An analytical method that involves generating charged molecules or molecular fragments and measuring their mass-to-charge ratio through the ionization of chemical samples, mass spectrometry (MS) is a key part of many laboratories.

A newly developed carbon nanotube material could help lower the cost of fuel cells, catalytic converters and similar energy-related technologies.

Classical methods for protein quantitation rely on colorimetric assays, such as those involving protein-copper chelation (bicinchoninic acid (BCA) and Lowry assays) and dye-binding based detection (Bradford and “660 Assay”) or ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy.

The PHOTONIS MALDI TOF detector Improves the detection efficiency of very high mass ions with significantly less complexity when compared to other high-mass MALDI-TOF detection solutions.

Drawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of materials science and engineering researchers has discovered a new nanometer-scale atomic structure.

Allis Chien, Ph.D., director of the Vincent Coates Foundation Mass Spectrometry Laboratory at Stanford University’s mass spectrometry shared core resource facility, discusses the advances being made in the instrumentation and applications for mass spectrometry (MS).

They won’t be coming soon to a multiplex near you, but movies showing the growth of platinum nanocrystals at the atomic-scale in real-time have blockbuster potential.