Dropping Science: New Tech Discoveries : Mass Spectrometers Get Tiny
By Kate Gammon , published on November 5, 2008 at 1:30 AM
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Mass Spectrometers are the workhorses of many science labs – they give a readout of chemical composition for all sorts of disciplines. Now, researchers in Indiana have created a tiny version of the machine, which is typically the size of a refrigerator or larger. Devices that are more portable have a lot of uses, so the team built a spectrometer that weighs just nine pounds and is the size of shoebox. They tested their machine with the compounds of three common commercial drugs, and it was able to identify their components in under a minute, the researchers say.
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To the best of my knowledge the pterodactyle was a reptile, not specifically a dinosaur.
nah, still has to dump that heat in the environment with that micro fridge. could be using a bigger radiator or sink
"Pint-sized refrigerators can blast much more coolness that the conventional method"
You dont move 'cool energy' you remove heat.
Boiler Up!
Hmm, I wonder if the "red LED" used to study those wrinkles was your typical high-efficiency InGaAlP version.
Ahh so many items that I could care less about. Not that they aren't important, I just know I'll probably never hear about anyone of these ever again.