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A decade or two ago, the primary users of mass spectrometers were probably graduates of doctoral programmes specializing in mass spectrometry (MS). But as the science evolved and merged with the analytical mainstream, manufacturers redoubled their efforts to make their instruments and operating software user-friendly. These days, specialists in various disciplines use MS as an analytical tool, a development that demands that instrument and software engineers pay close attention to ease-of-use issues and better understand how - and for what purposes - their instruments are used.

Research Group: Professor Maria Celia Garcia-Ãlvarez-Coque, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) has unveiled its new brand showcase celebrating the achievements of customers and their scientific advancements made possible with Waters technology.

ISC 2008 - the 27th International Symposium on Chromatography will be held from 21–25 September 2008 in Münster, Germany.

US researchers have developed a new LC-MS-MS method of detecting if athletes have taken drugs to artificially boost testosterone and increase physical performance.

Workers at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) combined a needle trap device and a dynamic headspace method to sample an aqueous BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and p-xylene) mixture.

OI Corp (College Station, Texas), a provider of a variety of technologies in the chemical analysis field, has entered into an agreement with DANI Instruments SpA (Cologno Monzese, Italy), a developer of GC instruments and accessories.

Analtech Inc. (Newark, Delaware) has launched a unique ad campaign designed to get younger generations interested in chromatography.

Biotage (Uppsala, Sweden) announced plans to sponsor summer programs for chemists to learn about the latest approaches for the rapid production of novel compounds.

Researchers from the UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Leipzig, Germany) used an accelerated membrane-assisted cleanup technique for the analysis of organic compounds in lipid-rich biological samples.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland) has published a reference guide to the modern metric system that covers the correct U.S. usage of metric units.

Varian Inc. (Palo Alto, California), an analytical instrument developer, has acquired the assets of Precision Dectectors Inc. (Bellingham, Massachusetts), a developer of chromatography detectors and software for gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and size exclusion chromatography (SEC).

Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California) and BIA Separations GmbH (Klagenfurt, Austria) have signed an agreement that gives Agilent access to the monolithic column technology developed by BIA Separations GmbH.

The 1000 Genomes Project announced that three companies involved in the development of new sequencing instrumentation have joined an international effort to build a detailed map of human genetic variation for medical research.

A research group from Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan) have used a dispersive liquid?liquid microextraction technique in conjunction with an in-syringe back-extraction method to extract a polar organic compound from an aqueous sample before liquid chromatography (LC) analysis.

Researchers from Fudan University (Shanghai, China) and Nanjing University (Nanjing, China) have proposed the use of polythiophene as a coating for a solid-phase microextraction (SPME) device.

The value of virtual trade shows is up for debate- are they simply an internet novelty or will they replace or complement small niche shows or even large conferences and exhibitions like Pittcon?

The Pittsburgh Conference announced the launch of its 2009 website, www.pittcon.org, containing relevant information for conferees and exhibitors about Pittcon 2009, which will be in Chicago, Illinois, McCormick Place, March 8-13, 2009.

Laboratory managers are constantly challenged to produce more high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) results faster, and of higher quality, without increasing costs. Rapid resolution technologie, including columns that produce high-resolution results at both standard and high operating pressures, are available to help meet this challenge.

RVM Scientific (Santa Barbara, California), a manufacturer of direct heating/cooling systems for laboratory instruments, has been acquired by Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, California).

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (San Jose, California), has been presented with two 2008 Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards for Market Leadership and Competitive Strategy Leadership in Informatics.

Ronald E. Majors, a senior chemist at Agilent Technologies and LCGC's "Column Watch" and "Sample Preparation Perspectives" columnist, received the Chromatographic Society's 2007 Martin Gold Medal at HPLC 2008.

A summary of the five-day mass spectrometry conference held this month in Denver, Colorado.

Nysa Membrane Technologies, Inc., announced Natrix Separations, Inc. as the company's new name.

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced that it has hosted the first of three leadership delegations from China's Anti-Doping Agency, as China prepares for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Researchers at the Universit? di Camerino in Camerino, Italy have developed a new GC-MS and LC-MS technique for the determination of five ink photoinitiator residues: 2-isopropylthioxanthone (ITX), benzophenone, 2-ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate (EHDAB), 1-hydroxycyclohexyl-1-phenyl ketone (IRGACURE 184) and ethyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate (EDAB) in packaged beverages.

Ronald E. Majors, a senior chemist at Agilent and LCGC's "Column Watch" and "Sample Preperation Perspectives" columnist, received the Chromatographic Society?s 2007 Martin Gold Medal at HPLC 2008.

RVM Scientific (Santa Barbara, California), a manufacturer of direct heating/cooling systems for laboratory instruments, has been acquired by Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, California).