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In the first controlled study of PDBE concentrations looking at soil, grass and the milk of cows grazed on flood-prone land on industrial river catchments, it was found that even if the land itself becomes polluted these river sediments do not introduce an increased health risk in cow?s milk.

Assad Al-Ammar has joined Irvine Pharmaceutical Services, Irvine, California, as the new minerals analysis manager.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to Battelle, (Columbus, OH) (Number 15815), which manages Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, Washington) (PNNL), for an improvement upon their patented ion funnel technology.

A team of scientists at Washington State University, Pullman Washington, recently carried out a study on the digestive process of termites, for aid in developing enzymatic processes to create biofuels.

PSS Polymer Standards Service and Agilent Technologies have renewed and extended their VAR-channel partner agreement.

Merck's Christopher Welch spoke to Alasdair Matheson, editor of LCGC Europe, about high-throughput analysis using MISER chromatography and how it can boost your laboratory?s productivity

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Thermo Fisher EU - Screening of 20 Benzodiazepines and Four Metabolites in Whole Blood using UHPLC-MS/MS

A recent study has used a method designed to test human blood to confirm the presence of ciguatoxins in living seals.

Phenomenex EU - Improved Extraction and LC/MS/MS Analysis of Barbiturates from Urine Samples using Strata?-X-Drug N SPE and Kinetex® Core-Shell HPLC/UHPLC Columns

Researchers at Aarhus University?s Laboratory for Proteome Analysis and Protein Characterization in Denmark are starting a series of new proteomics discovery projects, using the first AB Sciex TripleTOF 5600 system installed in Denmark as well as the company?s QTRAP 5500 system.

Phenomenex EU - A new and improved HPLC method based on core-shell technology has been developed to replace the various testing protocols in the existing Ranitidine HCl monographs for various dosage forms.

As a separation technique, it is claimed that sequential injection chromatography (SIC) has a number of advantages over HPLC, but also suffers from some limitations.

The Thermo Scientific Dionex ICS-5000 capillary ion chromatography system has been named an R&D 100 award winner by an independent judging panel and the editors of R&D Magazine.

Phenomenex EU - Analyzing Testosterone in Human Serum by UHPLC using High Efficiency Kinetex® 1.7?m C18 Core-Shell Columns

An overview on the present state of analytical lipidomics is presented from the perspective of mass spectrometry (MS) and the MS strategies most frequently used in lipidomics are highlighted.

Bruker has announced the opening of a new major applications, training and service centre in Shanghai, China.

At the ASMS 2011 conference, Jim Jorgenson of the University of North Carolina shared his thoughts on current and potential future developments in LC that will affect the practice of LC?MS. Here are his views on particle size, superficially porous particles, monoliths, open-tubular columns, and questions of pressure and temperature.

High-definition screening by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) is shown to be a viable option for the reliable identification of odorous compounds in pork.

A critical look into the future of imaging mass spectrometry is made by addressing some of the fundamental and technical challenges that still need to be overcome.

A selection of LC-MS products

Participants in this technology forum are Ling Bei, Patrik Appelblad and Dave Lentz of EMD Millipore; Nadine Boudreau of PharmaNet Canada; Diab Elmashni, Jeff Zonderman and Simon Szwandt of Thermo Fisher Scientific; and Debadeep Bhattacharya of Waters Corporation.

Ion mobility–mass spectrometry (IM-MS) is outlined as a separations method, several examples of the utility of IM-MS for complex biological measurements are illustrated, and the implications of this approach for systems biology research are discussed.

A method is illustrated for the simultaneous analysis of ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate in human urine samples.

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An overview on the present state of analytical lipidomics is presented from the perspective of mass spectrometry (MS) and the MS strategies most frequently used in lipidomics are highlighted.

LECO product profile

This study illustrates the versatility of a laser-induced acoustic desorption (LIAD) approach for volatilization of analytes in modern mass spectrometry.