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Most mass spectrometers handle a few molecules. This new prototype handles billions

A new prototype could supercharge mass spectrometry by analyzing thousands of molecules at once instead of one by one. The ...

Most mass spectrometers can process just a few molecules at once: Reengineered prototype does a billion simultaneously

Mass spectrometry is already a powerful tool for determining what kind and how many molecules are present in a given sample.
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Chemists synthesize plant-derived molecules that hold potential as pharmaceuticals

Chemists developed a way to synthesize complex molecules called oligocyclotryptamines, originally found in plants, which could hold potential as antibiotics, analgesics, or anticancer drugs. MIT ...
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Ultracold molecules that interact from afar form elusive quantum state

Three decades ago, physicists created a curious quantum state by controlling a collection of individual atoms using light and magnetic fields 1. By cooling this gas-like group of atoms to ultracold ...