.... http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/landing.cda?type=Feature&chId=5 http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cma/download.cma?imageType=RssLogo&contentType=Feature&siteId=2&chId=5 http://www.separationsnow.com/ http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=23020&type=Feature&page=1 Microwaves are not only good at speeding up chemical reactions but also at removing salty water from crude oil, say Brazilian chemists, who employed ion chromatography to show just how good. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22971&type=Feature&page=1 Using a range of analytical techniques, including anion exchange chromatography, a Chinese chemist has characterized a novel polysaccharide extracted from an edible fungus and shown that it could be a potentially useful biomaterial. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22869&type=Feature&page=1 Using a range of analytical techniques, including anion exchange chromatography, Japanese food scietists have studied the amylopectin in starch extracted from bread wheat. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22837&type=Feature&page=1 Adding nitrogen-rich compounds such melamine to food and drink has led to illness and death in both humans and animals, but a combination of cation exchange and magnetism may now help to stop this practice, at least in eggs. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22803&type=Feature&page=1 Using cation exchange chromatography, British scientists have analysed hair damaged by the disease trichothiodystrophy in order to determine whether the damage is associated with low cystine or methionine levels. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22633&type=Feature&page=1 US forensic scientists have used ion chromatography/mass spectrometry to analyze black powder substitutes containing ascorbic acid, a group of low explosives that utilize ascorbic acid as the fuel. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22735&type=Feature&page=1 Scientists should be careful when reconstructing details of past climate change from ice cores, say European scientists, who have detected anomalous sulphate spikes far down in the longest ever ice core. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22683&type=Feature&page=1 French scientists have used a range of analytical techniques, including ion chromatography, to determine the concentrations of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine in rock samples. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22525&type=Feature&page=1 Italian scientists have combined ion exchange chromatography with surface-activated chemical ionization-mass spectrometry to analyze enterotoxin A, which is produced by the bacterium <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, in milk. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22532&type=Feature&page=1 Because therapeutic antibodies vary in a way that synthetic drug compounds don't, two US scientists have developed a novel ion exchange chromatography method for determining antibody charge states. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22500&type=Feature&page=1 Chinese scientists have developed a simple ion chromatography-based method for simultaneously determining and confirming the indandione rodenticides in blood serum, for use in clinical diagnosis and forensic toxicology. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22400&type=Feature&page=1 Using various analytical techniques, including anion-exchange chromatography, an international team of scientists has purified and analysed the cell wall molecule known as xyloglucan in kiwi fruit. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22367&type=Feature&page=1 As if scaring away ghosts and ghouls at Halloween were not enough, it appears that pumpkins can also put the frighteners on disease-causing fungi. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22331&type=Feature&page=1 Chilean biochemical engineers have developed a model for simulating elution curves for the proteins alpha-lactalbumin, bovine serum albumin and conalbumin under different operational conditions. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22268&type=Feature&page=1 Using cation exchange polymethacrylate-based monolithic columns and imaged capillary electrophoresis, Australian and US researchers have characterised three different monoclonal antibody formulations of pharmaceutical interest. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22233&type=Feature&page=1 Jellyfish might not be too welcomed by those swimming in the sea, but ion chromatography has helped to reveal their potential benefit to those suffering from skin blemishes. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22189&type=Feature&page=1 Using ion chromatography, three US scientists have analysed the ionic composition of the exhaled breath condensate of adolescent athletes before and after exercise. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22005&type=Feature&page=1 Chinese medical researchers have used the iTRAQ-labeling technology and 2-D strong cation exchange/reversed phase liquid chromatography to profile the proteins secreted from pancreatic cancer cells. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=22043&type=Feature&page=1 By finding a way to sift through more DNA strands than there are stars in the observable universe, US scientists came up with the most sensitive method yet for separating and purifying different types of carbon nanotube. http://www.separationsNOW.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?chId=5&id=21999&type=Feature&page=1 Using a range of analytical techniques, including ion chromatography, Belgian scientists have determined the chemical composition of the atmospheric particulate matter collected at a rural site in Morogoro, Tanzania.