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‎06-01-2023

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Magnetic Sector Pre-Cell Mass Filters: The Cure for Garbage In, Garbage Out

05-17-2023
“Garbage in, garbage out.” It’s the computer science concept that if you input nonsense data to a system/computer, then what you get is nonsense output. The same concept applies to collision reaction cells in mass spectrometry. Collision cells are us...

Don’t Look Up: Giant Indestructible Space Cushions Incoming!

02-17-2023
The idea that humanity will be wiped out by a meteorite was recently popularized in the film “Don’t Look Up!” But how likely is this to happen? The answer, disturbingly, is perhaps more likely than we previously thought. Why? Because scientists have ...

What Did Thermo Fisher Scientific Have To Do With the Analysis of a Meteorite?

12-16-2022
On February 28, 2021, a fireball was observed over the sleepy village of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, England. A meteorite from the asteroid belt near Jupiter was bearing down on the town. Fortunately for the residents of Winchcombe (and indeed the...

Monitoring radioactive contamination in our food supply using mass spectrometry

06-09-2022
Radioactive strontium (90Sr) is a major radioactive product of nuclear fission. Following atomic weapon testing or nuclear power station accidents (e.g., Chernobyl or Fukushima), 90Sr can be spread into the local environment. On human timescales, the...

Sensitivity and stability: Overcoming 3 common hurdles in HR-ICP-MS

05-17-2022
Element Jet InterfaceWhether you work in geosciences research or high-purity chemical manufacturing, you always want the best sensitivity and instrument stability you can get. These help you get more out of your limited samples, achieve higher resolu...
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