For this Drug Testing and Analysis special issue dedicated to New Psychoactive Substances, Journals Editor Paul Trevorrow discusses with Matt Bowden of Stargate, New Zealand, the role of benzylpiperazine (BZP) as a safer alternative to methamphetamine and the Class D approach to the regulation of recreational drugs in New Zealand

The following interview is available free as a fully citable transcript in the journal Drug Testing and Analysis:

Citation: Bowden, M. and Trevorrow, P. (2011), BZP and New Zealand's alternative approach to prohibition. Drug Testing and Analysis, 3: 426–427. doi: 10.1002/dta.324

In this episode Journals Editor Paul Trevorrow hosts DTA's Editor in Chief, Professor Mario Thevis and Dr Gary Green, Guest Editor of the forthcoming special issue dedicated to the implications of human growth hormone use and testing in sports.

The following interview is available free as a fully citable transcript in the journal Drug Testing and Analysis (www.drugtestinganalysis.com).

This podcast comprises a series of interviews made by the University of the Pacific's Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, David Sparkman, and Dr Eileen Skelly Frame, Consulting Editor at International Scientific Communications, Inc.

During the 20 minute broadcast, David and Eileen talk with some of the Pittcon Editors' Choice Award product winners and nominees for the best new product at this year's conference.

There were some very exciting developments this year, including In-Xitu's Gold Award for their Terra Field portable x-ray diffractometer, which was developed in co-operation with NASA for possible future Mars Rover explorations.

This podcast is brought to you by James Weeks, website manager of separationsNOW.com.

In this episode Journals Editor Paul Trevorrow is joined by Dr Ian Gilmore of the National Physical Laboratory, UK and Dr Matthew Wagner of The Procter and Gamble Company, USA to discuss the application of Multivariate Analysis in Surface Science.

Dr's Gilmore and Wagner are Guest Editors of two special issues of Surface and Interface Analysis exploring the state of the art of Multivariate Analytic applications within the Surface Science arena.

In Episode 2 of this series of interviews with the "Father of Green Chemistry" Professor Paul Anastas, Journals Editor Paul Trevorrow and Professor Anastas discuss The Handbook of Green Chemistry.

In Episode 1 of this series of interviews with the 'Father of Green Chemistry' Professor Paul Anastas, Journals Editor Paul Trevorrow and Professor Anastas discuss the origins and expansion of green chemistry.

In this episode Journals Editor Paul Trevorrow is joined by Dr Melanie Bailey of the Surrey Ion Beam Centre in Guildford, UK to glean an insight into the life of a working forensic analyst.

Dr Bailey is the Guest Editor of a special issue of Surface and Interface Analysis exploring the application of Surface Science in Forensic Analysis.

In this episode Journals Editor Paul Trevorrow interviews Professor Richard Holt of the University of Southampton on the current state of human Growth Hormone use, abuse and detection in sports.

The following interview is available free as a fully citable transcript in the journal Drug Testing and Analysis. See www.drugtestinganalysis.com.

In this episode Journals Editor Paul Trevorrow gleans an insight into the book Trace Quantitative Analysis by Mass Spectrometry with the authors Dr Robert K. Boyd, Dr Cecilia Basic and Robert A. Bethem.

Microscopy & Analysis Editor Dr Julian Heath takes a look at the new microscope developments at the Neuroscience event in San Diego last November.

The event has traditionally been a place for new product launches, particularly in the optical and confocal area, and this year's show was no exception.

Podcast produced by Microscopy and Analysis.