Mass spectrometry is a powerful technique that allows scientists to break down and identify the building blocks of just about anything by measuring the mass of the tiny particles of […]
Mass Spectrometry
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Decoding Organic Compounds In Lava Tube Sulfates To Understand Potential Biomarkers In The Martian Subsurface
Exploring molecular biomarkers in lava tube speleothems offers insights into environmental dynamics, biogeochemical processes, and subsurface life, with implications for astrobiology, particularly in Martian analog environments.
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Constructing the Molecular Tree of Life using Assembly Theory and Mass Spectrometry
The connected nature of all life on earth, dating back to the last universal common ancestor (LUCA), has been explored using knowledge of taxonomy and biochemistry, with significant insights enabled […]
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Formation of S-bearing Complex Organic Molecules In Interstellar Clouds Via Ice Reactions With C2H2, HS, And Atomic H
The chemical network governing interstellar sulfur has been the topic of unrelenting discussion for the past decades due to the conspicuous discrepancy between its expected and observed abundances in different […]
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Peptides On Interstellar Ice
Peptides are organic compounds that play a crucial role in many biological processes, for example, as enzymes. A research team led by Dr Serge Krasnokutski from the Astrophysics Laboratory at […]
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Analyze Mass Spectrometry Data With Artificial Intelligence To Assist The Understanding Of Past Habitability Of Mars And Provide Insights For Future Missions
This paper presents an application of artificial intelligence on mass spectrometry data for detecting habitability potential of ancient Mars.
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Fossil And Present-day Stromatolite Ooids Contain A Meteoritic Polymer Of Glycine And Iron
Hemoglycin, a space polymer of glycine and iron, has been identified in the carbonaceous chondritic meteorites Allende, Acfer 086, Kaba, Sutters Mill and Orgueil.
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The Calcium Sensor Helps Humans And Other Earth Life See The Stars
Using cryo-electron microscopy and mass spectrometry, researchers from PSI have deciphered the structure of an ion channel found in the eye while it interacts with the protein calmodulin – a […]
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Elusive Interstellar Antiaromatic Molecule Oxirene Produced On Earth For The First Time
A problem that has puzzled the scientific community for more than 50 years has finally been solved by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Florida International University and […]
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Tricorder Tech: Mass Spectrometry Approaches For Mold Identification
In recent years, filamentous fungi or molds have emerged as causative agents underlying life-threatening infections in immunocompromised individuals.