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Monitoring Doping using Mass Spectrometry

Monitoring doping is an especially difficult analytical problem because several factors can make it problematic to interpret results.

21 Oct 2020

Detecting Alcohol Use in Sweat

Alcohol has been produced and consumed by humans for its psychoactive effects for almost 10,000 years.

20 Oct 2020

Effect of Light on Wheat Plants

Wheat is vitally important for human nutrition, globally, it is the most widely grown crop, accounting for roughly 20% of our daily protein intake and food calories.

20 Oct 2020

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Driver mutations of cancers have typically been identified from protein-coding genes. However, these regions account for only 2% of the whole genome.

16 Oct 2020

A Guide to Growing Crops in Cold Climates

In this article, we discuss how farmers are adapting crops to colder climates, and how scientists are providing new agricultural techniques to boost crop growth.

16 Oct 2020

What is Quality Control in Food Science?

Quality control is crucial to the food science industry. The emerging discipline exists to address real problems in the food industry.

21 Sep 2020

Using CRISPR to Modify Viruses

The advancement that CRISPR gene-editing technology has brought to scientific research is substantial.

21 Sep 2020

NMR Spectroscopy: An Overview

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy has had a massive impact on the structural determination of organic molecules and biomolecules.

21 Sep 2020

Infrared Spectroscopy: An Overview

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy measures the wavelength and the intensity of the radiation absorbed by a sample when IR light – 780-2500 nm – passes through it.

15 Sep 2020

Spectroscopy in Forensic Science

The samples found at a crime scene can exist in trace amounts, and the analysis should be done with extreme care, or it might be lost to the surroundings.

15 Sep 2020

Aging Bruises using Spectroscopy

Medical examiners often encounter questions about the duration of injuries based on the bruises encountered on a human body.

15 Sep 2020

Detecting Drug Levels in Blood

Blood is one of the most frequent biological specimens used in forensic toxicology to examine cases such as recent drug ingestion.

15 Sep 2020

Using Antibodies in Immune Deficiency Treatment

Antibodies or immunoglobulins can be used in the treatment of immune deficiency disorders.

11 Sep 2020

Radioactive Particle Analysis Methods

Our exposure to any type of radiation can lead to long-term health effects like cancer and cardiovascular disease.

9 Sep 2020

Identifying 'Legal Highs'

By definition, a legal high is achieved by a new narcotic or psychotropic drug that is not controlled by the United Nations’ 1961 Narcotic Drugs.

9 Sep 2020

Drug Detection Methods

In addition to routine drug tests, drug detection methods are also widely used within the field of forensic toxicology and for border security purposes.

9 Sep 2020