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6 June 2015
The LCGC Blog: A Disconnect Between Science Research and Science Education Research
By experimenting with new techniques such as content-intensive collaborative learning, Kevin Schug has found success in improving the way science is taught — and has the student results to prove it. But the science education world doesn't seem interested it hearing about it.
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES LAUNCHES MOBILE VERSION OF OPENLAB ELN
Finally – an intuitive, flexible notebook that gives scientists access to laboratory data – anytime, anywhere. OpenLAB Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) creates a central hub where all team members can go to document, organize, and share information. Now more than ever, Agilent makes it easy to bring OpenLAB ELN wherever your analytical work takes you.
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Helium to Hydrogen — Would a Change Do You Good?
Change is always a scary concept. To help with this, John Hinshaw addresses common questions associated with changing from helium to hydrogen gas.
  

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The ColumnQ&A: Developments in Dioxin Analysis
Bryan Vining from SGS Environmental Service (Wilmington, North Carolina, USA) reveals some of the cutting-edge research his team has performed involving dioxin analysis, and proposes some future possibilities for the direction of this field.
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LCGC TV: How to Make Fast LC Faster
How can fast liquid chromatography become faster in the future? Atilla Felinger from the University of Pécs, Hungary, talks about the everlasting problem faced by chromatographers and what is needed to solve it. He also discusses the approaches available to control temperature in liquid chromatography.

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News: Digital Microfluidics Enables Analysis of Mutiple Steroid Hormones in Core-Needle Biopsy Samples
Steroid hormone testing in the clinic relies on immunoassays or liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS–MS) analysis of blood or urine samples, but there are cases where it is necessary to analyze tissue, such as in the case of hormone sensitive breast cancers. Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada have developed a novel approach using digital microfluidics to analyze multiple steroid hormones in small tissue samples (1–10 mg) collected using core-needle biopsy (CNB) sampling.
An Improved GC–MS Method for Cigarette Smoke Characterization Using a Novel Cold Trap, Dual Column, and Cryofocusing System
The development of a novel trapping system and a modified GC–MS layout (using dual chromatographic columns and cryogenic focusing devices) has enabled a major improvement in the chromatographic separation of volatile and semivolatile compounds in cigarette smoke. This improvement has led to the potential for identifying compounds that are usually masked by the solvent peak.
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