Tools & technology

Canadian company Molecular Science Corp has assembled a team of top equipment vendors to fit out the world’s first mobile testing lab for cannabis.

A new molecular tracking system can see cannabis safely from seed to sale

Here, we present our picks for the people, papers and technology of 2017 – and ones to watch for 2018

Susan Audino, Assessor and Instructor at A2LA, and Chemistry Laboratory Consultant at S.A. Audino & Associates

To ensure the safety of cannabis consumers, regulators must walk the tightrope between rigor and pragmatism.

An interview with Kevin A Schug, Professor and Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Texas in Arlington, USA.

An interview with Alisha Holloway, Director of Bioinformatics at Phylos Bioscience, Portland, Oregon and Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA.

To keep cannabis consumers safe, tests for pesticide residues must use multiple methods.

A new analytical approach can detect trace levels of cannabis in breast milk

How software could enhance transparency in cannabis cultivation – and help speed up the legalization process