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Autosamplers are widely used in analytical laboratories to increase sample throughput.

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.

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.

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.

Dionex - A Metabolomic Approach to Diabetes

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.

LCGC - Considerations on Switching from Helium to Hydrogen

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.

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.

The precision and accuracy of the results depends, amongst other parameters, on the selection of the proper separation columns.

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Scientists have developed a spectrometry-based approach that allows them to watch proteins folding, a process that, until now, has been too fast to straightforwardly capture.

Horizon Technology Product Profile

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To protect the unique trappist brews, a programme funded by the European Commission has attempted to develop methods that would identify the real thing.

Herbicides EU - Analysis of Chlorinated Herbicides in Water with Online Enrichment

Waters plans to open a new Mass Spectrometry headquarters in Wilmslow, Cheshire near Manchester, UK.

This month's column looks at some of the problems that the practising mass spectrometrist encounters in the chemical industry today.

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