A mass spectrometer is a complicated and expensive piece of equipment -- so complicated and so expensive, in fact, that most undergraduate chemistry students never get a chance to use one. Now ...

At $1 million, many schools cannot afford the latest spectrometry equipment to help students conduct experiments such as determining the composition of a polymer, detecting the presence of cocaine in ...

In this collection of lab-based activities, students will learn about the concepts of radiation and half-life in order to gain an understanding of the use of radiocarbon dating as a method of absolute ...

Mass spectrometry and chromatography are analytical tools used in various scientific fields. Mass spectrometry measures the mass-to-charge ratio of a molecule in a sample to calculate the precise ...

WALTHAM, Mass., May 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, will provide online programming and virtual exhibits to introduce ...

A new AI-powered chip from UC Davis can analyze light and chemicals using a device tiny enough to fit almost anywhere. By combining smart silicon sensors with machine learning, it achieves lab-style ...

Mass spectrometry is a laboratory technique which identifies the precise weight of a component in a sample. Metabolomics focuses on measuring the metabolites, the substances made when the body breaks ...