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Phenomenex, Inc. (Torrance, California), a consumables manufacturer, has announced the opening of its new subsidiary in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

U.S. researchers have developed a new LC-MS-MS method that is more sensitive for detecting if athletes have taken drugs to artificially boost testosterone and increase physical performance.

Horizon Technology (Salem, New Hampshire), a manufacturer of automated sample preparation equipment, has announced that it has partnered with the Water Environment Federation and the International Water Association to promote World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) 2008.

Supercritical fluid chromatography or subcritical fluid chromatography (SFC) is considered a normal-phase technique. In this article, we sought to examine whether it was feasible to use nonpolar columns (for example, C18) under SFC conditions to separate compounds that closely eluted or co-eluted by gradient and isocratic reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

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Restek Corporation (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania), has announced its anticipated January 1, 2009 transition from 22% to 100% employee ownership under an ESOP structure.

The advantages of mass spectrometry (MS) in combination with gas chromatography (GC), in terms of providing both qualitative and quantitative information, are well known. However, reliable identification and accurate measurement of trace toxic and odorous species at the lowest levels of interest can be compromised by chromatographic anomalies such as column bleed, extended solvent tails, air and water interference, and unresolved sample matrix components. To address this issue, a new software algorithm has been developed for reprocessing stored GC-MS data. It uses an innovative dynamic approach to distinguish and eliminate background interference as it changes throughout a run.

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Phenomenex Inc. (Torrance, California), a consumables manufacturer, has announced the opening of its new subsidiary in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada) and McGill University (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada) used headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) in conjunction with gas chromatography?mass spectrometry (GC?MS) to measure flavor compounds in commercial cheddar cheese and enzyme-modified cheddar cheese.

Researchers at the Wake Forest Center for Botanical Lipids, in Winston Salem, North Carolina have discovered undesirable levels of unhealthy omega-6 fatty acids instead of omega-3 fatty acids in tilapia using a GC method.

A research group at the University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway) developed a method for electromembrane extraction of eight peptides from an aqueous acidic solution using a thin supported liquid membrane in a porous hollow fiber.

Wyatt Technology (Santa Barbara, California) has announced that it will be hosting a field flow fractionation-multiangle light scattering (FFF-MALS) meeting on October 22, 2008, at the Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara.

Verdure Technologies, Inc., an Idaho based biotech green technologies company, moved into its new research and development facility in Pocatello Idaho.

Horizon Technology (Salem, New Hampshire), a manufacturer of automated sample preparation equipment, has announced that it has partnered with the Water Environment Federation and the International Water Association to promote World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) 2008.

Quantum Analytics (Foster City, California) and LEAP Technologies (Carrboro, North Carolina) have announced a co-marketing partnership to offer efficiency improving chromatography and mass spectrometer systems, including new developments in front-end automation.

JEOL USA (Peabody, Massachusetts) has received an award for excellence in customer satisfaction as judged by its customers.

Scientists at the National Police Scientific Institute in Ecully, France have been analyzing solvents trapped within crystals of cocaine hydrochloride with a static headspace-gas chromatography method. This method helps them ascertain the drug's country of origion, which can help determine the distribution chain.

The University of Technology (St. Andrew, Jamaica) has received a multi-million dollar donation of lab equipment from Johnson & Johnson (Canada).

Pittsburgh Conference (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) organizers have announced a call for topic input for conferee networking sessions at Pittcon 2009, which is scheduled to be held March 8-13 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, Illinois.

Researchers from the University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) analyzed heterocyclic amines in meat samples using pressurized liquid extraction followed by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry detection (LC?MS-MS).

Researchers from Fourth Military Medical University (Shanxi, China) have developed a method for separating and determining hydrophobic compounds in Cnidium monnieri, an herbal remedy.

A GC-MS procedure has been developed, optimized, and applied to characterization of oil binders in paintings.

Nanostream, Inc. (Pasadena, California), a developer of microfluidics-based parallel HPLC technology and a provider of assay development has closed all business operations.

FEI Co. ( Hillsboro, Oregon), a manufacturer of high-resolution imaging and analysis technology, has signed Shimadzu Corp (Kyoto, Japan), a leading provider of analytical instrumentation, as its sales agent in Japan.

Researchers at the University of Utah's (Salt Lake City) Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory developed a test for testosterone and epitestosterone in urine that uses liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry detection (LC-MS-MS).

This month, Chromatography Online's Technology Forum looks at the topic of Sample Prep and the trends and issues surrounding it. Joining us for this discussion is Dennis D. Blevins, Ph.D., of Agilent Technologies, Inc., Elena Gairloch of Biotage, and Jeffrey Zonderman of Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Polymer Laboratories, now a part of Varian, Inc. has published an application note entitled Efficient Analysis of Biodiesel by HPLC and ELSD.