Journal of Mass Spectrometry: Sports Doping Explored Visit the July issue of JMS and access the full content of the "Sports Doping Explored" Special Issue until the end of August 2008. Read about the history of mass spectrometry at the Olympic Games, new and old challenges of sports drug testing and much more...

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Interfering in mass spectrometry 
The sources of contaminants and interferents commonly encountered in LC/MS and MALDI mass spectrometry have been summarised by Canadian scientists who also provided a spreadsheet holding the details of more than 650 species of interest. [July 15, 2008]

Prediction of the effects of imperfect construction of a QMS filter  [registered users only]
The predicted behaviour of imperfect QMS filters has been examined for filters with one rod displaced radially inward as this is a simple manufacturing defect that arises when a rod does not fit correctly into the mounting. [July 7, 2008]

Fighting fragrance fraud 
Genuine and counterfeit perfumes can be distinguished in a matter of seconds using a relatively new form of ambient mass spectrometry developed in Switzerland. Neutral desorption extractive electrospray ionisation allows the real-time analysis of complex matrices with reduced ion suppression. [July 1, 2008]

CISILE - the largest Chinese laboratory exhibition 
[July 24, 2008]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Demonstrates its Position at the Forefront of the Food Safety and Environmental Markets at FPRW 
[July 24, 2008]

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories Acquires Spectra Stable Isotopes 
[July 21, 2008]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Publishes Poster on the Capability of Collision Cell-based ICP-MS to Analyze Multi-elemental Environmental and Geological Samples 
[July 21, 2008]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Mass Spectrometry Instruments Used by Harvard University to Identify Proteins in Dinosaur Fossils and Cancer Pathways 
[July 17, 2008]

SFC Chromatographers from Around the World to Convene In Zurich, Switzerland 
[July 16, 2008]

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Genedata Join Forces to Accelerate Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics Research 
[July 14, 2008]

Try MS Software That Leaves Your Molecules in Pieces 
[July 11, 2008]