This issue of Analytical Reporter focusses on Gas & Oil, Sample Preparation, Nanotechnology and Microbiology. Wirsam Scientific, amongst many others attended the 4th International Symposium on Process Mineralogy in Cape Town, and the world’s first full Internet of Things (IoT)/Industry 4.0 portable hardness testing solution, Equotip® Live, was launched recently by Proceq. Much to read about, all here in Analytical Reporter