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Anti-terror antibodies
26 August 2009
European scientists have developed a method to detect potential biological warfare agents in food
Labelled ligands put nanoelectronics on track
23 July 2009
Scientists study self-assembly of fluorine-tagged nanoparticles
Analyst and Journal of Materials Chemistry- Materials for Detection Web Theme
10 July 2009
Read the articles in the web theme FREE for a limited period!
Award-winning Analyst Scientific Editor for Reviews
10 July 2009
Analyst Scientific Editor for Reviews, Duncan Graham has been awarded a 2009 Corday-Morgan Prize.
Record-breaking impact for Analyst!
25 June 2009
Newly released ISI citation data show Analyst's impact factor higher than ever at 3.761
A beacon of hope for childhood infection
09 June 2009
Sensitive approach allows naked eye detection of respiratory virus
Interview: Catching counterfeits
08 May 2009
Facundo Fernández talks to Jennifer Newton about the fight against counterfeit drugs and whitewater kayaking
MC9 Programme Now Available
09 April 2009
Speaker names and lecture titles are now available for MC9 at 42nd IUPAC Congress (2-7 August 2009, Glasgow, UK). Poster abstract deadline - 5 June 2009
Raman catches a killer
06 May 2009
Raman microscopy could improve and simplify malaria diagnosis in remote locations
Pattern recognition spots heart attack markers
23 April 2009
Infrared spectroscopy gets to the heart of chest pain
Working together to spot cancer
15 April 2009
Prostate cancer can be detected by combining biology with Raman scattering
New journal announced: Analytical Methods
05 March 2009
From autumn 2009 scientists will have a new journal at their disposal: Analytical Methods- Advancing Methods and Applications.
Interview: Elemental evolution
15 April 2009
Ariel Anbar talks to May Copsey about fossils, Star Trek and life on Mars
Instant insight: The growth of nanotoxicology
20 March 2009
Christy Haynes and colleagues from the University of Minnesota, US, look at analytical techniques used to assess nanotechnology's effects on health
Biosensor shows potential
05 March 2009
Liver disease can be detected using a simple electrochemical device designed by US scientists
Stainless skin cancer diagnosis
27 February 2009
An infrared imaging technique that can distinguish different types of skin cancer has been developed by scientists in France
Interview: Mixing it up
19 January 2009
Steven Soper talks to Freya Mearns about interdisciplinary science and a little bit of luck
When the dust settles
13 January 2009
UK scientists have devised a simple route to detecting illicit drugs and their metabolites in dusted fingerprints.
Themed issue on Optical Diagnosis
28 October 2008
Papers are invited on the topic of Optical Diagnosis for publication in a themed issue of the Analyst.
Highlighting analytical science in China
27 August 2008
Read issue 9 of The Analyst which is a themed issue highlighting analytical science in China, guest edited by Mengsu Yang.
Cracking down on counterfeit drugs
28 August 2008
A new Tamiflu screening method could help foil counterfeiters, say US scientists
Fabrics reveal their explosive secrets
11 August 2008
A new method to detect explosives and drugs on fabrics could improve airport security
Faster test for tuberculosis
05 August 2008
Early diagnosis of tuberculosis is now a step closer, say scientists from India and Japan
Putting the squeeze on cancer cells
30 July 2008
Squashing suspect cells and watching how they bulge can be used to tell cancer cells from healthy ones
Instant insight: Disease snapshots
24 July 2008
Hye Jin Lee and Robert Corn look at the latest breakthroughs in the use of microarray technology for the fast detection of cancer
New Analyst Scientific Editor, Reviews
04 July 2008
RSC Publishing is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Duncan Graham as the new Analyst Scientific Editor for Reviews.
Petrochemical detection in miniature
23 June 2008
Cancer-causing compounds in the air can be detected using a hand-held spectrometer.
Disease detection is skin deep
02 June 2008
Body odour can be collected on skin patches and used to diagnose disease.
Detection for Security
08 May 2008
Read issue 5 of The Analyst which features a selection of articles on the theme of 'Detection for Security'
Electrochemistry takes the heat
07 May 2008
UK electrochemists are offering a more accurate technique for measuring the strength of hot sauces using carbon nanotubes
Low energy light source for on-chip construction
08 May 2008
For the first time, scientists have used ultra violet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) to make polymer columns in lab-on-a-chip devices.
Finding the reaction rates for a particle-in-a-chip
23 April 2008
How does trapping a nanoparticle in a microdevice affect its reactions? US scientists are answering this question thanks to a straightforward method using fluorescent tags.
Search for structures within articles
02 April 2008
RSC Prospect's new features allow you to do just that - and more
Detecting a microbe among millions
06 March 2008
A sensor that can discriminate between closely related bacteria has been developed by material scientists in the US.
The information at your fingertips
22 February 2008
Fingernail clippings could be used in forensic studies and diagnostics, say scientists in Singapore.
Interview: Putting peptides on the map
18 February 2008
Ruedi Aebersold talks to Kathleen Too about proteomics, the PeptideAtlas project and the Trans-Proteomic Pipeline.
Taking iron measures
22 January 2008
A more accurate method to measure iron in clinical samples is proving ahead of its time, say researchers in Spain.
Immunoassays put pay to foal play
18 January 2008
French scientists have designed tests to catch cheats who use prohibited drugs to dope racehorses.
Genetic testing in a shoe-box
18 January 2008
Canadian scientists have succeeded in building the least expensive portable device for rapid genetic testing ever made
Blood sensor for safer surgery
10 January 2008
Medical procedures are poised to become safer, thanks to a tool to monitor the anticoagulant heparin.
How do your neurons grow?
08 January 2008
How does a nerve cell find its way to the end of an elephant's trunk? Microfluidic technology could soon provide the answer.
Intelligent inks
04 January 2008
An ink that changes its colour when exposed to oxygen could help shoppers decide if their packaged food is fresh.
Cell research goes acoustic
02 January 2008
Canadian scientists are creating waves to study cell behaviour on surfaces.
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