Article summary Resolution and sensitivity: Current analytical techniques like spectroscopy and crystallography have limitations in resolution and sensitivity. Advances such as electron diffraction and improved detector technology are...

Article summary Deforestation monitoring: Researchers used data from Landsat satellites to detect deforestation in the Amazon rainforest near Ecuador’s oil facilities. This data was crucial in legal cases...

On 7 August 1874, 25 public analysts attended a meeting in London, UK. They had come from as far afield as Yorkshire and Devon and, under the...