Techniques & Tools

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

Nanostructured surface boosts Raman and florescence spectroscopy signals by a factor of 100 via physical separation from analytes

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…

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

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

Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) technique offers high-sensitivity, calibration-free hydrogen gas detection

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

We dive into the archive of 2014 for insight and inspiration – this time with Eva Smolková-Keulemansová

Atomic force microscopy captures real-time images of Alzheimer's-related amyloid protein aggregation, revealing “superspreader” fibrils