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Chemistry World September 30, 2014 Andy Extance |
Tiny tips reveal cells' chemical secrets US researchers have broken into individual living cells with inexpensive probes that can suck their contents directly into a mass spectrometer. |
Chemistry World July 18, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
New drug test misses Olympic deadline A biomarker-based test has been developed to detect athletes that have used banned drugs long after the compounds themselves become undetectable - but it won't be approved in time for the Beijing Olympics. |
Chemistry World March 4, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Mass spec backpack for chemical analysis on the go The latest gadget to come out of the labs of Purdue University in the US may look like the fictional 'proton pack' from Ghostbusters, but it's actually a portable mass spectrometer that can be carried around on the user's back. |
Chemistry World October 15, 2012 Melissae Fellet |
Synthesis by mass spectrometry Chemists have used mass spectrometry, commonly used to analyze molecules, to synthesize them on the microscale. |
Chemistry World February 8, 2010 Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay |
To catch a cheating athlete As the athletes take center stage at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games this month, chemists will be hard at work behind the scenes to catch athletes looking to win by taking drugs or blood products to artificially boost their performance during the competition. |
Chemistry World May 5, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Revolutionary new single-cell labelling method Researchers in the US and Canada have combined mass spectrometry with a technique called flow cytometry to follow dozens of biochemical markers on individual cells simultaneously. |
Chemistry World October 24, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Mass Spec Explodes A new technique developed by US researchers could pave the way for faster analysis of biological samples by first vaporising them using laser light. |
Chemistry World May 13, 2011 James Urquhart |
Synthetic cannabis drug test US researchers have developed a new urine test for detecting and quantifying some of the metabolites associated with synthetic cannabis. |
Chemistry World July 24, 2013 |
Spectrometry for the masses A mass spectrometer ionizes chemical compounds to generate charged molecules or molecular fragments and allows the measurement of the molecular mass of a sample. Mass spectrometry continues to move forward, shaping new scientific fields in the process. |
Chemistry World March 2, 2010 Anna Lewcock |
New high tech nuclear lab for EU A new state-of-the-art facility in Germany will significantly boost Europe's ability to identify and characterise minute traces of nuclear material as part of ongoing safeguarding and non-proliferation activities. |
Bio-IT World December 15, 2004 Robert M. Frederickson |
New Weapons of Mass Detection Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) could bring mass spectrometry to wider markets -- even consumers. The potential applications of the new technology include environmental screening, healthcare and homeland defense. |
Chemistry World November 9, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Feeling Ill? Just Breathe Here Scientists have developed a rapid method of analyzing breath to reveal our body's biochemical processes. The technique, which uses commercially available equipment, might be used in the clinic to diagnose a patient's health. |
Chemistry World March 7, 2011 Russell Johnson |
Breathe out for personalised medicine A method to analyse drug levels in the body could allow people with epilepsy to avoid weeks of blood tests, claim scientists from Switzerland. |
Bio-IT World July 2005 Robert M. Frederickson |
Amassing Mass Spectrometry Tools Mass spectrometry is a key tool in the effort to identify protein biomarkers of human disease. Manufacturers have met major challenges in adapting this technology to protein discovery, both qualitatively and quantitatively. |
Chemistry World May 19, 2015 Simon Neil |
Cocaine users sweat over fingerprint analysis Scientists in the UK and the Netherlands have revealed a rapid, single-fingerprint test for cocaine use. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 John McHale |
Handheld instruments to transform explosives detection, environmental monitoring These battery-powered miniature instruments could one day be deployed in wireless sensor networks in airports, subway systems, and office buildings. |
Chemistry World June 30, 2011 Holly Sheahan |
Surgeons and patients breathe easy during surgery UK scientists have developed a way of continuously analysing the breath of unconscious patients undergoing surgery using mass spectrometry. |
Chemistry World May 2010 Emma Davies |
One extreme to another It takes a mix of ingenuity and engineering expertise to develop mass spectrometers for use in extreme environments. |
Sports Central April 17, 2009 Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Lance Armstrong: Wee, Monsieur Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong believes French doping officials may ban him from the 2009 Tour because of disagreements over a recent drug test. |
Chemistry World December 2006 |
New on the Market Automated Chemistry... MS with Added Power... For Rapid Trace Analysis... Acid-Resistant Evaporators... Amino Acids by Mass Spec... |
Chemistry World August 1, 2014 Megan Tyler |
Strep throat spotted in seconds Scientists have developed a non-invasive mass spectrometry-based diagnostic technique that can diagnose strep throat in less than 10 seconds. |
Chemistry World October 3, 2006 Michael Gross |
Imaging for the Masses Two US research groups have made progress in the application of mass spectrometry for imaging. |
AskMen.com Dustin Driver |
Drug Testing 101 A look at how drug tests work. This article debunks some common drug testing rumors and discusses the legal meds that can raise alarm bells in the testing lab. |
Chemistry World February 19, 2013 Ian Farrell |
Analyzing bacterial metabolites A mass-spectrometry technique that can characterize and spatially resolve the metabolites produced by bacteria could lead to a better understanding of how different microbes interact with each other, and how their chemistry could be harnessed industrially. |
Bio-IT World May 9, 2003 Julia Boguslavsky |
MS Goes Through the Roof Mass spectrometry goes through the roof when the Mayo Clinic installs its new machine. |
Chemistry World November 2, 2010 Hayley Birch |
Nanoparticle detector promises fast virus identification The technique, developed by US researchers, can discriminate between different viruses and is sensitive enough to detect the presence of a single virus particle. |
Chemistry World May 21, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
New Technique to Finger Suspects Researchers have shown that it is possible to detect trace quantities of drug metabolites in fingerprints. The finding could allow forensic scientists not only to obtain information about a suspect's identity from the print, but also to elicit 'lifestyle intelligence' on the individual. |
Chemistry World February 15, 2010 Hayley Birch |
Decades-old meteorite gets holistic treatment A new technique used to analyse samples from a meteorite that hit Australia more than 40 years ago could help scientists understand more about the chemical complexity of the early solar system. |
Chemistry World November 10, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Nanotube scales challenge mass spectrometers By precisely measuring tiny fluctuations in mass, carbon nanotubes will allow chemists to follow reactions of individual proteins atom by atom, predict Spanish researchers |
Chemistry World April 3, 2012 Helen Gray |
Mass spectrometry imaging: the new tool in counterfeit security The ever-increasing sophistication of the counterfeit trade is a growing economic problem, and when applied to pharmaceuticals, dangerous to human health. |
Chemistry World April 16, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Mass spec pinpoints flu virus types Researchers in Australia have shown that exquisitely accurate mass spectrometry can be used to distinguish between different sub-types of the influenza virus |
Chemistry World May 2006 |
New on the Market Spectrometer for field use... 3D nano movies... NMR cryoprobes... High optical throughput... Detecting nuclear threats... Sensing hazardous gases... LC/MS with ultra performance... etc. |
Chemistry World June 27, 2012 |
Chemistry and the Olympics Emma Davies looks into the vital role chemistry will play during the Olympic and Paralympic games |
Chemistry World July 22, 2008 |
Weighing Molecules with Nanotubes US scientists have made a nanoscale mass sensor which can weigh molecules with atomic precision. |
Salon.com July 26, 2000 Cynthia Kuhn & Wilkie Wilson |
No fooling My girlfriend smoked a lot of pot recently and now has to take a drug test for her new job. Is there anything she can do to avoid being caught? |
Bio-IT World July 14, 2004 Julia Boguslavsky |
Mass Spec Show and Tell The conference director for Cambridge Healthtech Institute offers highlights from the annual meeting of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, particularly on mass spec and proteomics. |
Bio-IT World October 2005 Robert M. Frederickson |
Nanoflow Enhances LC Devices New flow control systems save time while offering higher precision and sensitivity that are key to better comparative proteomic data coming out of liquid chromatography-mass spectronomy applications as well as more traditional clinical and diagnostic analyses. |
National Defense December 2015 Allyson Versprille |
FLIR Unveils Enhanced Chemical Trace Detector FLIR Systems has developed a new chemical detection system that could provide service members with greater accuracy and precision when screening for explosives and other security threats at military installations. |
Chemistry World November 16, 2015 Fiona Gillespie |
Uncoiling collagen using advanced computers British and French researchers have used modern computing power to enhance mass spectrometry and analyze an extremely complex collagen molecule in a short time scale. |
Chemistry World March 8, 2013 David Bradley |
The next big thing in mass spectrometry Researchers have used quadrupole time-of-flight native MS to investigate intact capsids from a bacteriophage. While there is theoretically no upper limit on the mass of a particle that might be analyzed, the work is far from trivial in breaking the record. |
Bio-IT World July 14, 2004 Karen Hopkin |
'Omics: The NextGeneration Researchers in industry and academia are cataloging collections of biochemical compounds (metabolomics) to determine how they respond when organisms are challenged by drugs, disease, or stress (metabonomics). |
Chemistry World May 17, 2007 Michael Gross |
Further Integration of Micro Fluidics and Mass Spec Chemists in Germany have created a glass microchip that combines microfluidic channels with a nanospray emitter for electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. |
Chemistry World March 21, 2013 Neil Withers |
Harry Kroto: From light years to nanometers -- and back My emphasis in the Pittcon plenary lecture is that the discovery of C 60 started off from an interest in massive clouds of gas in interstellar space. You go from these huge objects into the nanoscale world and back again out into space. |