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Justin Miller-Schulze and Smith Purdum explain how machine learning and chemometrics can improve fire debris classification in forensic science applications.

Ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS) reveals how temperature and life stage shift jellyfish venom.

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) chromatography reveals elevated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) levels in wildfire smoke over Nevada.

As PFAS analysis pushes into trace-level territory, laboratories face a fast-moving mix of vast chemical scope, method fragmentation, and background contamination.

This week, the Chromatography Online website observed National Forensic Science Week with expert interviews on how chromatography helps solve cases, plus career stories from women in analytical science and new research on detecting rat poison in cats and tracking mold toxins in gluten-free pasta.

Kinjal Bhatt argues inclusion advocacy shouldn't fall on women alone, while Ina Varfaj credits sharing the load and learning to say no for avoiding burnout.

Steven Ray Wilson defines organ-on-a-chip as organoids on microfluidic devices, tracing their small, complex samples to the case for automated online LC–MS.

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) detects Maillard byproducts in hay after steaming and storage.

Liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) finds aflatoxin and fumonisins stay stable in gluten-free pasta.

Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) finds high fentanyl levels do not predict toxicity in tolerant users.

Gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS) identifies odor markers that flag early mold growth in cigar tobacco.

Lorna Nisbet from the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, discusses a GC–MS. technique developed to detect anabolic-androgenic steroids in e-cigarettes seized from Scottish prisons.

Kinjal Bhatt and Ina Varfaj trace their pull toward analytical science to a saturated chromatography peak and the moment their first chiral peaks separated.

Gérard Hopfgartner explains why pairing SFC with dopant-assisted APPI can match, or even beat, electrospray sensitivity, even at microflow LC rates.

Emma Macturk from LECO Corporation explains which forensic applications benefit from GC×GC’s greater peak capacity, and when the additional separation power may only provide limited benefits.

Koji Yamaguchi of the International University of Health and Welfare (Narita, Japan) discusses a novel derivatized liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method plus propofol glucuronide (PRG) marker which improves forensic propofol detection.

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) coupled with headspace solid-phase microextraction )HS-SPME) links cocoa variety to chocolate aroma and flavor profiles.

Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) identifies blood metabolite patterns tied to children's diets.

Kirstine Nielsen of Aarhus University (Denmark) discusses how targeted metabolomics ratios helped build a robust bloodstain time-since-deposition tool.

This new liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry- quadrupole ion trap (LC-MS/MS-QTRAP) method identifies rat poisons in cat forensic cases.

Gérard Hopfgartner explains how atmospheric pressure photoionization can generate radical cations in LC–MS, unlocking EI-style spectra and NIST's spectral library.

Isabelle Kohler traces her unplanned path from pharmacy to bioanalysis, and why the same career struggles cut across gender lines in her PhD coaching.

LCGC International spoke to Akina Nara of Japan’s Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University about a new study which links a blood compound to how long a body has been dead.

Targeted ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) links blood metabolites to sheep feed efficiency.

A method coupling gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) tracks lipid markers of decomposition in commingled remains.

This week's top stories on the Chromatography Online website spotlight LCGC International's new SFC-focused interview series charting the technique's rise alongside LC and GC, complemented by a practical GC data-reporting refresher and a study using chromatography to detect trace pesticides in tap water.

Pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS) shows lung microplastics rose over 33 years, per new study.

Chromatography isolates sturgeon cartilage compounds that may ease osteoarthritis inflammation.