| 单词 | spectrometer |
| 例句 | In the great Martian dust storm of 1971, spectral features of the dust were obtained by the Mariner 9 infrared spectrometer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked Todd Dawson, a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, to run a McDonald’s meal through his spectrometer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Each rock and stone is sitting in its own petri dish next to a spectrometer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Feathers runs her spectrometer over a rock and waits for it to show its contents. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Scientists can use a machine called a spectrometer to look at the carbon in food and tell how much of it came from corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Not so to a fluorescent X-ray spectrometer, a machine able to detect the presence of various metals in a material. Tiffany?s Rubedo Line Stirs Debate Over Meaning of Metal 2012-04-04T22:23:49Z Although almost completely paralyzed, Rhyme works with utmost efficiency from the living room of his townhouse, which comes fully equipped with high-tech gadgets, including a very serious gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer. Solving Crimes the Old-Fashioned Way 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z A sample of seeds was analyzed using two mass spectrometers connected by a chamber called a collision cell, in which the seeds’ molecules were shattered into fragmentation ions. How Chris McCandless Died: An Update 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The chemicals were only identified in Mississippi after doctors at the medical center analyzed drug samples using a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometer, an hourlong process performed by a machine generally available only at research institutions. Spice: Americans turn to dangerous 'synthetic marijuana' to evade drug tests 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Attygalle analyzed the beetles’ spray using a piece of equipment called a mass spectrometer. Scientists solve mystery of bombardier beetles’ hot, toxic spray 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z We then sent these carbon atoms — from a very metabolically active part of the amino acid called the carboxyl group — through a machine called a mass spectrometer to read their isotope fingerprints. Ever wonder how your body turns food into fuel? We tracked atoms to find out 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The second mass spectrometer sorted and weighed these fragments, producing a fragmentation-ion pattern that is unique for any given compound, and therefore functions like a molecular fingerprint. How Chris McCandless Died: An Update 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The speakers will identify forgers who sometimes worked on commission for unscrupulous dealers and explain how microscopes, X-rays and spectrometers can reveal artificial patinas and fresh engraving marks. Antiques: Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont as Impulse Buyer 2010-05-06T20:50:00Z He could measure how much radiation they were absorbing using a spectrometer he built himself. The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Mass spectrometers are high-tech machines that play an important role in our society. Charged 'molecular beasts' the basis for new compounds 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Midwest in March and April, researchers sampled stratospheric air using specialized mass spectrometers. Space Junk Is Polluting Earth’s Stratosphere with Vaporized Metal 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z It required many steps, including shipping the diamonds around the world several times, and deployed some of the most precise mass spectrometers and X-ray diffractometers available. Superdeep diamonds provide a window on supercontinent growth 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Using a mass spectrometer, the researchers identify which compounds are present and in what quantities. Pinpointing the emergence of muddy flavors in your fish 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z But that’s still a far-off vision, Pavlick said, with much more research necessary before the spectrometer is set to head up to space at the end of this decade. NASA technology can spot wine grape disease from the sky. The world's food supply could benefit 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z These preparative mass spectrometers can be used to produce chemical compounds in a new way. Charged 'molecular beasts' the basis for new compounds 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z But Webb's secret weapon is its suite of spectrometers, the instruments that split up the light coming from objects into their component colours. James Webb: Telescope reveals new detail in famous supernova 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Paleontologists use an extensive variety of tools in their research, from traditional hammers and chisels, to sophisticated statistical analyses and numerical models, to laser spectrometers, CT scanners and synchrotrons. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running a experiments including, a spectrometer analysis of the lunar surface's mineral composition. Moon rover exits India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft to explore lunar surface 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The spectrometer captures data from hundreds of channels of light, including those far beyond the visible spectrum — “down into the ultraviolet and well above the infrared,” Pavlick said. NASA technology can spot wine grape disease from the sky. The world's food supply could benefit 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z According to him, the "beasts" are kept under special conditions because there is a vacuum inside the mass spectrometer. Charged 'molecular beasts' the basis for new compounds 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running a series of experiments including a spectrometer analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands on moon in 'victory cry' of new India 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z If it lands successfully, the Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running a series of experiments including a spectrometer analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-3 hours away from historic moon landing for India 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Solar panels, stretching a bit wider than a tennis court, power the cameras, spectrometers and other systems. NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z "Resolve will effectively give X-ray astrophysics a spectrometer with a magnifying glass." A new X-ray telescope set to launch this weekend could unveil the structure of spacetime 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The new publication could fundamentally change this view of chemical reactions in mass spectrometers. Charged 'molecular beasts' the basis for new compounds 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Regular spectrometers struggle with xrays, especially high energy photons from extended sources. Revolutionary x-ray sensor to probe workings of black holes and supernovae 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The x-ray spectrometer protrudes over the rover’s front and rotates by 90 degrees to study the material below it. India Aims for the Moon with Launch of Chandrayaan-3 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Euclid also has a near-infrared spectrometer and photometer for measuring each galaxy’s redshift, or the wavelength-stretching effect that occurs in light arriving from the faraway cosmos. How to Watch SpaceX Launch the Euclid Mission to Study the Dark Universe 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z It spent two years near the space rock, making measurements with its onboard cameras, spectrometers, and other instruments. Pebbles from an Asteroid Are about to Be Delivered to Earth, and It’s Totally Awesome 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z "They have the beast under control. Exactly what they were hoping for happens, they observe the new molecule with potentially fascinating properties, and then it's gone," says Warneke, describing chemical experiments in conventional mass spectrometers. Charged 'molecular beasts' the basis for new compounds 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Another is a gamma ray spectrometer, which like a Geiger counter can capture the radiation emitted by thorium, uranium, and potassium. Major U.S. geological survey aims to uncover minerals critical for batteries and microchips 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Pragyan carries two spectrometers to help scientists determine the elements and minerals that make up the soil and rocks around the landing region. India Aims for the Moon with Launch of Chandrayaan-3 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z JWST’s observed the vast plume on 9 November 2022 using its high-resolution infrared spectrometer to capture faint fluorescent emissions caused by sunlight striking water molecules near the moon. Giant plume spotted erupting from moon of Saturn might contain ingredients for life 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Hofmann will use a special kind of mass spectrometer called an Orbitrap to identify specific organic molecules with different isotopic compositions within her samples and compare their amounts. Pebbles from an Asteroid Are about to Be Delivered to Earth, and It’s Totally Awesome 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z The Italian Space Agency is providing one of the spectrometer instruments, and Malin Space Science Systems of San Diego is building the two cameras. The United Arab Emirates Is Heading for the Asteroid Belt 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The spectrometers that gaze downward from the aircraft capture images in hundreds of wavelengths, from the visible spectrum to shortwave infrared. Scientists take flight to map California’s vast snowpack and measure flooding threats 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Davis has been working on a smaller, portable type of test, an ion mobility spectrometer, which identifies substances based on the mobility of their molecules in an electric field. Astronomy Tool Can Now Detect COVID in Breath 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The energy required to make and transport lab equipment, from centrifuges to mass spectrometers, and provide support services accounts for more than half the carbon emissions associated with research laboratories, according to a preprint study. News at a glance: New U.S. coronavirus research, lab gear’s carbon cost, and a repurposed accelerator 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Working ring by ring, she sliced out tiny wood chips from the cedar and ran them through an accelerator mass spectrometer to determine the ratio of 14C to stable carbon isotopes. Marking time: Cosmic ray storms can pin precise dates on history from ancient Egypt to the Vikings 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z If the plumes exist, Juice’s mass spectrometer might be able to sample their outer reaches and hunt for organic molecules. Spacecraft will explore habitability of Jupiter’s ocean moons 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z By mapping the snowpack with laser pulses and spectrometers, Carey and her colleagues are able to provide a detailed picture of one of the biggest snow accumulations ever recorded in the state. Scientists take flight to map California’s vast snowpack and measure flooding threats 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z As the isotopes destabilize, they emit gamma rays which can be measured with a high-resolution gamma spectrometer. The unsolved mystery of the president who may have been assassinated with arsenic 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Designed to monitor atmospheric pollution, TROPOMI’s spectrometer has also proved capable of detecting the infrared glow of methane. Global alarm system watches for methane superemitters 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Local media reported that radiation portal monitors and a gamma-ray spectrometer were among the new items being used by search crews. How a tiny radioactive capsule was found in Australia's vast outback 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Juice’s mass spectrometer can provide another handle on the composition of the crust. Spacecraft will explore habitability of Jupiter’s ocean moons 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Using microscopes, spectrometers, and other instruments, the researchers measured the size, optical properties, and density of the particles. Lifting the veil: Astronomers conjure up the hazes that obscure alien worlds 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The device was an experimental version of a mass spectrometer, used to identify chemicals. They call him the Eagle: How the U.S. lost a key ally in Mexico as fentanyl took off Investigators began to use the spectrometer to monitor regions already known to be large methane sources. Global alarm system watches for methane superemitters 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Gamma spectrometers measure the intensity of the radiation. How a tiny radioactive capsule was found in Australia's vast outback 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Miami Dade does not have an operational mass spectrometer, suggesting McKinney would have had to perform the isotope analyses underlying the paper at another facility. Paleontologist accused of faking data in dino-killing asteroid paper 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The eruption was years in the making, matched not quite in scale by the ongoing effort to monitor the volcano with seismometers, spectrometers, tiltmeters, GPS units and other state-of-the-art tools. With Mauna Loa’s Eruption, a Rare Glimpse Into the Earth 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z On a recent day in C2N’s lab, scientist Samantha Koch prepared plasma samples for analysis by mass spectrometers, instruments that identify compounds by molecular weight. Is it Alzheimer’s? Families want to know, and blood tests may offer answers. 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z We tested this theory by spraying amino acids dissolved in microdroplets of water toward a mass spectrometer, an instrument that can be used to analyze the products of a chemical reaction. The water paradox: How did the first life form in a hostile liquid? 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Using World Anti-Doping Agency guidelines, the researchers ran these hairs through a mass spectrometer, a machine that can identify the chemical signatures in samples, and found traces of numerous intoxicating plants. Archaeologists find a trove of ancient human sacrifices fed psychedelic cacti before death 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The techniques included X-ray fluorescence imaging spectroscopy and reflectance hyperspectral imaging, which uses a light-dispersing spectrometer to collect and process information from across the electromagnetic spectrum. National Gallery confirms one of its Vermeers is actually not a Vermeer 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Just milliseconds later, when the molecules pinged the mass spectrometer, they had formed chemical bonds called dipeptides. Ocean spray may have created conditions for life to form on Earth, new study suggests 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z That is on top an inherent challenge in monitoring methane over water: water absorbs most of the sunlight and masks any signal from methane in a spectrometer. What Do Mysterious Nord Stream Methane Leaks Mean for Climate Change? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z At UPR, scientists who use a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer for their work have had to use flashlights as they pour the liquid nitrogen needed to maintain the instrument. Researchers in Puerto Rico struggle to adapt in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Samples are mailed to Dasgupta from across the country, which he and his team run through a gas chromatography-mass spectrometer, providing a window into the contaminates that individuals who use drugs unwittingly consume. An animal tranquilizer poisoning the heroin supply has drug policy experts worried 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Coggon sat behind the plane’s left wing staring at a screen with data from the spectrometer. The Hidden Toll of Wildfires 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z The spectrometer identifies the exact chemical structure of whatever is in someone's drugs. DEA says "rainbow" fentanyl pills are being marketed to children. Experts say that's nonsense 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z After filtering out nitrogen, argon, and other trace gases, she ran the remaining oxygen through a souped-up mass spectrometer customized to tally all the oxygen atoms present by weight. Ice age ‘weather balloon’ probes ancient temperatures high in the atmosphere 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The curved paths of charged particles in magnetic fields are the basis of a number of phenomena and can even be used analytically, such as in a mass spectrometer. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The occurrence and natural abundances of isotopes can be experimentally determined using an instrument called a mass spectrometer. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z The spectrometer could not detect any nitroaromatics—just their precursor compounds. The Hidden Toll of Wildfires 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Because this array of colors is a spectrum of light, the instrument used to disperse the light and form the spectrum is called a spectrometer. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Lunar IceCube will carry a spectrometer that can detect the infrared fingerprints of either water or hydroxyl. Stowaways on NASA’s massive Moon rocket promise big science in small packages 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Mass spectrometers have a variety of designs, and many use magnetic fields to measure mass. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z With Starship, planetary scientists wanting to outfit a rover with a spectrometer could just buy one on the internet. Are space scientists ready for Starship—the biggest rocket ever? 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Its scientific instruments include a magnetometer, a gamma-ray spectrometer and three cameras. South Korea’s First Moon Launch: How to Watch 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z In 1802, however, William Wollaston built an improved spectrometer that included a lens to focus the Sun’s spectrum on a screen. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z A partnership of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and academic researchers, Carbon Mapper used an airplane carrying an infrared spectrometer to detect and quantify the unique chemical fingerprint of methane in the atmosphere. EPA announces flights to look for methane in Permian Basin 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Most mass spectrometers use magnetic fields for this purpose, although some of them have extremely sophisticated designs. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z There are more grassroots efforts by volunteers on the ground, too, using spectrometers mounted on vehicles. Go read this investigation into major methane leaks in Texas and New Mexico 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The other is set to bring a mass spectrometer and a drill called PRIME-1 that will extract and sample lunar ice from the south pole region. A New Private Moon Race Kicks Off Soon 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Voyagers 1 and 2 each carried 11 scientific instruments, including cameras and spectrometers, as well as devices to measure the characteristics of planetary magnetospheres. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z A gamma ray spectrometer will provide more information on the distribution of elements on the lunar surface. With lunar orbiter, South Korea will join a revived race to explore the Moon 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Figure 22.49 This mass spectrometer uses a velocity selector to fix v so that the radius of the path is proportional to mass. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Carbon Mappers used an infrared imaging spectrometer while flying high over the Permian Basin to spot plumes of methane that they wouldn’t be able to see otherwise. Go read this investigation into major methane leaks in Texas and New Mexico 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z It is an airborne infrared spectrometer that measures wavelengths in light to detect and quantify the unique chemical fingerprint of methane in the atmosphere. Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z However, we have been successful in using spectrometers to measure the changing velocity of stars with planets around them. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z It will use an instrument called an advanced imaging spectrometer to collect over a billion measurements over the next year, recording the composition of dust around the globe. NASA just launched a powerful new instrument to study dust 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z In medicine, mass spectrometers are used to measure the concentration of isotopes used as tracers. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The spectrometer picks up the unique wavelengths in light that signal the presence of methane. Go read this investigation into major methane leaks in Texas and New Mexico 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Rice chemistry professor Robert F. Curl Jr. and others noticed surprise readings on the spectrometer: evidence of 60 carbon atoms bonding together, possibly in a hollow cluster shaped something like a soccer ball. Robert Curl, Nobel-winning chemist in ‘buckyball’ discovery, dies at 88 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The many different wavelengths present in light can be separated by passing them through a spectrometer to form a spectrum. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Laser and mass spectrometers precisely measure the chemical composition and geological age of minerals. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes a gas chromatograph or high-performance liquid chromatograph provides an initial separation of the large molecules, which are then input into the mass spectrometer. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Researchers from Yale University collected feathers from specimens of 114 hummingbird species and, using a spectrometer, documented the wavelengths of light they reflected. News at a glance: Debate over classifying research, giant water lilies, and new hummingbird feather colors 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z She pulverized pieces of shell and analyzed the proteins she extracted in a mass spectrometer, an instrument that sorts molecules by firing them past a powerful magnet. Bits of an extinct bird’s eggshells may be clue to why megafauna vanished 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The design of a simple spectrometer is illustrated in Figure 6.16. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Patterson analyzed meteorite samples for uranium and lead using a mass spectrometer. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z A mass spectrometer is being used to separate common oxygen-16 from the much rarer oxygen-18, taken from a sample of old glacial ice. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Instead the spectrometer measures the energy of electrons that are released alongside neutrinos by radioactive hydrogen as it decays. What Are Neutrinos, and How Can We Measure Their Mass? 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Her interest in a sophisticated version of an instrument vital to her work was once met with a dismissive comment by an engineer: “This is not a mass spectrometer for a housewife.” Marilyn Fogel, ‘isotope queen’ of science, dies at 69 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Thus, the astronomical radio receiver operates much like a spectrometer on a visible-light or infrared telescope, providing information about how much radiation we receive at each wavelength or frequency. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The amount needed is tiny — “literally a pinhead,” Dasgupta said — which a university lab analyzes with a sophisticated instrument called a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer. 'They're not trying to die': How drug checking aims to protect users in a messy market 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Construct a problem in which you calculate the distance between two wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation in your spectrometer. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z “The ExoMars rover has been built purely with astrobiology in mind,” says Melissa McHugh of the University of Leicester in England, who is part of the science team for the rover’s laser spectrometer instrument. Will NASA Save Europe’s Beleaguered Mars Rover? 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z State-of-the-art surveys also demand expensive spectrometers with thousands of moving parts. Canadian Telescope Delivers Deepest-Ever Radio View of Cosmic Web 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Using radio telescopes and radio spectrometers, astronomers can measure the abundances of various chemicals in these clouds. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Heather Leslie, a chemist and ecotoxicologist at the Free University of Amsterdam, studied samples from 22 volunteers with a mass spectrometer. News at a glance: Stan the T. Rex’s new home, China’s ethics reviews, and bleaching reefs 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z A mass spectrometer is a device that measures such masses. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The Canadian Space Agency's Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment satellite has an infrared spectrometer which measured light waves from the smoke particles caused by Australia's "Black Summer" fires. The Australian wildfires were so big that they punched a hole in the ozone layer 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z But once the rover inspected the rocks and used spectrometers mounted on its robotic arm to analyze their composition, it saw the hallmarks of molten formation. Mars rover wraps survey of Jezero crater’s surprising volcanic floor 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z A spectrometer is a device that forms a spectrum, often utilizing the phenomenon of dispersion. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z He has put instruments into 11 surviving houses to measure smoke damage, and he rolled mass spectrometers down nearby streets. A Devastating Blaze Hit Climate and Fire Scientists Where They Live 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z The ion source gives ions their charge, accelerates them to some velocity v , and directs a beam of them into the next stage of the spectrometer. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z But other research suggests it was still widespread as recently as 2016, detected by infrared spectrometer in as many as 67 percent of cans. European regulators propose "dramatic" new regulation for BPA 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Its radar system will examine the ground for recent signs of volcanic or tectonic terraforming, and its infrared and ultraviolet spectrometers will look for curious chemical concoctions on the land and in the sky. Strange signals on Venus may be coming from an erupting volcano 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z When the gases were heated, a spectrometer revealed no continuous spectrum, but several separate bright lines. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Future missions, Green says, should all be equipped with mass spectrometers that register the higher mass and take measurements with greater specification. Life Is Complicated—Literally, Astrobiologists Say 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Recently, large virus particles have been analyzed as a whole on mass spectrometers. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Now a plant ecologist at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Cavender-Bares has devised ways to translate light measured by spectrometers flown over forests into insights about their health and resilience. Satellites offer new ways to study ecosystems—and maybe even save them 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z It will also carry imaging spectrometers that can generate hundreds of spectra in a single pointing. Galaxy Collisions Preview Milky Way’s Fate 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Whether a filter or a spectrometer, both types of wavelength-sorting instruments still have to use detectors to record and measure the properties of light. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Graham points out that Dragonfly’s mass spectrometer, though it lacks some of the capabilities of lab spectrometers, will have the capacity to detect complex molecules. Life Is Complicated—Literally, Astrobiologists Say 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z But, he adds, confirming the “ground truth” at Gale Crater requires tools Curiosity lacks, such as a very high-resolution x-ray spectrometer to better assess shifting elemental abundances. Ancient Martian ‘Lake’ May Have Just Been Ephemeral Puddles 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z For example, such measurements are made with detectors at the Large Hadron Collider or instruments called mass spectrometers that use such information to calculate the masses and momenta of particles, ions and molecules. This Simple Experiment Could Challenge Standard Quantum Theory 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Aged 15, he designed his own spectrometer to measure the amount of microplastics in local water – the readings were so high that at first he thought the machine was broken. Gen Z on how to save the world: young climate activists speak out 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z A spectrometer disperses the light into a spectrum to be recorded for detailed analysis. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z “We’re still evaluating what kinds of science instruments make sense, but weather sensors, cameras and mass spectrometers are all on the drawing board.” Mars on the Cheap: Scientists Are Working to Revolutionize Access to the Red Planet 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Its neutron counter, spectrometers, and specialized drill will seek out evidence of water and attempt to identify its origin. A new fleet of Moon landers will set sail next year, backed by private companies 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Beyond mapping the sheer amount of water and its distribution—important for future use by astronauts—its mass spectrometer will be able to tease out the water’s origins by looking at hydrogen isotopes. NASA-funded startups will soon put a fleet of landers on the Moon 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z One month later, Kafrani allegedly arranged for two more mass spectrometers to be shipped to Iran from the United States, through Canada and the UAE. Iranian national living in Canada charged in alleged plot to export equipment used for uranium enrichment 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z One type of blood test uses an instrument called a mass spectrometer to measure the ratio of two types of beta amyloid in blood. Blood tests could help screen anticipated flood of patients seeking new Alzheimer‘s drug 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z So, he hired commercial remotely operated vehicle operators to help retrieve a seafloor instrument platform, which has a mass spectrometer and other sensors that measure methane flux. How COVID-19 has transformed scientific fieldwork 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Korschinek and his team sliced their sample up into layers of different ages, chemically separated out the iron, and fired the atoms through their mass spectrometer. Exploding stars may have assaulted ancient Earth 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z She found out about the xylazine in the drugs she took recently with a device a called a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, which a donor gave her group this year. Helping Drug Users Survive, Not Abstain: ‘Harm Reduction’ Gains Federal Support 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z An array of spectrometers seeing in ultraviolet and infrared light will analyze the atmosphere’s chemical composition, and differentiate between types of rock on the ground. Venus Will Have a Fleet of Spacecraft as Europe Adds Orbiter Mission 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z He and the other researchers pinpointed small concentrations of radioactive thorium and uranium in metallic samples by using a mass spectrometer, which separates particles based on their mass. New Radioactivity Measurement Could Boost Precision of Dark Matter Experiments 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The orbiter will also be armed with a spectrometer capable of looking for chemical signatures in the faint light that reflects off the surface and escapes through the clouds. Was Venus once a good home for life? NASA missions aim to find out 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z They used an upgraded mass spectrometer at the Australian National University. Trace seabed plutonium points to stellar forges of heavy elements 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z While a spectrometer visually analyzes the makeup of the dust kicked up by the laser, the microphone captures audio to help scientists get an aural idea of how hard the rock is. Watch — and hear — NASA’s Ingenuity copter zip around on Mars 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Scientists say they haven’t been able to buy all the equipment and raw materials they need, including spectrometers used for quality control. Coronavirus Vaccine Nears Final Tests in Cuba. Tourists May Be Inoculated. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The orbiter, for example, will study the planet from above using a high-resolution camera, a spectrometer, a magnetometer and an ice-mapping radar instrument, among other scientific gear. China’s First Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Reaches the Red Planet 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z They measured 67 drugs and drug metabolites by passing the mixtures through a high-performance mass spectrometer, which detected different molecules based on their charge and weight. Tooth tartar could uncover the drug habits of ancient people 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z To search for the rare radioactive elements in the samples, the researchers used mass spectrometers, which sort the atoms in a sample based on their mass. Trace seabed plutonium points to stellar forges of heavy elements 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z It will do this by using a miniaturized neutron spectrometer to count epithermal neutrons. All the space exploration missions to look forward to in 2021 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z So we use mass spectrometers and other tools to understand what’s the key 20 percent driving that experience. The business of meatless meat 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The scientists then ran the blood samples through a mass spectrometer, a machine that counts and quantifies molecules. The ‘Omics’ of Exercise 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z But the method, using some samples as small as sand grains, requires a highly sensitive mass spectrometer not found in typical chemistry or archaeology laboratories. Tooth tartar could uncover the drug habits of ancient people 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z The stationary lander will study its environs with cameras, ground-penetrating radar and a spectrometer. China’s Chang’e-5 Mission Launches to Collect Lunar Samples 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z He concluded that the best way to search was to simply study its atmosphere with spectrometers and look for the disequilibrium gases that life must produce. Is there Really Life on Venus? There's Only One Way Know for Sure 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Dr. Seager said they could likely put an infrared spectrometer or “some kind of gas analyzer” on board to confirm the presence of phosphine and measure other gases. The Search for Life on Venus Could Start With This Private Company 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The rover is packed with scientific instruments, including several cameras, a spectrometer, a magnetic-field detector and ground-penetrating radar that will study some of the geological structures just below the planet’s surface. In pictures: three Mars missions 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Its French division will deliver a combined carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide spectrometer that operates in near- and shortwave-infrared bands. European satellites to map global CO2 emissions 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The orbiter will carry seven instruments, including cameras, a subsurface radar, a spectrometer, a magnetometer and particle analyzers to conduct what they called “a global and extensive survey of the entire planet.” China Will Answer ‘Heavenly Question’: Can It Land on Mars? 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The spacecraft — which cost about $200 million to build and launch — will carry three instruments: an infrared spectrometer, an ultraviolet spectrometer and a camera. How the United Arab Emirates Set Its Sights on Mars 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z These include several cameras, subsurface radar, and a spectrometer. China’s successful launch of Mars mission seals global era in deep-space exploration 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Powerful instruments including an aerosol mass spectrometer were used to measure in real time the chemical, physical and optical properties of ambient aerosol and trace gas concentrations in four large plumes. Study points to smaller effects of wildfire smoke on warming 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z The probe’s visible-light camera and infrared spectrometer will study Martian clouds and dust storms in the lower atmosphere. Countdown to Mars: three daring missions take aim at the red planet 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z We then ground up these infected cells and used a device called a mass spectrometer to see which proteins were phosphorylated in these infected cells. Coronavirus and cancer hijack the same parts in human cells to spread 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The probe carried a neutron spectrometer—an instrument that detected free neutrons escaping the planet to help map the minerals on its surface. How Long Do Neutrons Live? Space Probe Could Put Debate to Rest 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Unlike other maps, theirs will take measures of light pollution from above looking down using drones and a camera-equipped Cessna aircraft and from below looking up using human volunteers armed with spectrometers. Bringing stars back to the Steel City 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The third sensor will be an ultraviolet spectrometer for measuring oxygen and hydrogen levels. UAE's first Mars mission 'to launch within weeks' 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The satellite will use a spectrometer to measure the colour of the ocean. The oceans’ twilight zone must be studied now, before it is too late 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z A laser spectrometer he developed will be used in a Mars lander that is set to launch in 2022 as part of the ExoMars programme, which Russia is conducting jointly with the European Space Agency. Russia aims to revive science after era of stagnation 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Like MESSENGER, the probe carried a neutron spectrometer that might yield an estimate of the particle’s lifetime. How Long Do Neutrons Live? Space Probe Could Put Debate to Rest 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Our group developed a plan for putting samples on mass spectrometers and clinical chemistry analysers. The Olympic sport that influences my lab leadership style 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Using the Espresso spectrometer, the scientists detected a strong iron vapour signature at the evening frontier, or terminator, where the day on Wasp-76b transitions to night. The inferno planet where it 'rains metal' 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z To determine the quality of air in the theater, he and his colleagues placed a mass spectrometer—a machine that measures chemicals—by one of the theater’s ventilation ducts. 'Thirdhand' smoke can expose moviegoers to the emissions of up to 10 cigarettes 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z “I think the atmosphere has been understudied,” said Philip R. Christensen, a planetary sciences professor at Arizona State University, which built the infrared spectrometer for Hope. From Dubai to Mars, With Stops in Colorado and Japan 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Instead, he was in Switzerland at the control room for the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, which helps run the spectrometer. Space station’s cosmic detector working after 4 spacewalks 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Here, the light is bounced from mirror to mirror as it is apportioned between spectrometers, polarimeters and other various other instruments. Telescope captures most detailed pictures yet of the sun 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Team members around the world expressed relief as NASA’s Andrew Morgan and Italy’s Luca Parmitano wrapped up work on the spectrometer. National Digest: Spacewalking astronauts plug leak in cosmic ray detector 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The repairs should allow the spectrometer to continue working for the rest of the life of the space station, or another five to 10 years. Spacewalking astronauts close to fixing cosmic ray detector 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The three instruments on Hope — an infrared spectrometer, an ultraviolet spectrometer and a camera — would be able to help explain how the dust pushed the hydrogen upward. From Dubai to Mars, With Stops in Colorado and Japan 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z The spacecraft were carrying cameras, a radar to probe beneath the lunar surface, a spectrometer for identifying minerals and a live experiment to grow plants in a mini-biosphere. The best space images of 2019 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z The astronauts must connect four new pumps to the spectrometer, which is crippled without proper cooling. Spacewalking astronauts adding new pumps to cosmic detector 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Last month, Morgan and Parmitano installed new coolant pumps on the spectrometer. National Digest: Spacewalking astronauts plug leak in cosmic ray detector 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z But the night before the analysis was to take place, a software failure crashed the chemical analysis tool, called a mass spectrometer. Searching for a killer: Inside the CDC’s scramble to solve a mysterious vaping disease 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z At least four spacewalks are needed to fix the $2 billion spectrometer, on the hunt for elusive dark matter and antimatter for 8 ½ years. Spacewalking astronauts cutting into cosmic ray detector 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z At least four spacewalks are needed to fix the $2 billion spectrometer, on the hunt for elusive dark matter and antimatter for 8 ½ years. Spacewalking astronauts cutting into cosmic ray detector 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The spectrometer was never meant for hands-on repairs like this. Spacewalking astronauts adding new pumps to cosmic detector 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Unlike Hubble, the spectrometer was never meant to undergo space surgery. Astronauts start spacewalk series to fix cosmic ray detector 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Proteins are digested with enzymes known as proteases, and the digestions are put through a mass spectrometer. How Mass Spectrometry Can Help Limit Reproducibility Problems 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z This set-up avoided the need to use a magnetic spectrometer, the multiple settings of which induce systematic errors. Progress on the proton-radius puzzle 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The first five scheduled spacewalks will upgrade the space station’s power systems and the last five, planned for November and December, will repair the alpha magnetic spectrometer, which analyzes cosmic ray events. First All-Female Spacewalk Is Back On, NASA Says 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z "The problem is not the spectrometer instrument; it's the detectors. They're relatively new," explained the agency's Forum project scientist. Satellite will gain hi-res view of greenhouse effect 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The $2 billion spectrometer is searching for elusive antimatter and dark matter. Astronauts start spacewalk series to fix cosmic ray detector 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z They frequently and successfully employ their mass spectrometers as tools for inspecting mAbs prior to assay development. How Mass Spectrometry Can Help Limit Reproducibility Problems 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z One morning in Impossible’s lab, Brown showed me a gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer, which is used to identify the molecules that appear in meat as it’s cooked and to link those molecules to odors. Can a Burger Help Solve Climate Change? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z That became a “great global rain hunt” for samples testable with a mass spectrometer. Making the planetary personal: the roots of climate science 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Using laser microscopes and spectrometers, they are reverse-engineering the mid-century recipe for the neon hue named Saturn Yellow, which is kept as a strict secret by its maker. Daily briefing: The secret of Saturn Yellow 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z There they will be tested using a gas chromatic mass spectrometer — a machine that more commonly looks at chemical weapons and stardust. Day-Glo masterpieces are fading. A conservator and her team are racing to save them 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Denevi says she’s most excited about the orbiter’s imaging infrared spectrometer, which will map light reflected off the lunar surface over a wide range of wavelengths. ‘The most terrifying moments’: India counts down to risky Moon landing 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Then, with an extremely sensitive mass spectrometer, Mr. Koll and his collaborators identified the compounds within the detritus. A Supernova Was Hiding in Antarctica’s Snow 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Mass spectrometers would capture and analyze sex-specific volatile molecules that leak through the eggshell. ‘Ethical’ eggs could save male chicks from mass slaughter 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z When the scientists examined the incinerated dust using an accelerator mass spectrometer, they detected the rare iron-60 isotope—a relic of an ancient supernova. Space Dust from Ancient Supernova Found Hiding in Antarctica 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The orbiter carries a suite of instruments, including cameras and spectrometers, and is designed to operate for at least a year. India’s moon launch on Monday: When and how to watch 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Instead, its two landing skids will each carry a rotary-percussive drill capable of taking samples and feeding them, through a pneumatic tube, to a mass spectrometer capable of analyzing their composition. NASA will fly a billion-dollar quadcopter to Titan, Saturn’s methane-rich moon 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Using sensitive mass spectrometers, they analyze the fossil shells for carbonate molecules that contain a heavy isotope of oxygen bound to a heavy carbon, which form more frequently at lower temperatures. A 500-million-year survey of Earth's climate reveals dire warning for humanity 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The OCO instruments incorporate spectrometers that break the sunlight reflected off the Earth's surface into its constituent colours, and then analyse the spectrum to determine how much carbon dioxide is present. Space station to become carbon mapper 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z To prove the origin of the rosewood, Sri Lankan authorities sent samples to a laboratory in Oregon that was testing a new weapon in the fight against illegal logging — a US$200,000 mass spectrometer. Tree sleuths are using DNA tests and machine vision to crack timber crimes 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The company sells sample preparation kits that pre-treat biological samples for easy analysis in a mass spectrometer. How Germany is winning at turning its research to commercial application 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z ZooMS breaks collagen, the most abundant protein in bone, into smaller peptides, and then uses a mass spectrometer to identify differences between animal species. Siberia’s ancient ghost clan starts to surrender its secrets 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z They are in medical devices and even the tubing in high-resolution mass spectrometers. Tainted water: the scientists tracing thousands of fluorinated chemicals in our environment 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z For several years, she studied various species of surfperch, repeatedly diving in the kelp forests with a Plexiglas-protected spectrometer to quantify and characterize the light in different habitats. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z These skim molecules off the surface, ionize them and propel them towards the mass spectrometer, where they pass through electric and magnetic fields that separate the ions according to mass, creating a unique spectrum. Tree sleuths are using DNA tests and machine vision to crack timber crimes 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The compounds then flow into mass spectrometers that identify them by their molecular weights. Testing for Caffeine Could Help Foil Fake Urine Scam 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z With a centrifuge, a mass spectrometer, and other instruments, the zoo scientists separate each milk sample into its component parts. Got gorilla milk? Inside America’s largest stockpile of exotic milks 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z A spectrometer on board the rover will also conduct low frequency radio astronomy observations away from the noise of Earth’s radio networks. China lands spacecraft on the far side of the moon, a historic first 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The lander carries cameras for observations of the terrain and a low frequency spectrometer to study solar bursts. Chinese spacraft successfully lands on moon's far side and sends pictures back home 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The instruments aboard the lander and the rover include cameras, ground-penetrating radar and spectrometers to help identify the composition of the area, which was formed by a meteorite. China’s Moon Landing: ‘New Chapter in Humanity’s Exploration of the Moon’ 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The spectrometer work will aim to test this idea. China mission primed for Moon landing 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The primary tools for that job will be the two onboard spectrometers: OTES, which studies the asteroid’s thermal emissions, and OVIRS, which examines the space rock in visible and infrared light. Getting the Dirt on Creation--Inside OSIRIS-REx's First Close Look at Bennu 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Surging research investment means that expensive devices, such as infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers and elemental analysers, though unaffordable to many chemistry labs in the West, are standard equipment in Chinese research universities. Strong spending compounds chemistry prowess 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The spacecraft’s two spectrometers revealed the presence of “hydroxyls,” which are molecules containing oxygen and hydrogen atoms bonded together. NASA makes amazing discovery on asteroid Bennu 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z He got a job working in toxicology, thinking he’d get to work with tools such as mass spectrometers. Arkansas medical student reflects on family legacy 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z At a conference in 2017 Harrison encountered a portable spectrometer—a device that splits light shone through a liquid into its component wavelengths and measures their intensities to identify compounds inside. Catching Whisky Fakers 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z But because the spacecraft is still so far away, Bennu is filling only about 40 percent of the frame; in addition to the asteroid, the spectrometers are taking readings from deep space. Getting the Dirt on Creation--Inside OSIRIS-REx's First Close Look at Bennu 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Scientists then use a device called a mass spectrometer to identify the proteins. Molecular Microscope Lets Scientists Peer inside Single Cells 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z A radio spectrometer, built by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will collect electromagnetic data between 0.1 and 40 megahertz to create a map of low frequency radiation from the night sky. China set to launch first-ever spacecraft to the far side of the Moon 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The imaging spectrometer will also explore the geochemical composition of far-side soil, which is likely to differ from the near side because of the same processes that produced the difference in crust thickness. China sets out for the far side of the moon 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Harrison's institute, SWRI, bought one of the portable spectrometers to complement its existing profiling abilities. Catching Whisky Fakers 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The spectrometers are sensitive: they get too warm and the results are skewed; some voltage is off and the results are skewed; they suffer weathering effects of deep space and the results are skewed. Getting the Dirt on Creation--Inside OSIRIS-REx's First Close Look at Bennu 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Ultimately, Righetti and Zilberstein hope to commercialize their technology—including the complex analysis that it requires—and make it available to collections and to researchers who don’t have access to their own mass spectrometer. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Dr. Schwabl and his colleagues analyzed the samples with a spectrometer. Microplastics Find Their Way Into Your Gut, a Pilot Study Finds 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Then, using a high-powered spectrometer, the team studied the ratios of different proteins for telltale signs of various foods. City Rats Eat Meat. Country Rats Eat What They Can. 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Bavarian space fans are proud of the NIRSpec, a near-infrared spectrometer that helps NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope detect the weakest radiation from galaxies. Bavaria’s space program shot to viral fame — but it may be in trouble 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z So the researchers collected ripe and unripe fruits and foliage and analyzed their colors with a spectrometer. Plants Can’t Talk. But Some Fruits Say ‘Eat Me’ to Animals. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Either because of the treatment of the papers in St. Petersburg or because of an error preparing the samples in Milan, the first attempt at analyzing proteins in the mass spectrometer had failed. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z At its heart is a miniaturized spectrometer — no longer than an outstretched hand — that would shoot light into a small volume of air to measure the CO2 concentrations within. Europe eyes fleet of tiny CO2-monitoring satellites to track global emissions 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Ms. Lagana holds the vase steady while Dr. Madden touches the tip of the spectrometer to it. These Cultural Treasures Are Made of Plastic. Now They’re Falling Apart. 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z A laser melted tiny grains of hibonite crystals, and the mass spectrometer then analyzed its contents. Blue Meteorite Crystals Reveal the Sun's Wild Youth 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z For instance, he knew he wanted an expensive type of mass spectrometer for analysing trace metals, but he didn’t need it right away. How to start a lab when funds are tight 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z After running the samples through a mass spectrometer, Righetti and his team identified eight biomolecules from the Bible, which had been thought to be made from fetal lambskin. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Fitting a spectrometer onto a small satellite requires shrinking optics and developing new methods for analysing carbon dioxide concentrations. Europe eyes fleet of tiny CO2-monitoring satellites to track global emissions 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z A mass spectrometer at UC San Diego’s Urey Hall will be used to spot and identify the material. Monitoring the air around July Fourth fireworks for signs of dangerous lead 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The mass spectrometer was specifically designed to look for traces of noble gases, such as helium and neon. Blue Meteorite Crystals Reveal the Sun's Wild Youth 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Also crucial is to map the asteroid surface using its on-board camera and infrared spectrometer. Daring Japanese mission reaches unexplored asteroid Ryugu 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Top-of-the-line mass spectrometers now allow chemists to sort through thousands of types of proteins in a sample, and to study them, one molecule at a time. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z The spectrometer pumps infrared light through the flecks of pigment; a computer analyses the light’s behavior and returns a tidy spectrum graph. How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery detective 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The Curiosity rover, which touched down on Mars in August 2012, is equipped with a drilling mechanism that vaporizes surface samples, then uses a mass spectrometer to identify what molecules the drilling samples consist of. NASA: Mars is littered with organic molecules 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z If the oven and mass spectrometer reveal signs of organics in the sample, the team is likely to use a cup. NASA rover hits organic pay dirt on Mars 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z State regulators wanted a mass spectrometer that can identify a wide array of compounds, but lawmakers instead voted to fund one that only can identify the chemicals it’s programmed to look for. North Carolina editorial roundup 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Then the ordered solution goes through a mass spectrometer that has been calibrated to recognize each substance. Sewage Is Helping Cities Flush Out the Opioid Crisis 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The rover known as Jade Rabbit operated for more than two years, and allowed researchers to investigate the moon’s surface remotely using spectrometers, and discover a new type of basaltic rock. As America Looks Inward, China Looks to Outer Space 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z They also examined data from Galileo’s spectrometer, which measured the presence and behavior of charged particles. Decades-Old Data Unveils Plumes Spewing from Europa 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Updated Galileo probe mass spectrometer measurements of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur on Jupiter. An absolute sodium abundance for a cloud-free ‘hot Saturn’ exoplanet 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z The orbiter’s main spectrometer, NOMAD, operates in the infrared, ultraviolet and visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Mars probe poised to solve red planet’s methane mystery 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Detailed measurements must be made with sophisticated instruments, such as gas or liquid chromatographs and mass spectrometers. How to curb production of chemical weapons 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Rouhani on Monday also unveiled dozens of Iran’s purported nuclear achievements, including a centrifuge for use in the oil industry and a laser spectrometer. Iranian president lashes out at US as Iran marks Nuclear Day 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Rouhani on Monday also unveiled dozens of Iran’s purported nuclear achievements, including a centrifuge for use in the oil industry and a laser spectrometer. Iranian president lashes out at US as Iran marks Nuclear Day 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z To test their idea the researchers collected hop flowers from nine different regions, from New Zealand to Slovenia, and put them into a mass spectrometer. Nuclear physics and the fight against beer fraud 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The briefcase-size rover, weighing just 25 kilograms, will also carry two spectrometers for probing the lunar surface's elemental composition. India plans tricky and unprecedented landing near moon's south pole 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The different elements are sorted by their mass, and counted by a very fast mass spectrometer—the more counts, the more of the element is present. Is art-connoisseur yet another job threatened by technology? 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z With a suite of spectrometers, drills, and cameras, Dragonfly would split its mission between science in the air and on the ground. NASA picks missions to Titan and a comet as finalists for billion-dollar mission 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The samples were put through a mass spectrometer, a device that isolates and weighs individual molecules. Scientists sniff out Parkinson's smell 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z That would be a loss to science, Esposito says, because the cut-rate landers can't match sophisticated sensors, such as mass spectrometers and radar, for answering key questions. Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z That process makes it easier to identify chemicals, and the mass spectrometer then spits out the different measurements in a computer chart with peaks and valleys called a chromatogram. This library of street drugs predicts mass overdoses 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z A mass spectrometer aboard Cassini detected the strange chemistry as the probe spent its final five months looping between Saturn and its rings. Mysterious particles spotted in Saturn’s atmosphere 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z He searches for organics in dinosaur fossils by using heat to break down molecules into volatile components and running them through a mass spectrometer. ‘I don’t care what they say about me’: Paleontologist stares down critics in her hunt for dinosaur proteins 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z An illustration of the pen and the instrument, called a mass spectrometer, that analyzes the tissue. This cancer-detecting pen could one day help surgeons better remove tumors 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z While the pen itself is cheap, the mass spectrometer is expensive and bulky. 'Pen' identifies cancer in 10 seconds - BBC News 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z That machine is called a liquid chromatography mass spectrometer, and very crudely put, it separates out all the different parts of the plasma by mass. This library of street drugs predicts mass overdoses 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z When these particles spiralled off the rings and slammed into Cassini’s mass spectrometer, they shattered into smaller pieces. Mysterious particles spotted in Saturn’s atmosphere 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z While the pen-sized device that the surgeon would use is small, the device is connected to a large mass spectrometer, which helps the process of analyzing individual molecules . This Pen Can Diagnose Cancer in 10 Seconds 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z She placed this in an infrared spectrometer, a device that uses infrared light to trace a chemical fingerprint of a compound. Perspective | The doctor said it could cure cancer. The federal chemist proved that it couldn’t. 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z The team launched a high-altitude balloon equipped with multiple cameras, tracking devices and other instruments, such as spectrometers and Geiger counters. Arkansas State University helps NASA retrieve eclipse data 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z The scientists will use the extra time, and a large device known as a spectrometer, to observe the sun’s corona, the sheath of plasma surrounding our star. Scientists to Take Flight for Longer Views of the Eclipse 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z While the videographers are at work, Zurbuchen will be operating a handheld spectrometer to analyze the sun’s chromosphere and corona — the wispy, outer atmosphere that is only visible during a total eclipse. NASA research plane will fly from Seattle for eclipse mission 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z In the 19th century, eclipse observations got even more interesting, thanks in large part to advances in scientific instruments like telescopes and spectrometers, devices that let scientists analyze the chemistry of stars and distant planets. What Solar Eclipses Have Taught Us About the Universe 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z If all goes well, the spectrometer will capture an infrared image per second. August total solar eclipse gives scientists rare chance to study sun’s corona 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Qatar is the second-largest supplier of liquefied helium, which scientists rely on to cool superconducting magnets inside nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, magnetic resonance imaging scanners, particle accelerators, and much else besides. Helium should be recycled 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Additional coils of wire around the spectrometer must precisely cancel Earth's magnetic field, or else the electrons will run into the zeppelin's wall. Weighing the universe's most elusive particle 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The team used spectrometers to measure the snow’s albedo. Measuring the snowpack goes high-tech with airborne lasers and radar 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z They tuned the spectrometer to search for hundreds of different metabolites. Naked mole-rats are now even weirder: Without oxygen, they live like plants 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The astrophysicists will image the corona using a device called a spectrometer. August total solar eclipse gives scientists rare chance to study sun’s corona 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z This would need a whole new class of spectrometers. Saturn moon 'able to support life' - BBC News 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Still, magnetic fields from the ordinary steel in the concrete walls played havoc with the spectrometer, says Kathrin Valerius, a physicist at KIT. Weighing the universe's most elusive particle 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The mass spectrometer parameters were as described previously38 and modified as described in ref. LACTB is a tumour suppressor that modulates lipid metabolism and cell state : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Unlike Global Good’s spectrometer, it destroys the pills it tests, requires a supply of chemicals to operate, and is likely to cost $5,000 or more. New weapon in the global fight against fake malaria drugs: a cheap scanner 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z A mirror will reflect the sun into the spectrometer. August total solar eclipse gives scientists rare chance to study sun’s corona 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Schroeter even went so far as to break down the mass spectrometer piece by piece, sterilize the whole thing in methanol to remove any possible contaminants, and reassemble the machine. Scientists retrieve 80-million-year-old dinosaur protein in ‘milestone’ paper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Last October, physicists fired electrons from an electron gun through the spectrometer. Weighing the universe's most elusive particle 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z And the rover’s robotic arm will sport ultraviolet and X-ray spectrometers that will map rocks in more detail than the instruments on Curiosity can. The $2.4-billion plan to steal a rock from Mars 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Dye dropped the sample into a mass spectrometer. Inside the DEA: A chemist’s quest to identify mystery drugs 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The “astronauts” tasked with collecting rock samples use instruments that are being developed for real space missions; one heavy backpack contains a spectrometer that is destined to fly to the moon. How NASA is rehearsing for a mission to Mars 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Conceivably, scientists might be able to use the spectrometer method for practical purposes other than law-enforcement forensics work. Cellphone crud could help I.D. crime victims 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The vacuum within the spectrometer must be held at 0.01 picobar, a pressure as low as at the moon's surface and an unprecedented level for such a big chamber. Weighing the universe's most elusive particle 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z OSIRIS-REx carries three spectrometers, a laser altimeter and a suite of cameras that will map Bennu's surface and analyze its chemical composition. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx blasts off on ambitious mission to visit asteroid, bring a piece home 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z She and her colleagues ran the evidence through a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, which pulses samples with a magnetic field to help map the position of different atoms. Inside the DEA: A chemist’s quest to identify mystery drugs 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The 11-foot-long arm is riding aboard along with six other science gadgets, which include cameras, spectrometers, a laser altimeter, and an X-ray imaging system. 10 Things to Know About NASA's Mission to Taste an Asteroid 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The new study identified the sources with spectrometers aboard aircraft that flew over about 1,200 square miles in the Four Corners in April 2015, at altitudes ranging from 3,300 to 9,800 feet. Study: Most sources of methane hot spot are gas facilities 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The spectrometer seems to be thrice cursed; two earlier versions on different satellites were lost to a launch failure and a coolant leakage. Troubled Japanese space agency seeks fresh start 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The freshly discovered spike in temperature, detected using a spectrometer at the Nasa Infrared Telescope Facility in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, offers a solution. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is blazing hot - BBC News 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z On July 26, Dye ran the reference standard they’d purchased through the mass spectrometer. Inside the DEA: A chemist’s quest to identify mystery drugs 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The Curiosity rover uses its laser to analyze the chemical composition of rocks and soil — hitting the target with a tiny pulse, and then scrutinizing the gas produced using a spectrometer. NASA's Curiosity Rover now decides which Mars rocks to shoot all by itself 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Its chemistry lab is a descendent of the Ptolemy mass spectrometer flown on Philae. Europe backs lunar drilling technology - BBC News 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z But Hitomi’s premier scientific instrument was the spectrometer provided by NASA; data that it collected before the spacecraft died revealed secrets about gas flows in the Perseus galaxy cluster. Troubled Japanese space agency seeks fresh start 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z A notice on the agency's website said the manipulation was done in part to correct calibration failures in the instrument being used, a mass spectrometer. No criminal investigation planned into faked lab results 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z A spectrometer inside the instrument "reads" the light, allowing scientists to determine what substances it contains. The rocks on Mars suggest it used to look like Earth. What happened? 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Juno’s infrared spectrometer and ultraviolet spectrograph will study the planet’s auroras in different wavelengths of light. NASA’s Juno mission: Unravel Jupiter’s secrets and solve mysteries of life 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Comedy also reliably elicited certain chemical compounds, though the spectrometer only identified them by their “mass-to-charge” ratio, so it’s not possible to specify which chemicals they are. The Secrets of Movie Breath 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The sampling analysers are tailored for each experimental campaign, but typically comprise around 30–35 instruments, of which up to 10 are mass spectrometers. Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z It carries a high-resolution spectrometer to measure X-ray wavelengths in exquisite detail. Japanese X-ray satellite loses communication with Earth 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z In his hand he carries a large radiation spectrometer. Is Fukushima's exclusion zone doing more harm than radiation? - BBC News 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The researchers investigated the surface remotely using spectrometers. New Type of Rock Is Discovered on Moon 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z In the science hall, which is stocked with the latest laboratory equipment — a gene sequencer, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer and so on — faculty members take pride in teaching evolution alongside biblical creationism. For many at Liberty University, guns and God go hand in hand 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Juice will carry a sophisticated scientific payload - including cameras, spectrometers, a laser altimeter and an ice-penetrating radar. Juice mission: Deal signed to build Jupiter probe - BBC News 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The satellite will carry a spectrometer to catch the subtle but telltale fluorescence that organisms produce when they engage in photosynthesis. Flex satellite will map Earth's plant glow - BBC News 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z After pinpointing the location of these regions with microscopes, the researchers were able to vaporize them and analyse their composition with a mass spectrometer. Volcanic rock hints at source of Earth’s water 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z They are also making all the components, such as imaging equipment, ultraviolet and infrared spectrometers, solar panels, a star-tracker navigation system and the thrusters that will slow the craft down once it reaches Mars orbit. The United Arab Emirates' mission to Mars - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z A dust analyzer and spectrometer will observe all the particles ejecting from Enceladus, which are usually about 30 microns thick. A NASA probe will fly through a giant icy plume on one of Saturn’s moons tomorrow 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z A drill on the rover is capable of penetrating 2 meters below the surface and also features an infrared spectrometer to study rocks in the borehole and extract samples for the rover’s analytical laboratory. Europeans pick site for ExoMars 2018 rover 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z But this instrument, a spectrometer, is not as sharp as the camera, making it hard to zoom in on readings from the narrow R.S.L.s. Signs of Liquid Water Found on Surface of Mars, Study Says 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z A machine called a mass spectrometer measured levels of scent molecules as far as 4.5 meters away from the flowers. Flowers don’t smell so sweet, thanks to ozone pollution 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z They used spectrometers to read the elemental composition of each sample. Team conducts field experiments at Craters of the Moon 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z It won’t have, for instance, a mass spectrometer analysis instrument of the type that has at times bogged down Curiosity. Mars scientists tap ancient river deltas and hot springs as promising targets for 2020 rover 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Two mass spectrometer experiments designed to ingest and analyze samples never received material drilled from the subsurface, as planned. Philae’s scientific harvest may be its last 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Then we capture the light emitted from the cells via a spectrometer and analyze the spectrum. We Transformed Living Cells from Pigs into Tiny Lasers 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The same spectrometer experienced problems back when Dawn was orbiting a different asteroid, Vesta, in 2011–12. Mystery haze appears above Ceres’s bright spots 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z At its closest, New Horizons's suite of cameras, spectrometers and sensors will scrutinize the body's surface and atmosphere from an altitude of just 12,500 kilometers. Pluto Lover Alan Stern Discusses Historic July Flyby [Q&A] 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z It’s among seven science instruments on board, including an imaging spectrometer, a visible and infrared camera, a long-range telescopic camera, and a CU-Boulder student-built detector to measure the mass of space-dust particles. Colorado scientists have a lot riding on Pluto mission 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The mass spectrometer then works out how many carbons there are in the molecule, how many hydrogens, how many oxygens; and starts to build up the complete structure. How easy is it to be a drugs cheat in sport? - BBC News 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z An instrument called a spectrometer will be able to identify some of the substances on the surface of Pluto and Charon. Almost Time for Pluto’s Close-Up 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Not as simple and self-evident as a chair, perhaps, but a lot less complex than a Wankel rotary engine or a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. Doesn’t anyone around here know how to use a set of double doors? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z “The first thing I got for my fusion project was a mass spectrometer from an ex-astronaut in Houston, Texas,” he explains. 'If I burn out, I burn out': meet Taylor Wilson, nuclear boy genius 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z If you take such a laser and shoot it into a spectrometer, you’ll find that it’s made up of a huge range of frequencies, spanning most of the visible band. Using Ultrafast Lasers To Look For Earth-like Worlds 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The experiment involved the careful, machine-controlled, step-by-step crushing of small samples of meteorites, with any gaseous products passed into a mass spectrometer at each step. There's Methane In Them Thar Martian Rocks! 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Mustard used an algorithm to scour data collected by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s imaging spectrometer in hopes of finding similar signals. Exotic Glass Could Help Unravel Mysteries of Mars 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Jack and his colleague Kevin Cannon have now spotted the same sort of impact glass on Mars, using the spectrometer on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Mars Surface Glass Could Hold Ancient Fossils 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The U.K. team tested more fossils and ran microscopic samples from what appear to be collagen fibers through a mass spectrometer to get the weight of the component molecules. Signs of ancient cells and proteins found in dinosaur fossils 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z While the technique is simple in concept, getting it to work in the real world is a challenge, and the sensitivity needs to be tested on a real spectrometer on a real telescope. Using Ultrafast Lasers To Look For Earth-like Worlds 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The newly selected science instruments include cameras and spectrometers to produce high-res images of Europa’s surface that will help scientists to figure out its composition. NASA Kicks Off Mission To Find Life On Jupiter's Moon 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z This awesome toy is a thermal ionization mass spectrometer! Astronomer calls scientists ‘boys with toys,’ #girlswithtoys proves him wrong 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z A sample of the fingerprint is then analysed by a mass spectrometer, which detects chemicals based on their atomic size. Fingerprints 'can reveal drug use' - BBC News 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Future measurements by New Horizons’ spectrometer will reveal what Pluto's bright polar feature is made of. Pluto may have icy cap 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Spot 1 appears darker in images from Dawn's infrared spectrometer, said Federico Tosi, a Dawn scientist at the Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology and the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics in Rome. Mystery of Ceres's Bright Spots Grows 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z In January, ExoCube launched with a mass spectrometer, the first ever on a CubeSat, designed to measure the composition of the exosphere and ionosphere. Feature: CubeSats are swarming—and transforming space science 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The researchers recovered proteins thought to be collagen, and then one by one ran them through a mass spectrometer. Puzzle of Darwin’s 'strangest animals' finally solved 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z They obtained small tooth enamel samples using a diamond-tipped drill and analyzed them with an instrument called a mass spectrometer. Ancient teeth reveal early human entry into rainforests 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z A bulge emerges on the far side of the balloon, and several engineers scurry over with a mass spectrometer, searching for tiny ruptures in the fabric, invisible to the naked eye, that might be leaking. Inside Project Loon: Google's internet in the sky is almost open for business 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The imaging equipment — which includes nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, electron microscopes and super-resolution microscopes — will support “a significant component” of research at the building, says the Crick. Francis Crick Institute raises alarm about train line 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The tiny device might be a game changer in detecting hazardous materials like chemical oxidizers and explosives, a process that today requires large and expensive equipment like spectrometers and chromatographs. A Butterfly Wing-Inspired Sensor May Save Your Life 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z An onboard magnetometer will measure the depth and saltiness of the ocean and a spectrometer will measure chemicals in Europa’s uppermost layers of ice. Earthly Extremophiles Prompt Speculation about Alien Life 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z They took sludge samples gathered from around the country and measured the metal content using a mass spectrometer that can discern different elements as they are ionized in a superhot plasma. Sewage sludge could contain millions of dollars worth of gold 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Once a sample is diluted, the liquid is pumped into a device called a mass spectrometer that is about the size of an office copier. A Lab Is Trying to Keep China From Dodging U.S. Tariffs on Honey 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Its science gear included two stereo cameras, a microscope, two different spectrometers, a sample-heating gas analysis package and weather sensors, along with a drill and a burrowing, sample-collecting instrument dubbed the "mole." Lost Mars Lander Found in NASA Photos 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z With seven science instruments — including infrared and ultraviolet spectrometers and multicolor and high-resolution telescopic cameras — by mid-May, New Horizons’ views of the Pluto system should surpass those from the Hubble Space Telescope. Why Pluto Still Matters 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The work involves high-precision chemical analysis with international security at stake, involving tiny samples that must be refined and examined in a mass spectrometer. Nuclear forensic experts prepare for the worst and hope to deter it 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z What if, as a last-ditch effort, they took the spectrometer slides to experts abroad? In China, a rare criminal case in which evidence made a difference 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The spectrometer can measure chromium, iron, copper and other elements to several parts per quadrillion. A Lab Is Trying to Keep China From Dodging U.S. Tariffs on Honey 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z But the latest findings, gathered by the Rosina instrument, which consists of two mass spectrometers that "sniff" the gas that streams off the surface of comet 67P, suggests this may not be the case. Comets 'not source of Earth's water' 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Specimens are shipped off to a mass spectrometer at Purdue University, which determines the molecular makeup of the desired pheromones, and then the staff chemist works to re-create them. Westfield firm uses science in global bug battle 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z He and two chemists teamed up to study tiny quantities of drug metabolites in sewage, measuring parts per billion with a state-of-the-art mass spectrometer. US city considers testing sewage to gather data on residents' marijuana use 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Mok King-kuen told them he had noticed something strange in two of the spectrometer graphs — one analyzing the blood from a victim’s heart and another from the same victim’s vomit. In China, a rare criminal case in which evidence made a difference 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z They include a thermal imaging spectrometer to map the surface and mineral wealth of the planet and a sensor to track methane or marsh gas - a possible sign of life. Indian Mars probe takes first images 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z To weigh the beast, the researchers measured the velocity of stars whipping about the galaxy’s centre using an infrared spectrometer on the Gemini North telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Monster black hole found in tiny galaxy 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z TelSpec is a laser-driven, handheld spectrometer that analyzes food in the grocery store aisle, restaurant plate or in your fridge for anything ranging from chemicals, gluten, dyes, allergens, neurotoxins, moulds and bacteria. 10 Companies Revolutionizing Entrepreneurship 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z They have access to more than 8,000 pieces of scientific equipment, including mass spectrometers, lasers, particle sizers, and a hydraulic airplane wing bender. Silicon Valley's Most Hated Patent Troll Stops Suing and Starts Making 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Even more telling, he found several reports analyzing spectrometer findings that were dated before the tests were even performed, suggesting that police had simply forged test results to support their conclusions. In China, a rare criminal case in which evidence made a difference 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Asked to list the essential tools of a scientist’s trade, most would probably think first of hardware: the microscope, the telescope, the mass spectrometer, the genome sequencer, the test-tube. The digital toolbox 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z It will be the first UV Raman spectrometer on Mars’ surface, and its ability to detect organic ring structures will be important in hunting for life. Next Mars Rover Will Make Oxygen From CO2 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The other is a high-resolution multiple wavelength imaging spectrometer from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. NASA picks Md. proposal for space station project 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Using a spectrometer, the team also showed that shocked rocks were better at blocking biologically damaging ultraviolet rays while still allowing enough light through to sustain the microbes, which rely on sunlight to survive. Impact Craters May Have Cradled Life on Earth 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z His gadget, called the SCiO, is an infrared spectrometer the size of a thumb drive. Chemical scanner could change shopping 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z After a six- or seven-week shakedown, the satellite’s lone instrument, a high-resolution spectrometer, will begin its mission of scanning the Earth. NASA to launch global warming satellite after loss 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Greg Asner, a tropical ecologist at the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University in California, studies the chemistry of the tree canopy in the Amazon using ground plots and airborne spectrometers. Deforestation: Carving up the Amazon 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z It requires sophisticated equipment — such as laser spectrometers — and demanding logistics, including power supplies for remote stations. Climate science: Understand Arctic methane variability 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z On this night Dr. Marcy set up the telescope and its spectrometer with that tuna can of iodine, then headed home for a meal of wild salmon and tomatoes and figs from his backyard. | Geoffrey W. Marcy: Finder of New Worlds 2014-05-12T21:37:37Z Chemist Jennie Mayer of Bellevue College in Washington wanted to learn how to maintain a new mass spectrometer and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer purchased by her institute. Continuing education: Study broad and deep 2014-05-07T17:20:35.619Z A project three years in the making, the tiny device is a SCiO, which Mr Sharon claims is the world's first cheap, accessible molecular spectrometer. Introducing the Star Trek scanner 2014-05-06T23:10:45Z Now, I am not suggesting that Scio is as powerful as professional mass spectrometers. Scio Pocket Molecular Scanner Is a Google-like Device for Physical Objects 2014-05-05T13:43:26Z An infrared spectrometer also gave Mr. Redden pause, because it too had a lever that snapped down like a clamp. The ‘Mona Lisa’ of Stamps to Be Auctioned at Sotheby’s 2014-05-02T03:58:36Z And in his laboratory, centrifuges, electron microscopes and spectrometers were also used to separate out the graphene and test the outcome. How to Make Graphene in Your Kitchen Blender 2014-04-23T14:15:00Z The course refreshed her skills on how to use the instruments and taught her how to maintain and troubleshoot the spectrometers. Continuing education: Study broad and deep 2014-05-07T17:20:35.619Z With careful negotiation and navigation through the crevasse fields within the cwm we will collect snow samples at the surface and subsurface as well as make reflectivity measurements using a handheld spectrometer. Climbing Mount Everest In Search of Dirty Snow 2014-04-07T19:03:45Z These particles then travel through the spectrometer where they are weighed by a magnetic field. New doping test '1,000 times better' 2014-03-19T00:14:48Z Armed with cameras, a spectrometer and ground-penetrating radar, the mission’s Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, rover might help to piece together the moon’s volcanic history. Never mind Mars: Explorers set sights on the moon for new exploration 2014-01-27T22:41:51Z Assuming all goes to plan, cameras and sensors on the orbiter will examine the comet in detail over the next year, while spectrometers analyse the chemistry of its dust. Comet craft ready to wake 2014-01-15T18:20:43.354Z That may produce more interesting results than ’s X-ray spectrometer, designed for regolith analysis, since many lunar samples retrieved by American and Soviet missions are already available for study on Earth. China’s Moon rover: Yutu or me-too? 2013-12-05T16:07:33Z These fragments were then analyzed using a mass spectrometer, which identifies the peptides, and therefore the proteins, present. Sugary drinks might cause brain changes linked to cancer, Alzheimer’s — at least in rats 2013-11-18T21:29:40Z However, a more sensitive determination of the ion-induced nucleation rate, , is obtained from direct ion measurements with the neutral cluster and air ion spectrometer. Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid–amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere 2013-10-16T17:22:18.533Z A small amount of propylene was identified in Titan's lower atmosphere by Cassini's composite infrared spectrometer, which measures heat radiation, the agency reported in Monday's edition of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. NASA spacecraft finds plastic ingredient on Saturn's moon Titan 2013-10-01T13:14:10Z The discovery, made by 's infrared spectrometer, is reported in Astrophysical Journal Letters. Plastic ingredient spied on Titan 2013-10-01T10:12:04Z A bottom-pressure tiltmeter will measure gradual changes that could indicate that the volcano is inflating, and a cutting-edge mass spectrometer will sniff the water for hints of magma rising from below. Marine science: Oceanography's billion-dollar baby 2013-09-25T17:20:28.247Z He then ran the extracts through a gas chromatograph and a mass spectrometer, to see what was in them. Kopi Luwak: Brown-gold blend 2013-08-29T15:01:23Z Experts say two large, complex instruments lie at the heart of advanced chemical detection: the gas chromatograph and the mass spectrometer. Chemical Attack Evidence Lasts Years, Experts Say 2013-08-27T20:35:10Z This is done with spectrometers, and a new experiment called KATRIN, with a huge spectrometer of 24 meters in length, is at present under construction in Karlsruhe, Germany. Readers Respond to "The Low-Cost Ticket to Space" 2013-07-28T16:45:00.550Z The new measurements from Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars spectrometers show that the two gases are present in almost equal amounts. Curiosity Rover Samples Air for a Taste of Mars History 2013-07-19T16:45:05.597Z However, because Opportunity's X-ray spectrometer can only discern the atomic elements in a rock, and not their mineralogical arrangement, no-one can say for sure. Old Mars rover makes rock discovery 2013-06-10T06:13:32Z But as sophisticated as the spectrometers are, their dynamic range—or capacity to collect and read different protein concentrations in a sample—is exceeded by the proteins’ complexity by a factor of three or four. Blood Work 2013-05-09T11:00:36Z The chromatograph breaks up chemicals into their components, and the spectrometer identifies them by comparing them to libraries of known substances. Chemical Attack Evidence Lasts Years, Experts Say 2013-08-27T20:35:10Z Then there’s spectroscopic techniques, in which lasers are used to zap a sample, producing a signature that can be analyzed by a spectrometer. Physicists Tackle the Shrinking Proton Puzzle 2013-04-19T11:45:04.490Z The spectrometer team’s findings have lowered the upper limit for methane in Mars’s atmosphere — to as little as 3 parts per billion by volume. Mars rover under pressure to reach mountain goal 2013-03-20T18:20:24.013Z Using an infrared spectrometer, the researchers found water embedded in the Genesis Rock, as well as all the Apollo samples they studied. Apollo Moon Rocks Challenge Lunar Water Theory 2013-02-19T20:15:00.250Z Biotech firms and researchers use mass spectrometers to identify pieces of proteins. Blood Work 2013-05-09T11:00:36Z The attraction of drones for domestic users is their ability to carry sensors, such as cameras and spectrometers, rather than weapons. The milder side of drones: Here’s looking at you 2013-02-14T16:06:18Z Chemistry and forensics labs do this all the time with spectrometers—machines that bounce infrared light off mystery materials to reveal the telltale vibrations that the light provokes. Study Bolsters Quantum Vibration Scent Theory 2013-01-28T08:45:00.193Z This outcrop contains yet finer grains but it is cut through with veins that the rover's ChemCam laser spectrometer indicates hold precipitated minerals - most likely hydrated calcium sulphate, possibly bassinite or gypsum. Mars rover eyes rock drill site 2013-01-15T20:25:01Z It is using its mast-mounted colour cameras and laser spectrometer, together with its arm-held "hand lens" camera and X-ray spectrometer, to try to find the best drill candidate. Mars rover deploys its rock brush 2013-01-08T12:08:01Z The muon spectrometer surrounds the calorimeters; it consists of superconducting magnets providing a toroidal field and a system of precision charged-particle detectors. [Article] A Particle Consistent with the Higgs Boson Observed with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider 2012-12-20T21:55:01.327Z It’s packed full of dozens of sensors, including cameras, a Geiger counter, a spectrometer, and a magnetometer, all of which talk to open-source Arduino computer controllers that can be remotely programmed from Earth. Rent a Satellite and Do Science in Space 2012-12-06T22:50:33Z Olfactory receptors, according to the vibration theory, act like little wetware spectrometers. Study Bolsters Quantum Vibration Scent Theory 2013-01-28T08:45:00.193Z The rover had taken in fine soil particles, heated them, and passed the gases that the heating drove off through its mass spectrometer, which can separate and identify the gases by molecular weight. The First Signs of Ancient Life on Mars? 2012-12-03T22:42:48Z A passenger will step into the booth, and in the few seconds the imaging equipment does its work, a pump will draw an air sample into a spectrometer for analysis. Explosives Detectors Aim to Go Nose to Nose With Sniffer Dogs 2012-10-15T18:30:18Z The rover first zapped the rock from a distance with its ChemCam laser, and then moved in close to study it with its X-ray spectrometer known as APXS. Mars rover finds 'unusual rock' 2012-10-12T09:35:51Z Now, 205 measurements of Mercury's surface composition, made by the X-ray spectrometer onboard Messenger, reveal how much Mercury's surface differs from those of other planets in the solar system. Mercury's Surface Resembles Rare Meteorites 2012-09-25T15:45:05.790Z Rather, it was regarded as an early opportunity to demonstrate the performance of arm's "hand lens" and X-ray spectrometer. Mars rover examines rock close up 2012-09-25T08:48:08Z Researchers went looking for south pole snow using the Mars Climate Sounder, a spectrometer aboard MRO that measures the visible and infrared light emitted from cloud particles in the atmosphere. Martian Blizzard! It's Snowing on the Red Planet 2012-09-17T13:35:16Z These will include the "hand lens" known as Mahli and the X-ray spectrometer known as APXS, which is able to determine the chemical elements that are present in a rock. Rover to 'drive, drive, drive' 2012-09-12T21:34:00Z At the tip of the arm are five different devices, including an X-ray spectrometer and a "hand lens" to help decipher the chemistry of rocks . Rover panorama: Begin exploring Mars 2012-08-17T15:55:52Z About £2.5m is being used to build a biomarker facility, housing three new mass spectrometers to measure proteins, lipids and metabolites in blood. Record £7m gift for university 2012-08-09T05:06:04Z Founded in 1989, the company provided the Curiosity with three spectrometers, which are now embedded in the rover's chemistry and camera suite, or ChemCam. 5 Small Companies On Mars 2012-08-07T14:28:28Z A spectrometer analyzes the colors, allowing scientists to determine the elemental composition of the vaporized material. Curiosity Gears Up to Zap Rocks in Huge Crater at Red Planet 2012-08-06T22:15:00.327Z The instrument suite is ten times as massive as any previous rover’s, led by a robotic arm that is part spectrometer, part rock imager, part chemistry lab. Mars Curiosity Rover: Wheels Down on the Red Planet 2012-08-06T15:35:28Z If that signature intrigues, the rover will use its long arm to swing over a microscope and an X-ray spectrometer to take a closer look. Gale Crater: Geological 'sweet shop' awaits Mars rover 2012-08-03T23:41:55Z First, it is a laboratory complete with funnels, test tubes, magnifiers, mass spectrometers, gas analyzers, ovens, and a sampling system with a drill strong enough to chisel away concrete. Op-Ed Contributor: Boldly Opening a New Window Onto Mars 2012-08-03T13:24:47Z Ocean Optics founder Mike Morris is widely regarded as the inventor of the miniature spectrometer, an instrument for measuring light. 5 Small Companies On Mars 2012-08-07T14:28:28Z These are dried and their abundance measured in a mass spectrometer. Planetary science: The time machine 2012-07-25T17:20:40.527Z But a spectrometer on TiME will be able to study the hydrocarbon soup in detail, looking for signs of a complex prebiotic chemistry. NASA set to choose low-cost Solar System mission 2012-07-11T17:20:27.987Z Member states will provide Euclid's visible wavelength camera and a near-infrared camera/spectrometer, taking the likely cost of the whole endeavour beyond 800m euros. Telescope to probe dark universe 2012-06-20T08:00:28Z The TiME probe would spend three months bobbing around Ligeia Mare, a sea near Titan's north polar region, measuring its chemistry with a mass spectrometer. Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon Could Expand Options for Life 2012-06-14T18:45:00.227Z It also endorsed greater use of scratch tags for authenticity checks, spectrometers for field testing and radiofrequency tags for shipment tracking. Malaria: Fake and Substandard Drugs Grow as Threat to Fight Malaria 2012-05-21T22:30:31Z Zigzagging across his laboratory is a web of laser beams that feed into a mass spectrometer — all part of a geochronometer that Anderson is building. Planetary science: The time machine 2012-07-25T17:20:40.527Z BANNER: Tell them to put the spectrometers on the roof, and set them to detect gamma radiation. Prime Suspect: Did the Science Consultant Do It? 2012-05-14T23:45:02.617Z The 8.2-tonne satellite has 10 instruments with which to take the planet’s pulse, including radars, infrared and optical imagers, and spectrometers. Europe loses sight of Earth 2012-04-25T17:20:22.270Z A team using a spectrometer on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found that roughly 80% of the clays occur together with other minerals that form at relatively high temperatures. Dreams of water on Mars evaporate 2012-04-11T17:20:37.943Z The Mars Science Laboratory, scheduled to land on the red planet in August, will include a simple mass spectrometer and a laser spectrometer, enabling it to detect methane, and could reveal preliminary signs of life. Life-changing experiments: The biological Higgs 2012-03-28T17:20:33.930Z A third shot rips those electrons away, turning the atoms into ions that are then whisked into the mass spectrometer. Planetary science: The time machine 2012-07-25T17:20:40.527Z One probe will measure physical conditions such as temperature and acidity, while another will carry a spectrometer to study any organic compounds in the water. Russians celebrate Vostok victory 2012-02-15T18:20:52.023Z Today Raman spectrometers are used in a variety of settings, but they tend to be large and expensive. It Detects Earthquakes and Lactose Intolerance 2012-02-09T13:15:02.530Z Reaves used a caesium chloride gradient to separate the cells' DNA into fractions of varying densities, then used a mass spectrometer to identify the elements present in each fraction of DNA. Study Fails to Confirm Existence of Arsenic-Based Life 2012-01-23T15:45:00.257Z To ensure that they found molecule they were looking for, the scientists measured the product's mass using a mass spectrometer. Scientists Probe Mystery Molecule that Reduces Greenhouse Gases 2012-01-16T16:15:01.960Z It all began on a tour she was taking of the university in Biberach, when Lämmle noticed that the mass spectrometer on hand was silent. Germany's Youngest College Lecturer Is Just 16 Years Old 2012-01-15T05:20:00Z First, they need to build extremely high-resolution spectrometers to measure the energy levels of chiral molecules. Frontier experiments: Tough science 2012-01-04T18:20:13.233Z One aim would be to deploy the spectrometer in concert with seismographs to predict earthquakes as much as 45 minutes in advance. It Detects Earthquakes and Lactose Intolerance 2012-02-09T13:15:02.530Z The rover examined the find with microscopic imager, its panoramic camera and its x-ray spectrometer. NASA's Mars Rover Finds Mineral Traces Left by Water 2011-12-13T09:00:00Z The many instruments on the orbiter--radiometers, spectrometers and laser altimeters -- were expected to revolutionize the study of the planet's surface, atmosphere and magnetic fields. Mars Observer Mike Malin Set for 9th Mission to Red Planet 2011-11-21T22:45:13.600Z And, like the Enron auction, the Solyndra sale drew its share of ghouls attracted to the garish spectacle as well as serious buyers seeking discounts on slightly used robots, spectrometers and other industrial equipment. Green Blog: Solyndra Auction Draws Huge Crowd 2011-11-04T20:30:41Z Another study using a different spectrometer on Messenger also indicated chondritic meteorites as a likely building material for Mercury. Hot, Odd and Curious: NASA Orbiter Reveals Mercury to Be Surprisingly Complex 2011-10-03T21:45:05.207Z Messenger's studies of Mercury's past involved using the ship's gamma ray spectrometer and x-ray emissions detector to analyze the composition of the planet's surface. Planetary Mystery: How in the World Did Mercury Form? 2011-09-29T19:38:16Z Luella Rossi, the lab director, and her staff empty the capsules, dilute the material and then feed it into a gas chromotography-mass spectrometer detector, a device that can identify a specific substance in a sample. Drugs Posing as Supplementals May Contain Dangerous Ingredients 2011-08-27T17:55:43Z Compositional information recorded by Dawn's spectrometers may also show whether the bright regions are made from different material or whether they simply have a more crystalline structure, which scatters more light, Russell says. Strange Hole on Asteroid Vesta Poses Puzzle 2011-08-12T21:15:06.243Z Delaware is putting lots of resources into equipment such as spectrometers and an advanced X-ray diffractometer. Turning point: Joel Rosenthal 2011-08-10T17:20:47.510Z An x-ray spectrometer on Messenger shows that the innermost planet's surface is highly enriched in the element sulfur, with more than 10 times the abundance on Earth. Hot, Odd and Curious: NASA Orbiter Reveals Mercury to Be Surprisingly Complex 2011-10-03T21:45:05.207Z Dawn's infrared mapping spectrometer has shown that some parts of the surface absorb heat much more readily than others. NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Offers First Look at Asteroid Vesta 2011-08-02T09:50:00Z With operations run by one of Andy's own PhD graduates, the company quickly expanded its interests to include electronics systems and spectrometers with detector crystals at their heart. Andrew Brinkman obituary 2011-07-28T16:55:03Z After verifying the inclusions with a scanning electron microscope, researchers have to slice into the diamonds with a laser and extract the tiny particles for analysis via mass spectrometer. Flawed Diamonds Deliver Precious Details about Early Earth's Tectonics 2011-07-25T10:15:00.227Z A massive $2 billion spectrometer for detecting cosmic rays was delivered to the station in May. Space station research ramps up as shuttles return to Earth 2011-07-04T21:49:54Z Holes are drilled into each particle so that when a white light hits the surface, it's reflected back in a unique pattern that can be read by a spectrometer. Fighting Drug Counterfeiters 2011-06-23T20:30:00Z Laser imaging and X-ray spectrometers are being used to scan the tombs so they can be virtually deconstructed and reassembled in their original guise. Space science trained on tombs 2011-06-17T02:07:51Z Helmann says that he is in the process of installing a highly sensitive mass spectrometer that can measure trace quantities of elements, which could help refute or corroborate the findings. Will you take the 'arsenic-life' test? 2011-06-01T17:20:28.613Z Another subject of study for the spectrometer is dark matter, the mysterious material believed to provide the gravitational glue that holds galaxies and clusters of galaxies together. NASA Installs Device at Space Station in Long-Sought Quest for Antimatter 2011-05-20T00:22:00Z The spectrometer, a multinational project involving 600 physicists in 16 countries, including China and Taiwan, will be attached to the outside of the station on Thursday. Shuttle docks, astronauts to install $2 billion device 2011-05-18T23:09:21Z Holes are drilled into each particle so that when a white light hits the surface, it's reflected back in a unique pattern that can be read by a spectrometer. Fighting Drug Counterfeiters 2011-06-23T20:30:00Z The researchers are also using X-ray spectrometers - widely-used tools to determine the composition of objects ranging from meteorites to distant star clusters - to pick out different types of stone and faint traces of paint. Space science trained on tombs 2011-06-17T02:07:51Z Nearby they suspended an optical cable to reef depth—about 2.5 meters below the —from a floating spectrometer. Corals Find an Effective Way to Spawn Despite Being Cemented in Place 2011-05-10T12:15:00.257Z For more ambiguous types of waste, such as a piece of plywood with nails driven through it, the robot uses a spectrometer to recognise objects based on the unique patterns of light they reflect. ZenRobotics Develops a Garbage Sorting Robot 2011-04-12T13:19:40Z They re-examined the contents with today's better equipment, like liquid chromatography and mass spectrometers. The Origin of Life 2011-03-27T15:45:00.637Z While Kepler is canvassing deep space, ground-based astronomers and planet hunters are using increasingly sophisticated telescopes and spectrometers to discover and describe exoplanets much closer to our solar system. Solar system with six exoplanets, others in habitable zones found by NASA's Kepler 2011-02-03T02:51:01Z "I used to call it PMS, 'poor man's spectrometer'." Global solar observatory flares into life 2011-02-17T22:45:00.227Z So it is up to astronomers and planet hunters at Earth-based observatories to use their telescopes and spectrometers to discover and describe exoplanet much closer to our solar system. Solar system with six exoplanets, others in habitable zones found by NASA's Kepler 2011-02-02T18:03:01Z For experiments requiring angular measurements a spectrometer circle is mounted on one of the sliding stands, the receiver being carried on a radial arm and pointing to the centre of the circle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z After returning to Denmark, he began using a machine called a mass spectrometer to weigh and identify oxygen molecules based on their number of neutrons. Willi Dansgaard Dies at 88; Read Climates in Old Ice 2011-01-29T01:35:05Z On Feb. 27, the space shuttle Endeavour will ferry the spectrometer to a permanent berth on the space station. A Costly Quest for the Dark Heart of the Cosmos 2010-11-17T11:38:00Z In February next year, the space shuttle is set to deliver a piece of equipment called the alpha magnetic spectrometer. The International Space Station: a giant science laboratory 2010-10-24T20:00:00Z Using a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer to separate and analyze the gas mass in the rumen, they confirmed the lab results and determined that oregano suppresses methane production by 40 percent. SCIENCE NEWS 2010-09-21T04:00:00Z The Woods Hole team used an autonomous robot submarine and a mass spectrometer to detect the plume, but were forced to leave the area in late June, when Hurricane Alex threatened. Microbes ate BP oil deep-water plume: study 2010-08-24T21:25:00Z The mass spectrometer detected chemicals found in hydrocarbons, like benzene and toluene — the signature of an oil spill. Oil in the Gulf: There's More Than We Thought 2010-08-19T22:40:00Z A few yards away, the hulking spectrometer was sitting in a test frame, being pinged by a beam of protons in final tests before being shipped to Cape Canaveral. A Costly Quest for the Dark Heart of the Cosmos 2010-11-17T11:38:00Z The observatory's HiFi spectrometer was turned off just three months into the mission because of an anomaly that was probably triggered by space radiation. 2010-01-15T11:36:00Z In some cases a mass spectrometer is used to analyze the products. LRL Accelerators The 184-Inch Synchrocyclotron He came back, panting, with spectrometer, terrestrial globe, and other articles. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 In recognition of the assistance given to his brother, he at once offered to lend to the camp, for the period of the war, a spectrometer and prisms valued together at 1,650 marks. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship Gazing at his spectrometer, almost ready for space at last, Dr. Ting shrugged off the question of what he had up his sleeve next. A Costly Quest for the Dark Heart of the Cosmos 2010-11-17T11:38:00Z The high-resolution spectrometer is designed to capture and split light into its constituent wavelengths, creating a kind of "fingerprint" that will reveal information on the chemistry of a light source. 2010-01-15T11:36:00Z According to some physicists, including Dr. Ellis and Dr. Ting, the positrons from dark matter should have a unique spectral signature that the cosmic ray spectrometer can measure. A Costly Quest for the Dark Heart of the Cosmos 2010-11-17T11:38:00Z He mounted the spectrometer and fell to work with a will, taking observations through the telescope, adjusting prisms and diffraction gratings, reading electrometers and other apparatus, and stopping to make intricate calculations. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 |
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