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Sample preparation of environmental samples for trace metal analysis

August 13, 2024
A technical note is available from Analytix that highlights using a Milestone Ethos UP microwave digestion system to compare recoveries of three certified reference environmental materials using two different rotors.

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Environmental sample extraction – improve quality and throughput

August 13, 2024
Prior to analysis, the extraction of environmental samples such as soils requires solvent extraction. Contaminants such as PCBs, semivolatile organic compounds and PAHs have traditionally been extracted using lengthy methods...

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Mystery of Kaspar Hauser solved, leaving another enigma

August 10, 2024
The scientist responsible for confirming the identity of Richard III’s corpse has disproved a two centuries-old claim made on behalf of Germany’s most enigmatic Royal pretender.

Scientists hijack brain parasite for new therapy delivery vehicle

August 3, 2024
Harmful brain parasites could be effectively hijacked as vehicles for therapeutic treatment for neurological diseases, suggests new research.

Surrey takes the p… in order to feed the world

July 21, 2024
It sounds like the classic p… take but work is underway on a project to counter the world shortage of phosphorus by extracting it instead from human urine.

Blood thinner threatens to take the sting out of cobra’s deadly bite

July 21, 2024
CRISPR gene editing technology has enabled scientists at the University of Sydney and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to identify a popular blood thinner as a potential cheaper antidote to...

Pistoia initiative seeks to counter slow take-up of animal free testing

July 13, 2024
More than three quarters of R&D respondents to a new survey by the global Pistoia Alliance say they do not use in vitro cell-based alternatives to animal testing, it has...

Vallance assumes key science ministerial role

July 7, 2024
Former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has joined the newly elected Labour administration as the new minister of state for science.

New chemosensor offers chance for battery free remote lactic testing

June 23, 2024
Lactic acid testing for healthcare and in professional sports could be rendered cheaper and more effective by the development of new instrumentation.

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