To identify specific chemicals or molecules in the life sciences and medical research, scientists often use mass spectrometry (MS), usually paired with liquid chromatography (LC). These technologies ...

Just how far mass spectrometry—the use of tools measuring the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) of one or more molecules present in a sample—has progressed over the past century can be seen in a new exhibit ...

A new microfluidic method preserves worm anatomy to link lipid signals with body structure using mass spectrometry imaging. Understanding how fat molecules are distributed and function in living ...

For biologists, seeing is believing. But sometimes biologists have a hard time seeing. One particularly vexing challenge is seeing all the molecules in an intact tissue sample, down to the level of ...

A new tissue expansion method enables scientists to use mass spectrometry imaging to simultaneously detect hundreds of molecules at the single cell level in their native locations. For biologists, ...

The first half of 2025 saw the release of a flurry of new mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, prompting many to ask: What’s new? And what sets these new instruments apart? So, we thought we would ...

An illustration of an antibody disrupting the binding between a virus particle and a receptor on the edge of a membrane. A drug (orange) blocks the SARS-CoV-2 virus (gold sphere with white protruding ...