Bogdan Budnik, PhD, is director of proteomics at the Harvard University Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Resource Laboratory

Researchers have shown that replacing conventional power supplies with TENG devices for charging the molecules being analyzed can boost the sensitivity of mass spectrometers to unprecedented levels

The distribution of chemical substances on samples with non-flat surfaces can now be visualized

Novel method vastly outperforms conventional ones

Dr. Jonathan Karty has been manager of the Mass Spectrometry Facility at Indiana University (IU) since June 2004, having worked at the facility since graduating from IU.

Agencies and consumers demand more vigilance...and that takes new technology

In recent years HPLC/MS/MS and UPLC have become the sensitive and specific techniques of choice for the detection of algal toxins in water

Technique will help increase the efficiency for forensic laboratories that are faced with growing caseloads and limited resources

Because drugs tend to be small-molecule structures, gas-chromatography-MS (GC-MS) serves as confirmation both for alcohol level and for most drugs.

“Two-dimensional mass spectrometry has the potential to exponentially increase our knowledge in all areas, from biochemistry to food safety and environmental chemistry”

The major influences on ocean chemistry today are hydrothermal flow (hot water that has circulated through the crust) and surface weathering (the river transport of material eroded from land into the ocean)

Finding will be a game changer for law enforcement agencies who have previously been unable to link some suspects with crime scenes