Solvent abuse in medical devices 
Residual cyclohexanone in PVC plastic bags from commercial medical infusion sets has been detected and measured by a combination of proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry and ion/molecule reaction mass spectrometry. The techniques are fast and sensitive and could be set up for quality control of plastic medical devices. [July 1, 2009]

Consumer exposure to perfluorinated acids 
Perfluorinated carboxylic acids have been determined in various consumer products that had been treated with fluoropolymers or fluorotelomers. The LC-tandem-MS method was optimised at every stage to give low ppb detection limits. [June 15, 2009]

Extraction and analysis of colourful eggshell pigments using HPLC and HPLC/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry  [registered users only]
The literature on the pigments of avian eggshells is critically reviewed and new extraction methods are described and implemented for eggshells of the common nighthawk and another six bird species for characterization by HPLC/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. [June 8, 2009]

Applied Biosystems Partners with China to Help Reinforce New Standards for Food Safety  [registered users only]
[July 2, 2009]

First Online SPE-LC-MS Assay for Antibiotics in Milk 
[June 17, 2009]

Shimadzu's New MALDI Mass Spectrometer Combines MALDI, MSn and TOF for Extracting the Highest Quality Information from the Most Challenging Samples 
[June 9, 2009]

Phytronix Technologies and Agilent Technologies to co-market Phytronix Laser Diode Thermal Desorption Ion Source with Agilent Mass Spectrometers 
[June 8, 2009]

New LC/MS and GC/MS deconvolution software makes confirming the presence of known compounds in messy samples faster 
[June 4, 2009]

Agilent Technologies Builds On 30 Percent LC/MS Growth in Q2 with New Ultra-High-Def Q-TOF, Next Gen ICP-MS and Higher Performance Triple Quad LC/MS 
[June 4, 2009]

Waters Corporation and Dotmatics Limited Collaborate to Provide Advanced Intelligent Software Interpretation Tools for Metabolism Elucidation 
[June 4, 2009]

First ASMS Hites Award for Outstanding Research Publication Presented to Prof. Alison Ashcroft 
[June 4, 2009]