A study from the Center for Phage Technology, part of Texas A&M’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Texas A&M Agri Life Research, shows how the “hidden” genes in bacteriophages — types of viruses that infect and destroy bacteria — may be key to the development of a new class of antibiotics for human health.

Thermo Fisher offers a new technology for single quadrupole mass spectrometer. The system is designed for ease-of-use while offering application flexibility and reliable results for challenging mass confirmation analyses, the company says.

An international team led by MIT researchers has now come up with a way of imaging what goes on at the boundary between 2D and 3D materials. Their findings could help lead to improved kinds of junctions in some microchips.

Carbohydrates are the most abundant class of biomolecules. But — their analysis is not always trivial. This article describes how electrolytic and highly automated inline eluent generation can be successfully applied to carbohydrate separations using HPAEC in combination with PAD.

By observing how cells manage to modify their function by partially changing their identity, Swiss researchers discovered a phenomenon of cell plasticity unknown until now. Although they only examined cells in the pancreas, such processes might characterize many other cell types in the body.

In a colourful solution to a dangerous problem, Australian scientists are adapting a component from cutting-edge solar cells to design a rapid, light-based detection system for deadly toxins.

Cuttlefish can delay gratification — wait for a better meal rather than be tempted by the one at hand — and those that can wait longest also do better in a learning test, scientists have discovered. This intriguing report marks the first time a link between self-control and intelligence has been found in an animal other than humans and chimpanzees.

Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the launch of two new gas chromatography (GC) high-resolution mass spectrometers (MS): the Orbitrap Exploris GC 240 MS and GC 240 MS.

Chemists from Itmo University have succeeded in creating hollow nanoparticles using liquid metals. The new method will not only make these particles easier to produce, but it will also allow the properties of metal nanocapsules to be modified.

Amyloid plaques are pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) — clumps of misfolded proteins that accumulate in the brain, disrupting and killing neurons and resulting in the progressive cognitive impairment that is characteristic of the widespread neurological disorder. In animal models, a new compound modulated a key enzyme, reducing or eliminating production of these problematic protein fragments.