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Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced that it has launched a new product demonstration center at its Santa Clara, Calif., corporate headquarters, showcasing its life sciences and chemical analysis capabilities.

News All the news from December 2006 Opinion Zosimus complains about the poor quality of some speakers at conferences and proposes to compile a database of good presenters for all to view. Market Trends & Analysis Glenn Cudiamat reports on the water analysis market that is heavily driven by government regulations Systematic Development of Stability-Indicating Methods Michael McBrien and Margaret Antler Supplies and Services SPE Product Directory Profiles from Biotage, Gerstel and Gilson

In the June 2006 issue of LCGC Europe we featured a display wall that may be the future for molecular modelling. Here we preview another possibility - an interesting helmet from electronics manufacturer Toshiba that enables the wearer to experience a full 360? view on a 40 cm dome-shaped screen. The full-faced helmet, known as the Head Dome Projector, weighs 3 kg and exhibits a wide viewing angle of 120? horizontally by 70? vertically without head tracking and 360? ? 360? with head tracking.

Velocity11 has announced the relocation of its European headquarters to larger purpose built offices in the UK. This move reflects the company's successful product introductions and an increase in installed systems during the last 18 months.

Over the last ten years or so, information gathered by applying atmospheric ionization techniques in mass spectrometry teaches us two things: 1) that liquid is a vestigial remnant of condensed-phase liquid chromatography and 2) that solvent in the gas phase limits ionization to molecules that are more basic than the solvent.

Laboratories use paper notebooks to document research, experiments and procedures, similar to that of a personal journal or, in some cases, a scrapbook. Laboratory notebooks are essential wherever scientific research is conducted, where data is collected, and where ideas that could be patented are developed. The lab notebook is often considered to be a legal document and can be used in court as evidence.

This month, Leslie Ettre briefly investigates whether the principles of chromatography - either consciously or unconsciously - were used in some ancient work.

Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) announced its sponsorship of two American Chemical Society Achievement Awards.

Excess variability is not acceptable in a pharmaceutical method.

2006 Index of Authors and Subjects

This month's issue features two new articles entitled "High-Resolution GC?MS as a Viable Solution for Conducting Environmental Analyses" by Dirk Krumwiede and Hans-Joachim Huebschmann and "Pittcon: A Platform for Scientific Innovation Part I: Years 1950?1980" by Thomas M. Ricci

GenTech Scientific, Inc. announced today the official opening of GenTech Asia, located in Taichung City, Taiwan. The venture marks the company?s first ever expansion and positions itself as one of few analytical instrument service companies in the Asia/South Pacific area.

Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. bulk gas business that Linde AG (LIN.DE) is required to divest after its acquisition of The BOC Group.

Agilent Technologies Inc. said Friday it launched a new product demonstration center that showcases the company's life science and chemical analysis capabilities.

Waters Corp. in Milford has agreed to acquire all the outstanding stock of Environmental Resource Associates Inc. (ERA), an Arvada, CO-based firm for an undisclosed amount.

News All the news from November 2006 Opinion Zosimus questions whether fast chromatography can ever supersede intelligent human interpretation of data. Market Trends & Analysis Glenn Cudiamat reports on electronic laboratory notebooks and the quest for a paperless environment. The Low Down on Light-Scattering Detection Paul Clarke Old Questions - New Solutions: Modern Ways for Complex Polymer Analysis and Additive Tracing Peter Montag Supplies and Services Country Focus Current analytical developments from France and Switzerland are featured this month including a report from the recent 23rd LC-MS Montreux Symposium. Q&A Desty Award winner Gert Desmet from Vrije universiteit Brussels, Belgium talks about his research on shear-driven flow chromatography and micromachined HPLC columns.

Spectroscopy columnist Ken Busch once again brings readers his comprehensive list of common acronyms used in the field of mass spectrometry.

Thar Technologies, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) announced that it has entered into an agreement to develop supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) applications with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (As, Norway, NULS).

November 2006. The objective of a formal method transfer is to ensure that the receiving laboratory is well trained, qualified to run the method in question, and gets the same results - within experimental error - as the initiating laboratory. The development and validation of robust methods and strict adherence to well documented standard operating procedures is the best way to ensure the ultimate success of the method. This installment of "Validation Viewpoint" examines the analytical method transfer process, including protocol, documentation, and some possible chromatographic pitfalls to avoid.