September 2012 Application Notebook, Vol 30 No s9, in an interactive PDF format.

Tosoh Bioscience is introducing a new reversed phase HPLC column for the separation of intact proteins.

Phenomenex (Torrance, California, USA) has announced the creation of a new company – Phenova, Inc. – the culmination of the integration and expansion of Colorado-based Wibby Environmental.

Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California, USA) has purchased the supercritical fluid chromatography company Aurora SFC Systems, Inc (Redwood, California, USA).

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) provides a number of advantages for analysts, including high separation efficiency, short analysis times, low waste generation and a diverse range of applications

Phenomenex (Torrance, California, USA) has announced the creation of a new company – Phenova, Inc. – the culmination of the integration and expansion of Colorado-based Wibby Environmental.

Fasha Mahjoor —Founder and CEO of Phenomenex (Torrance, California, USA) —will leap off the 87th floor of The Shard in London on 3 September to raise money for The Outward Bound Trust, an educational charity.

Phenomenex (Torrance, California, USA) has announced the creation of a new company – Phenova, Inc. – the culmination of the integration and expansion of Colorado-based Wibby Environmental.

The North Carolina State University Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI) and the Dole Nutrition Research Laboratory (Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA) have collaborated to form a joint industry-academic postdoctoral fellowship, the first of its kind at the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC).

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) provides a number of advantages for analysts, including high separation efficiency, short analysis times, low waste generation and a diverse range of applications

29th International Symposium on Chromatography (ISC) 9th – 13th September 2012, Torun, Poland

Thermo Scientific SOLA products revolutionize Solid Phase Extraction (SPE). This first fritless SPE product range provides greater reproducibility with cleaner, more consistent extracts.

Going Green

Incognito reflects on the ups and downs of 2012 so far.

The 24th International Symposium on Chirality (ISCD) was recently held on 10–13 June in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

The North Carolina State University Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI) and the Dole Nutrition Research Laboratory (Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA) have collaborated to form a joint industry-academic postdoctoral fellowship, the first of its kind at the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC).

The University of Queensland is using technology from AB Sciex (Framingham, Massachusetts, USA) to analyse how the floods of 2011 have affected water quality in Australia.

We note with sadness the passing of pioneering American gas chromatographer Walter G. Jennings on 5 July 2012. Walt, as he preferred, died peacefully at home surrounded by family. He was 90 years old.

Once thought to be predominantly meat-eaters, evidence has come to light that reveals that Neanderthals were aware of the beneficial properties of plants.

A team of researchers from Canada has investigated the use of high-definition video cameras to detect nanolitre analyte volumes.

A team of researchers from Canada has investigated the use of high-definition video cameras to detect nanolitre analyte volumes.