Mass Spec Roundup: From Intact Cells to Antarctic Soil
July 29, 2026
Mass spectrometry maps biological interactions and environmental signatures across infected cells, global ecosystems, Antarctic soils, and bacterial collections.
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Breaking Water's Bonds
July 28, 2026
Infrared spectroscopy and molecular dynamics reveal how weakly hydrated ions disrupt hydrogen-bond networks and accelerate water transport through vermiculite nanochannels
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Skin Deep Survival
July 23, 2026
Peptidomics via LC-MS/MS links early skin immune maturation to recovery from chytrid fungus in common midwife toads
3 min read
Mass Spec Roundup: Oocytes, Ligands, Ion Traps, and Corals
By Henry Thomas
July 22, 2026
From single-oocyte glycans to Maui coral stress, new studies show mass spectrometry extending its reach across scale, chemistry, and environment
4 min read
Spectroscopy Roundup: Dark States and Real Conditions
July 21, 2026
From real-space excitons and early collagen disorder to programmable single-shot spectroscopy and operando X-rays, this week’s studies push spectroscopy closer to elusive states and realistic conditions
4 min read
Is CE-MS Ready for Top-Down Proteomics?
By Henry Thomas
July 21, 2026
Many longstanding barriers to CE-MS implementation are now being overcome, according to a new 12-lab benchmarking study by Kevin Jooß and colleagues
3 min read
A Greener Route to Anti-Doping Analysis
July 15, 2026
Bar adsorptive microextraction provides lower-solvent confirmation of cocaine and three metabolites in urine using GC-MS
2 min read
Mass Spec Roundup: Signals Recovered
July 15, 2026
This week’s stories span amino-metabolite imaging, site-specific HDX-MS, large-scale motif annotation, and proteomics missing-value recovery
5 min read
Seeing Through the Bottle
July 9, 2026
Combined wavefront shaping and wavelength modulation enable through-bottle Raman detection of methanol in sealed commercial spirits
2 min read
Mass Spec Roundup: Mitochondria, Nanoparticles, and Monsoons
July 8, 2026
From mitochondrial interaction networks to Arabian Sea monsoons, mass spectrometry clarifies hidden links, intracellular fates, and seasonal divergence
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