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British and Spanish scientists have tested the potential of using atmospheric pressure chemical ionization with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to identify pesticides in foodstuffs such as spinach.

Utilising a newly-developed chromatography technique that employs two different forms of mass spectrometry, US scientists have found that metal-containing proteins are much more varied and widespread than previously suspected.

Czech scientists have developed a CE procedure employing capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection for determining glycerol and mannitol polyalcohols in biological and pharmacological samples.

Utilising both mass spectrometry and fluorescence detection, a team of Czech scientists has developed a new HPLC method for determining five fluoroquinolones in wastewaters.

What do you do when the size difference between a chromatography column and a mass spectrometer becomes too great? You replace the column with a differential mobility spectrometer.

Spanish chemists have developed an HPLC method that employs both diode array and fluorescence detectors for simultaneously determining 16 pharmaceutical compounds in sewage sludge, compost and sediment.

This review presents the recent developments, key strategies and analytical applications of chemiluminescence detection coupled to capillary electrophoresis.

Modified corn starch is used in everything from pizzas to washing powder, but only by utilising field flow fractionation and light scattering detection are scientists now able to discover exactly how the starch is modified.

British scientists have tested the performance of a commercially-available interface known as Liquiface in coupling strong anion exchange chromatography with isotope ratio mass spectrometry.

Using electrochemical detection, Japanese scientists have developed a simple and sensitive method for determining cholestanol, an important breakdown product of cholesterol, that does not require derivatization.

Not only does glittering gold produce attractive jewellery, but it can also detect numerous disease biomarkers simultaneously, say Dutch scientists.

Swedish scientists have discovered that coupling atmospheric pressure photoionization mass spectrometry to capillary electrophoresis allows use of a wider range of separation buffers without compromising detection sensitivity.

US scientists have developed a dual-wavelength UV detector for use with HPLC and shown that it can detect protein aggregates in antibody formulations, as can be generated by elevated temperatures and intense light during storage.

Not only can optical fibers conduct gas chromatography but they can also monitor analytes as they separate, say Canadian physicists.

By depositing gold nanostructures on the surface of a platinum electrode, Chinese scientists have developed a novel, sensitive electrochemiluminescence detection method for capillary electrophoresis.

Using a hydrogen flame ionization detector, Chinese scientists have developed a simple and sensitive capillary gas chromatography method for determining curcumol in rat plasma.

For a sensitive detection method, rather than utilising chemiluminescence to make analytes fluoresce against a dark background, make the dark analytes stand out against a fluorescent background, say Chinese and US chemists.

By optimising a known derivatization agent, a European team of scientists has developed a GC/MS method for glycerol enrichment that measures the intact glycerol backbone and is suitable for electron ionization.

Using liquid chromatography combined with two high resolution mass spectrometers, British scientists have studied the phase I metabolism of eight drugs of relevance to drug surveillance in horse racing.

Brazilian scientists have developed a way to couple amperometric detection with paper chromatography, producing a cheap but sensitive analytical system for detecting biomolecules, potentially including disease biomarkers.