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Spectroscopy acquisition

Agilent Technologies and A2 Technologies have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire specific assets of A2 Technologies. The acquisition is reported to include substantially all of A2 Technologies' intellectual property, technology, employees and its spectroscopy product portfolio.

Gas Chromatography

Participants in this discussion are Bob Wiedemer from Thermo Fisher Scientific and Margit Geissler from Shimadzu.

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Pittcon 2011 smartphone app

Pittcon 2011 has launched an official conference and exposition smartphone app, which includes complete event information including the technical programme, exhibitor listing, short courses, and local area and conference related maps.

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Studying morning breath

To gain deeper insight into morning breath, researchers developed a procedure to collect breath samples at home.

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For most of us, change isn't easy. Anyone who has tried to kick an ingrained habit knows this. I've been saying for years that I should give up diet cola, but it hasn't happened yet. (Actually, it did happen once, and then I started up again. Sigh.)

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This February 2011 edition of The Application Notebook is the 10th Anniversary of publishing these supplements and further affirms the valuable service they perform in the chromatography community.

Merck KGaA has acquired Beijing Skywing Technology, a supplier of cell-culture media products related technical services and bioreactors for the Chinese biopharmaceutical industry, for ¥120 million.

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Reanalysing Viking results

In 1976 the Viking landers took samples of the soil on Mars and analysed it for organic compounds. Traces were dismissed as contamination, however a reinterpretation of the results suggests significant levels were present, hidden by the strong oxidation effect of salt in the Martian soil.

Gnats off!

For years master gardeners have claimed that putting Bounce brand dryer sheets in their pockets repels pests, but no quantitative data had been obtained to substantiate these claims.

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German training centre

DataApex has opened its second European Clarity training centre in Germany. According to the company the centre will offer classes and individual training to users of Clarity chromatography software.

A discovery during the investigation of subcritical water chromatography has led to a novel method that could provide a green and cheap addition to the analytical chemist?s toolbox.

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For this month's Chromatography Corner, we spoke to Kevin Schug of the University of Texas at Arlington. Schug addresses a few myths that surround electrospray ionization (ESI), including why "less is more" for successful separations.

In response to the recent discovery of dangerous levels of dioxins in animal feed produced in Germany, Phenomenex has announced its publication of a method for analysing the chemicals using high-resolution gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection.

Brian Bidlingmeyer, long-time LCGC Editorial Advisory Board member, received the 2010 Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) Award for Outstanding Achievements in Separation Science on Tuesday, November 16, 2010.