European Journal of Mass Spectrometry SAGE Publications Ltd STM: European Journal of Mass Spectrometry: Table of Contents Table of Contents for European Journal of Mass Spectrometry. List of articles from both the latest and ahead of print issues. Desorption of positive and negative ions from activated field emitters at atmospheric pressure European Journal of Mass …
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Toothpaste for Dinner on Mass Spectrometry
The webcomic Toothpaste for Dinner weighs in.
ASMS 2010 on Twitter
The ASMS conference is on Twitter again this year (hashtag #ASMS). Unlike last year, manufacturers such as Waters are using tweets to promote their instruments and events. This year, too, there is a Twitter parade.
Video: Introduction to Mass Spectrometry
Reconstructors
The Reconstructors use mass spectrometry to save civilization.
Ambient Mass Spectrometry: The future for instant chemical analysis
United Kingdom National Physical Laboratory Podcast.
DESI on CSI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi6yJuVoeyA Laurence Fishburne runs a desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometer on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, scientific exposition ensues. Update: the link is dead, but here is some other Laurence Fishburne
Site Now Back on Blogger
I started this site eight years ago on Blogger, a year before Pyra Labs was purchased by Google. I’ve been hosting it on my LSU server for quite a while, but Blogger is eliminating FTP publishing so back to blogger.com it goes. All of the old links will forward to the new site, so the change should not be …
Mass Spectrometry Exam Questions
Five mass spectrometry exam questions worked out.
GCMS and the Smell of Old Books
The newest -omics: Digging Into the Science of That Old-Book Smell in the New York Times and Material Degradomics: On the Smell of Old Books in Analytical Chemistry.
Audio Periodic Table
Periodic table with audio annotations from the Royal Society of Chemistry (via).
Spezify Mass Spectrometry
Another search page mashup.
Driving Biological Discovery Using Quantitative Mass Spectrometry
http://www.scivee.tv/flash/embedPlayer.swf A lecture by John Yates III of the Scripps Research Institute at the La Jolla Proteomics Conference, July 2, 2008.
Alpha and Beta Calutrons
Contemporary photographs of alpha and beta Calutrons at Oak Ridge.
How a Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Works
Mickey Laux of Orange Coast College explains how a quadrupole mass spectrometer works.
VisWiki
A Wikipedia mashup.
FT-ICR-MS Magnet Quench
Video of a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer magnet quenching with resulting cryogen boil off.
ASMS on Twitter
The American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference is being “tweeted” on #ASMS. There is even an RSS feed RSS feed. Also see #massspec or search for mass spectrometry.
PerkinElmer Acquires Analytica
PerkinElmer has acquired the electrospray ionization and mass spectrometry technology company Analytica of Branford.
18th IMSC Abstract Deadline
April 30th is the deadline for abstract submission for the 18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference in Bremen, Germany, August 30 – September 4, 2009.