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Acrylamide in potato chips estimated from ATR mid-IR spectra

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The carcinogen acrylamide has been measured in potato chips by ATR mid-IR spectroscopy, giving results that agreed with those from mass spectrometry but without the need for solid-phase extraction.

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MRI explains why amputees can still feel pain in their lost arms

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A brain MRI study of upper-limb amputees suggests that phantom pain is preserved structure and function in the former hand area of the sensorimotor complex, contradicting current theories.

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Cocrystal mapping of drugs by terahertz spectroscopy

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The distributions of two cocrystallising components within a pharmaceutical tablet have been chemically mapped for the first time, using terahertz spectroscopy and their concentrations were accurately measured.

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HTC-13 returns to Bruges in 2014

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The 13th International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography will take place in Bruges in January 2014, incorporating hyphenated chromatographic analysers.

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Toxic metals in children associated with severity of autism

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The levels of several toxic metals in autistic children correlate with the degree of severity of the disease.

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Counterfeit Viagra and Cialis by ATR-FTIR

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Counterfeit samples of Viagra and Cialis can be distinguished from authentic samples by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, say Brazilian researchers, who also pinpointed a single mixture as a common source for tablets of both types.

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Waters holds Users' Meeting at ASMS

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Waters is holding a Users' Meeting at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) annual conference, which is taking place in Minneapolis, US, on 8–13 June 2013.

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Ultrasensitive test for PSA in serum

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Prostate-specific antigen was tagged with titanium dioxide for determination in human serum by ICP MS at detection limits more than 2600 times lower than those of current ELISA and electrochemical methods.

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Easier X-ray detection of concealed drugs and explosives

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Drugs and explosives hidden internally by body packers can be detected more easily by energy dispersive X-ray diffraction using novel feature extraction techniques developed by Chinese scientists.

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Mass spec finds bute in horsemeat

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The tests conducted in the UK that uncovered the presence of the veterinary drug phenylbutazone (bute) in horsemeat were carried out by LC/MS/MS.

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