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  • Mass spec backpack for chemical analysis on the go

    03/05/2014 2:55:52 PM PST · by neverdem · 7 replies
    Chemistry World ^ | 4 March 2014 | Emma Stoye
    The Mini S analyser may look like something out of Ghostbusters but it is designed for use in hazardous locations © ACSThe latest gadget to come out of the labs of Purdue University in the US may look like the fictional ‘proton pack’ from Ghostbusters, but it’s actually a portable mass spectrometer that can be carried around on the user’s back. While it can’t capture an unruly poltergeist, the team who developed it say it could be a useful tool for environmental and forensic monitoring, and have shown it can identify chemical weapons, drugs and explosives.Most mass spectrometry happens in...
  • New Cancer Test Stirs Hope and Concern

    02/02/2004 7:14:04 PM PST · by neverdem · 5 replies · 513+ views
    NY Times ^ | February 3, 2004 | ANDREW POLLACK
    Jill Doimer's mother died in 2002 from ovarian cancer, detected too late to be effectively treated. So Ms. Doimer is eagerly awaiting the introduction of a new test that holds the promise of detecting early-stage ovarian cancer far more accurately than any test available now, using only blood from a finger prick. Not only does she plan to be tested, but an advocacy group she helped found, Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky, also intends to spread the word to women and doctors. "If it's going to happen to me or anyone I know, I want it to be caught at an...