Was Earth once a frozen sphere? Recent studies of Colorado sandstone offer new evidence to support the “Snowball Earth” hypothesis.

Electrochemistry-based system removes 90 percent of both ultra-short and long-chain PFAS from water

Atmospheric alarms, Snowball Earth, and TOF MS advances – your weekly roundup of mass spec news!

An ultrafast laser platform, the properties of “Rubbing Mud,” discoveries from a Tudor warship – and more spectroscopy news

Corpse flowers, black beach balls (feces and fatburgs?), and more delectable MS stories…

Beate Escher reveals her team’s discovery that chemicals, even at low concentrations, can form mixtures in the blood causing neurotoxicity

Ketogenic diets reduce neuroinflammation by boosting specific ketone bodies and beneficial gut bacteria, according to a metabolomics study

How age and handedness affect bone mineral composition, according to a study of skeletal remains from a Tudor warship

A new global proteomics technology from ETH Zurich, the discovery of the world’s oldest ochre mine, and more MS news

Thierry Nordmann speaks to us about Deep Visual Proteomics, and how it enabled his team to cure a previously untreatable skin condition