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X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Used to Study Structure of Proteins in Egg White

A team of scientists has been using DESY's X-ray source PETRA III to analyse the structural changes that take place in an egg when you cook it. The work reveals how the proteins in the white of a chicken egg unfold and cross-link with each other to form a solid structure when heated.

31 Mar 2021

Novel Measurement Technique Brings the Study of Molecular Chirality into Microscopic Domain

Researchers have developed a spectroscopic microscope to enable optical measurements of molecular conformations and orientations in biological samples. The novel measurement technique allows researchers to image biological samples at the microscopic level more quickly and accurately.

9 Mar 2021

New Mass Spectrometry Imaging Method Based on Theory of Human Color Perception

Skoltech scientists have proposed a Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) method leveraging the unique features of human vision. The research was published in the journal Analytical Chemistry.

12 Feb 2021

THz Spectroscopy Reveals Transient Evolution of Photoexcited Plasma in Liquid Water

Photoionization of water involves the migration and solvation of electrons, with many transient and highly active intermediates. The process results in a large blue shift in the absorption spectrum, from the THz or gigahertz region to the visible range.

10 Feb 2021

Novel Analytical Tools Developed by SMART Key to Next-Generation Agriculture

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision Interdisciplinary Research Group of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, highlight the potential of recently developed analytical tools that are rapid and non-destructive, with a proof of concept through first-generation examples.

10 Feb 2021

WITec ParticleScout™ Enhanced with New Features

WITec GmbH, the pace-setting leader in Raman microscope technology, has enhanced its ParticleScout automated particle analysis tool to offer even greater speed and versatility for finding, classifying and identifying microparticles.

From WITec GmbH 3 Feb 2021

Skoltech Scientists Pin Hopes on a New Ion Trap to Create the World’s Most Accurate Mass Spectrometer

Mass spectrometers are widely used to analyze highly complex chemical and biological mixtures. Skoltech scientists have developed a new version of a mass spectrometer that uses rotation frequencies of ionized molecules in strong magnetic fields to measure masses with higher accuracy (FT ICR). The team has designed an ion trap that ensures the utmost resolving power in ultra-strong magnetic fields. The research was published in the journal Analytical Chemistry.

27 Jan 2021

Successful Start to Virtual Event Series

With its 1st Global Infrared Sessions, LASER COMPONENTS has successfully established the new virtual event format LC Talks. About 450 participants from all continents (except Antarctica) attended the two-day event and caught up on the latest developments in IR technology in more than 20 short presentations.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 17 Dec 2020

New Computational Mass Spectrometry Imaging Accelerates the Speed of Data Acquisition

A new computational mass spectrometry imaging method enables researchers to achieve high mass resolution and high spatial resolution for biological samples while providing data sets exponentially faster.

11 Dec 2020

New Method to Study Interaction of Infrared Nanolight with Molecular Vibrations

Scientists from CIC nanoGUNE BRTA (San Sebastian, Spain), together with the Donostia International Physics Center (San Sebastián, Spain) and the University of Oviedo (Spain), applied a spectroscopic nanoimaging method to explore the interaction between infrared nanolight—in the form of phonon polaritons—and molecular vibrations.

24 Nov 2020

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