Most mass spectrometers can process just a few molecules at once: Reengineered prototype does a billion simultaneously

Mass spectrometry is already a powerful tool for determining what kind and how many molecules are present in a given sample.
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Rockefeller prototype mass spectrometer analyzes 1B molecules at once

Scientists at The Rockefeller University have built a prototype mass spectrometer that can process over a billion molecules ...
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Boosting mass spec’s sensitivity and throughput with parallelization

Mass spectrometry unveils a world of proteins, from those in cells to fragments found on fossils, as well as the small ...
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Researchers 3D print key components for a point-of-care mass spectrometer

Researchers 3D printed a miniature ionizer, a key component of a mass spectrometer. Their device could someday enable an affordable, in-home mass spectrometer for health monitoring. Mass spectrometry, ...
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Prototype mass spectrometer analyzes up to 1B molecules at once

A reengineered mass spectrometer prototype can now analyze up to a billion molecules simultaneously, a leap from conventional ...