Athletes: US Meat Cleared – But Watch Who You Kiss
By James Strachan
May 21, 2025
Study finds US meat unlikely to cause positive tests, as anti-doping experts warn elite athletes to avoid one-night stands
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Raman Spectroscopy Determines Sex from Dental Enamel
May 14, 2025
Technique offers reliable alternative for fragile, juvenile, or culturally sensitive remains
2 min read
Spectroscopy Research Roundup: Krebs Can Form in Interstellar Ice
April 30, 2025
From the origins of life, to biomolecular monitoring, to endometriosis diagnosis – and more spectroscopy stories
6 min read
How Elephant Teeth Reveal Migration Patterns
March 25, 2025
Microsampling analysis of tooth enamel can reveal animal migration histories – from modern elephants to ancient mammoths
3 min read
How Vesuvius Turned a Man’s Brain to Glass
March 11, 2025
Spectroscopic analysis reveals how extreme volcanic heat vitrified the brain of a victim in ancient Herculaneum
3 min read
Collagen Detected in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil
By Henry Thomas
February 18, 2025
Can proteins survive millions of years of fossilization? A new study of Cretaceous dinosaur fossils challenges long-held beliefs about protein degradation
1 min read
The Search for Cleopatra’s Sister Continues
January 16, 2025
New genetic and radiocarbon evidence reveal the Octagon tomb in Ephesos housed a boy with developmental disorders – not Cleopatra’s half-sister
3 min read
The End of Chromatography?
By Jeff Zonderman
January 15, 2025
Chromatography-free techniques can speed up analysis time from minutes to seconds while also eliminating 95 percent of organic waste (in the right applications), argues Jeffrey Zonderman. Will anyone be doing chromatography in a decade’s time?
7 min read
How Dinosaurs Ate Their Way to Dominance
December 10, 2024
Analyses of fossilized feces, intestinal contents, and vomit reveal how dinosaurs adapted to climate shifts
2 min read
This week’s Mass Spec News
By James Strachan
December 6, 2024
2024’s technological standouts, a new way of pinpointing painkillers, and needles made from bone…
2 min read
