26 April 2017 Issue

Look inside for practical advice on separation science and thought–provoking commentary.

HPLC 2017 topic preview: Complex analyses using UHPLC–HRMS

This preview discusses the dramatic changes in the environmental analyses of food, soil, and water over the last decade.

Mistakes with matrix effects in blood alcohol tests

The effect of nectar chemicals on bumblebee parasites

Evan Palmer-Young of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, and Philip Stevenson of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, UK, spoke to The Column about their work on bumblebee resistance to the trypanosome parasite Crithidia bombi and the role of chromatography in this research.

Determining disinfection byproducts in natural waters

This article presents a method, which was recently developed at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, Arizona, USA, for the fast and simultaneous determination of 15 regulated and unregulated disinfection byproducts.

News update: The latest research and company news

Gaining sensitivity in environmental GC–MS

The essential guide on how to improve results by optimizing the injection, column, and detection.

Using GC–MS to determine BTEX compounds in water

The development of an optimized GC–MS method that improves upon the current EPA and European detection limit requirements for BTEX compounds.

News update: The latest news

The latest research news and news in brief are featured in this issue.

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