The Analytical Scientist 2016 №37 February

The Analytical Scientist, Texere Publishing Ltd, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2016. – 52 p. – ISSN: 2051-4077.Analytical science measures the improvements in all of our lives.
The ability to separate, identify and quantify the chemical components of materials — analytical chemistry — has an enormous impact on our lives; on the food we eat, our environment, energy supply, and the medicines we take.
The Analytical Scientist integrates all aspects of the topic, from advances in science and technology to first-hand accounts from the labs that test athlete’s samples; and from progress in business and policy to advice for career development and job satisfaction.
The Analytical Scientist launched in January 2013.Upfront
The Gloves are off
Georgia (and Pittcon) On My Mind
Bringing MOFs Down to Size
Plug-and-Play Forensic MS
Fish Pharm
In My View
Where’s my “ideal” pharma detector? asks Dorina Kotoni
It’s time to take the plunge with SFC in bioanalysis, says James Settlage
Friederike Winkhaus and Markus Haindl believe CE has a small future
A metabolomic problem shared is a problem halved, say Julien Wist and Elaine HolmesFeaturesGurus of Raman Spectroscopy. Christophe Galland and Tobias Kippenberg share potentially disruptive theories about SERS. Duncan Graham and Volker Deckert consider how the field will evolve in light of the new concepts.
Legal Highs & Lows. Amira Guirguis, Craig Banks and Jay Smith consider the social and analytical challenges of a never-ending tide of new psychoactive substances.
Departments
Solutions: Meet the exceptional runners up from the 2015 Humanity in Science Award