We’re looking ahead to the future of analytical chemistry, from monitoring the planet from satellites, diagnosing cancer quickly and easily from small blood samples, to where the discipline itself is heading. And with a century and half passing since the Society of Public Analysts was founded, what does the future hold for this important role?
Instruments in space have studied the planet’s atmosphere and surface, and are now being joined by powerful new ones, finds Andy Extance
Testing small amounts of blood for the presence of disease markers could revolutionise how we detect cancer. Clare Sansom reports
Analytical techniques have come a long way, but what does the future hold? Rachel Brazil asks the experts what they’d like to see
As the Association of Public Analysts winds up, Duncan Campbell reflects on the continued importance of the profession
New and better tools are pushing back boundaries and changing the world
The analytical techniques revealing the true identity of what you spread on your bread
The team hopes the system will eventually be as influential as AlphaFold was for protein structure prediction
Database with three times as many images as before boosts accuracy of technique to almost 99%
An assistant chemistry professor at a small college in New York gets her career back on track, thanks to a tenure clock extension and teaching release
A computational chemist has moved from being group leader at a German research institute to an associate computational chemistry prof in the UK
Extreme heating followed by rapid cooling formed unique material in a Herculaneum man
Analysis of odours could one day categorise which era a mummy came from
Operando analysis offers real-time data on what happens to devices at the atomic level
Experiments on battery electrodes and fuel cell catalysts while they’re being used – operando spectroscopy – can revolutionise our understanding of these crucial materials. Clare Sansom reports
Could Markita Landry’s research group be any more interdisciplinary?
Self-improvement process sees ruthenium clusters transition from amorphous shapes to truncated nanopyramids
Join us on 16 April for an exclusive live interview with renowned chemist Melanie Sanford
Delve into this two part workshop and discover a better way to experiment
Improved analytical techniques mean tiny amounts of endocrine disrupting compounds or PFAS can be found in many places. But is it a problem? Anthony King talks to the scientists on both sides of the fence
Join GBBO finalist Josh Smalley to learn the scientific secrets of Easter bakes
Screen of 384 chemical reactions evaluated for best of six reaction conditions in under 8 minutes
Machine-learning method identifies prominent aromas
Extractable compounds provide opportunity for significant skin exposure
Developments in distillation find us in good spirits
Collapsing burrows, not volcanoes, killed the dinosaurs in China’s Yixian Formation
Researchers call for urgent investigation into the chloronitramide anion’s toxicity