“The amended ITMS collaboration agreement extends the ion trap development cooperation, the continued supply of mass spectrometry parts and components from Agilent to Bruker Daltonics, and the end-product manufacturing by Bruker Daltonics of each company’s respective ITMS product lines. The agreement facilitates the introduction of each company’s ion trap HCT Ultra and XCT Ultra mass spectrometers. This ITMS agreement also extends other existing terms, enabling Bruker Daltonics to continue incorporating Agilent’s atmospheric pressure ionization sources into its line of MS products.”

See press releases “American Chemical Society broadens access to its articles: Conditions set for free availability one year after publication“, “American Chemical Society broadens author-directed article access” and “American Chemical Society policy will offer service to authors of NIH-funded research articles” in response to “Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research“.

An article on JEOL’s new direct analysis in real-time MS technique in C&E; News.

The Hartford Courant reports that a federal judge has ruled against John Fenn in an ESI patent dispute. Also in the Yale Daily News, Richmond Times Dispatch, and C&EN;. Fenn has indicated that he will appeal.