Interpreting Life’s Earliest Chemical Traces
By Henry Thomas
January 21, 2026
A machine learning strategy extends molecular biosignatures to early Earth and planetary exploration
3 min read
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Data & AI
The Fevers That Felled Napoleon’s Army
January 12, 2026
Genomic sequencing identifies pathogens behind one of military history’s greatest medical mysteries
3 min read
At What Age Do We Have the Strongest Immunity?
January 9, 2026
A multi-omic study defines the immune system’s lifelong trajectory
3 min read
What Happens When You Read DNA and RNA Together?
January 9, 2026
A single-cell DNA–RNA sequencing method connects genetic variation to gene activity in thousands of individual cells
2 min read
Mass Spectrometry
Metabolomics & Lipidomics
Trends & Challenges
Data & AI
Opinion & Personal Narratives
Lighting the Way Forward for Metabolomics
By Alexander Makarov, Bashar Amer, Susan S. Bird, ..et al.
December 15, 2025
Advanced software tools and self-correcting instruments could soon put the dark metabolome debate to bed, argue Alexander Makarov and the Thermo Fisher Scientific team
4 min read
Accelerating Biomarker Discovery with AI-Enhanced Omics
By Henry Thomas
December 11, 2025
By fusing multi-omics data with AI, Sapient Founder Mo Jain believes researchers will close the gap between molecular measurement and clinical meaning
10 min read
AI Model Boosts Microplastic Classification Accuracy
November 21, 2025
Dual-branch deep learning network with attention module outperforms traditional methods for infrared spectral analysis
2 min read
Ocean Virus Sequencing From a Single Drop
November 13, 2025
A breakthrough in environmental sequencing maps the microbial ocean one particle at a time, uncovering new viral families in the process
2 min read
How to Avoid a Third “AI Winter”
By Henry Thomas
November 12, 2025
Bob Pirok is cautiously optimistic about the future of AI-enabled analytical workflows – but analytical science has twice previously fallen into the trap of hype-driven AI development…
8 min read
Automating Analytical Data Workflows in R&D
November 11, 2025
Scalable, web-based technology with self-serve automation to harmonize data and accelerate discovery across the enterprise
3 min read
