analytical chemistry

Researchers redefine the lost art of smelling illness using one woman’s exquisitely sensitive nose.

Researchers observe that dolphins in a pod in the Red Sea regularly rub against certain corals and sponges, perhaps to sooth their skin by prompting the invertebrates to release mucus that contains antimicrobial compounds.

The unique odor profiles of tumors can be used to develop diagnostic sensing tools.

Reliably detect trace amounts of chemicals in complex samples.

The chemist examined the role of activated oxygen molecules in biological processes.

A general guide to collecting and processing saliva

Nobels awarded for vesicle trafficking and computational chemistry; building 3-D microbial communities; mislabeled microbes cause retractions

Continuing innovations in liquid chromatography column technology are improving the speed and separation efficiency of HPLC.

An analyst that worked for a state drug lab in Massachusetts has confessed to mishandling evidence in tens of thousands of drug cases.

Forensic labs in the United States should be better equipped to identify a new crop of recreational drug mimics.