Techniques & Tools

The exciting discovery of phosphates originating from Enceladus – and what it means for the prospect of finding life elsewhere in the solar system

This year’s Power Listers share what they think is missing from the analytical toolbox…

NASA’s mass spectrometrists discuss the role of mass spec in life detection within our solar system

Is there extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Desmond Kaplan – who works across several analytical projects at NASA – is willing to place a wage

Has the current era of biomedical mass spec crossed the finish line? Naysayers be warned: we’ve been here before…

Nitrosamines are carcinogenic at low concentrations, able to form in medicines over time, and difficult to detect using conventional techniques…

Researchers use MS-based proteomics to identify three key proteins associated with mortality rates after life-threatening burns

How high resolution ion mobility-mass spectrometry holds the answer to unraveling the structures of the many molecules we know must exist

Polymeric drug delivery systems have enormous potential for personalized medicine, but their complexity create real characterization challenges

NASA Astrobiologist Melissa Trainer discusses the DraMS mission to Titan – and the likelihood of finding extraterrestrial life on moons