The Conversations Shaping ASMS 2026
May 27, 2026
Ahead of ASMS 2026, Boone Prentice considers the technologies, pressures, and conversations shaping mass spectrometry’s next chapter
7 min read
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Mass Spectrometry
Mass Spec Roundup: Peptides, Particles, Clocks, and Canines
May 27, 2026
From tandem MS peptide discovery to volatile saliva profiling, this week’s roundup follows hidden molecular patterns across cells, air, sediments, aging, and dogs
4 min read
Wastewater Study Tracks Illicit Drug Use Across England
May 27, 2026
A year-long LC-MS/MS study suggests wastewater surveillance can reveal shifts in drug consumption linked to public events, weekends, and law enforcement activity
2 min read
Mass Spec Roundup: Structure Searching Comes to Metabolomics
May 20, 2026
Mass spectrometry brings new detail to searchable metabolites, dynamic protein pockets, ancient hominin proteins, and plant chemistry
3 min read
An Interstellar Signal Captured in Antarctic Ice
May 19, 2026
Iron-60 measurements suggest Earth is sampling supernova-seeded material in the Local Interstellar Cloud
2 min read
Science Against Silence
By Henry Thomas
May 13, 2026
Jacob de Boer reflects on five decades of environmental analytical chemistry, regulation, and responsibility
5 min read
Mass Spec Roundup: Proteins, Lipids, Pitcher Plants, and Coffee
May 13, 2026
This week’s roundup explores hidden chemistry in the dark proteome, forest soils, lipid binding in cells, and pitcher plant food webs
5 min read
A New Solvation Strategy for Zinc Batteries
May 12, 2026
Spectroscopy and scattering reveal how ionic liquids reorganize water and zinc ion solvation in aqueous electrolytes
2 min read
E-Cigarette Devices Linked to Inhaled Metal Exposure
May 12, 2026
Device-to-tissue mass spectrometry traces metal emissions from e-cigarette components into exposed lung sections
3 min read
PFOS Isomers Show Distinct Environmental Behavior
By James Strachan
May 11, 2026
Diana Aga and Jenise Paddayuman followed PFOS isomers from wastewater to bird eggs, uncovering a buildup of linear PFOS across the food web
5 min read
