Science news articles about 'mass spectrometry techniques'

... -assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). In this technique, sample preparation plays a ... , LD/SPI-MS can detect low-mass molecules – such as sugars, amino acids, small peptides ...

Georgia Tech's new Center for Bio-Imaging Mass Spectrometry allows researchers to visualize the spatial arrangement and relative abundance of specific molecules -- from simple metabolites to peptides ...

... clear plastic tape. They then analyzed them with a mass spectrometry technique developed in Cooks' lab. Mass spectrometry works by first turning molecules into ions, or electrically charged ...

... and female subjects, who ranged in age from 19 to 79. Using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry techniques, they identified almost 100 different chemical compounds coming from skin. The normative ...

... fewer nerve cells. The reason for these characteristics has been unclear, however. Using a new mass spectrometry technique and stem cells that can be made to produce either neurons or glia, a team of ...