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A new study reveals that real-time library searching significantly improves the structural characterization of glycerophospholipids and sphingomyelins, offering enhanced selectivity and comprehensive analysis. By utilizing real-time identifications to trigger targeted MSn analyses, researchers gain deeper insights into these crucial lipid species.

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Researchers have developed an innovative strategy for compound annotation in offline 2D-LC–MS analysis. The approach combines hand-in-hand alignment with targeted molecular networking (TMN) and was successfully applied to analyze the chemical profile of Yupingfeng (YPF), a traditional Chinese medicine prescription, resulting in the identification of 497 compounds and demonstrating its efficiency and scalability in complex sample analysis.

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Scientists have developed a new method for predicting and assessing the source of black inks using direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry. By applying dimensionality reduction techniques and likelihood ratio analysis, the researchers achieved high accuracy in identifying ink sources, demonstrating the potential of this approach in forensic ink analysis.