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Raman Spectroscopy without the Heat

Breakthrough in Raman Spectroscopy- Innovative Technique Overcomes Longstanding Hurdles
 “A group of researchers with the Institute for Quantum Sciences and Engineering [MORE]

Automated RNA Sequence Analysis

Pytheas- a software package for the automated analysis of RNA sequences
“To provide an analytical tool for sequence characterization of modified [MORE]

What’s New in Mass Spectrometry?

Mass Spectrometry
The annual meeting of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry is where industry shows off its recent tech developments, [MORE]

Improved “Comb” Breathalyzer

Jila’s comb breathalyze
Most breathalyzers detect only one biomarker; the method described here screens for four and may extend to ten [MORE]

Ultra-Fast Mass Spec Proteomics

Scanning SWATH technology
Biochemists at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Francis Crick Institute in London report:   “. . .  a [MORE]

Single Cell Proteomics

Single cell proteomics
This piece is an interview with a biochemist at the University of Maryland about a method for finding [MORE]

The Scent of Parkinson’s Disease

Nurse Joy Milne’s sensitive ability can smell Parkinson’s disease
There are human “supertasters;” so, a “super smeller” isn’t a huge stretch.  [MORE]

Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mass Spectrometry (FAIMS)

FAIMS Pro Interface for mass spectrometry
“FAIMS is a differential ion mobility technique that spatially separates ionized species in the gaseous [MORE]

Need to Automate Mass Spectrometry for Clinical Use

Mass Spectrometry Quantitative Proteomic Workflows
Mass spectroscopy is a technology for determining, among other things, the size and weight of protein [MORE]

Hair Protein Identification

Forensic ID with a strand of hair
There is no DNA in hair, apart from the hair follicle.  So, the widely [MORE]

The “MasSpec Pen”

Mass spec pen detects cancer
This isn’t what first comes to mind—a mass spectrometer reduced to the size of a pen.  [MORE]

Proteomics’ Major Challenges

The evolution of proteomics
In a series of interviews with leading proteomic researchers, five key challenges surfaced as barriers to making [MORE]

Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectroscopy

Mass Spectrometer
The technology discussed in this piece—capillary electrophoresis-mass spectroscopy—isn’t new. Richard Smith, renowned chemist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory [MORE]

A Cancer-Sniffing Pen

MasSpec Pen for Cancer Diagnosis
Using a pen-like device, engineers at the University of Texas at Austin were able to apply [MORE]