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A global team led by Michal Holčapek, professor of analytical chemistry at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, UPCE, Pardubice (Czech Republic), and Jakub Idkowiak, a research associate from KU Leuven (Belgium), has unveiled a powerful R and Python-based toolkit for tackling the complexities of lipidomics and metabolomics data, offering researchers a new approach for “omics” analysis.

A recent study examined single-particle inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SP-ICP-TOF-MS) as a novel technique for uranium particle isotope ratio measurements.LCGC International spoke to Benjamin Manard, Senior R&D Staff Scientist and the Group Leader of the Chemical & Isotopic Mass Spectrometry Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as well as to Sarah Szakas and Jordan Stanberry, postdoctoral researchers at ORNL, three of the authors of the paper that resulted from this study.

This week, LCGC International published a variety of articles on hot topics in separation science. From an interview about the evolution of ion chromatography to a discussion about using ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (MS) to analyze 26 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), we’ve highlighted some of the most popular articles that were published this week.

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We explore a core analytical question that every chromatographer faces: How many injections are really enough to achieve both scientific reliability and practical efficiency?