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Author Archives: Kermit Murray
Mass Spectrometry on Linkedin
The social networking site Linkedin has a group for mass spectrometry. Linkedin is similar to FaceBook, but focuses on professional networking.
Mass Spectrometry Hits on Wikipedia
Mass spectrometry on Wikirank A graphical representation of the popularity of the Wikipedia page on mass spectrometry.
MIT Mandates Open Access to Research Publications
The MIT faculty has a adopted a policy that mandates open access to their scholarly publications. This follows similar moves by Harvard and Stanford (via).
Mass Spectrometry Twitter Feed
Mass spectrometry has a Twitter feed.
RNA Biology to Require Wikipedia Publication
Starting in 2009, the journal RNA Biology will require that authors submitting to their RNA Families section also submit a Wikipedia page summarizing the work. Both will be peer reviewed. For example, Jones, et al. RNA Biology 6, 1-4 (2009) has a corresponding Wikipedia page SmY RNA (via).
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry in Biology and Health Care
Lecture from UCTV.
Electrospray Videos
On Youtube. Also: Nanospray : Sweet Electrospray Ionization with Syringe Pump Electrospray Taylor Cone Initiating Nanospray Tickling the Inlet
MALDI of a Copper Age Mummy
MALDI TOF mass spectrometry has been used to identify the clothing of Ötzi the Iceman (in RCM; hat tip to MW).
Mass Spectrometer Confirms Mars Water
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander thermal and evolved-gas analyzer ( TEGA) has identified water in a mars soil sample.
QTOF Lecture
Raising the bar on scientific presentation production values.
LHC Rap
(via)
Video Archive: The Mass Spectrometer
A 1988 video from the University of Hertfordshire Science Centre.
ACS Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions Podcast
The American Chemical Society has a podcast on the use of chemistry to solve far-reaching global problems.
A Conversation with Fred W. McLafferty
The Oral History Project of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University has a 90 minute streaming video interview of mass spectrometry pioneer Fred McLafferty (Apple Quicktime required).
Blog this Article
The on-line Journal of Chemical Physics has a “Blog this Article” button, for example: Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization and fragmentation of molecular beams: NO, I2, benzene, and butadiene J. Chem. Phys. 71, pp. 1359-1371 (1979) http://link.aip.org/link/?JCPSA6/71/1359/1
Wikipedia Statistics
Here is a site that produces a graph of hit counts for Wikipedia articles. For example mass spectrometry had 43319 hits in February, about one to two thousand hits per day (via).
FBI’s New Technology Revolutionizes DNA Analysis
From National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, January 28, 2008: “The newest wrinkle [in forensic DNA analysis] involves a rather innocuous-looking machine called a mass spectrometer, which is, in essence, a glorified scale that weighs individual molecules.” (audio and transcript)
Academic Interviews
Excellent and refreshingly candid advice on academic job interviews (via).
Rays of Positive Electricity and Their Application to Chemical Analyses
Google Books has a digitized and searchable versions of J. J. Thomson’s Rays of Positive Electricity and Their Application to Chemical Analyses both the 1913 Edition as well as the 1921 Edition. There are also downloadable PDFs of the books.