In Star Trek, Mr. Spock’s hand-held tricorder can instantly tell what something is made of. We don’t have tricorders yet, but we’re getting close. Portable devices just a little too big to hold in one ...

Prajwalita Das got a little love from a reaction she ran. She was using thin-layer chromatography (TLC) to check if a synthesis of a fluorinated benzoxathiin compound had gone according to her design.

After Anna Poryvai tried purifying her reaction product using preparative thin-layer chromatography (prep-TLC), her silica plate ended up looking like an impressionist’s attempt at painting daybreak.

Chromatography refuses to be overwhelmed by the processing demands and cost pressures associated with next-generation medicines. Instead, chromatography is strengthening its commitment to innovation.