A Systemic Problem in Metabolite Identification?
By James Strachan
February 12, 2026
One of the most abundant metabolites in human urine has been misidentified in nearly half of published reports, study finds
5 min read
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Metabolomics & Lipidomics
Tracing Metabolic Inflexibility in Fanconi Anemia
By Henry Thomas
February 10, 2026
Stable-isotope glucose tracing reveals impaired fuel switching and altered energy use in a rare DNA-repair disorder
8 min read
The Lasting Effects of Early-Life Pollutant Exposure
February 10, 2026
Untargeted metabolomics links brief embryonic pollutant exposure to persistent developmental disruption in fish
2 min read
Parkinson's Aggravated by Nanoplastics Exposure
By Kathryn Wighton
January 27, 2026
Mouse study suggests environmental nanoplastics may exacerbate Parkinson's disease through metabolic dysregulation in the gut, brain, and liver
3 min read
Hidden Drugs Revealed By Tandem Mass Spectrometry
December 17, 2025
By matching mass spectra to curated references, the GNPS Drug Library links patient samples to over 2,000 drugs, metabolites, and environmental chemicals
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
Truth, Love, and Lipidomics
By Henry Thomas
December 3, 2025
A moment of national change opened the door for Michal Holčapek to build a career defined by analytical precision and clinical impact in lipidomics
8 min read
New Workflow for Precise Bile Acid Profiling and Multi-Omics Discovery
November 27, 2025
SCIEX introduces a high-resolution, EAD-enabled LC-MS/MS workflow powered by the ZenoTOF 8600 to overcome long-standing challenges in bile acid analysis
1 min read
Formic Acid Boosts LC-MS Metabolomics Sensitivity
November 20, 2025
A small tweak to sample prep – formic acid pretreatment – enhances LC–MS sensitivity and metabolome coverage without compromising reproducibility
2 min read
