A mass spectrometer is described as the smallest weighing scale ever used in the world. 1
Mass spectrometry (MS) is a unique technique that has an interdisciplinary nature, which …

Paleontology, archeology, and art history provide crucial information for the understanding
of human evolution throughout ages and its habits. Past animal and plant species are also …

Abiotic hydrocarbons and carboxylic acids are known to be formed on Earth, notably during
the hydrothermal alteration of mantle rocks. Although the abiotic formation of amino acids …

Throughout history, artists have experimented with a variety of organic-based natural
materials, using them as paint binders, varnishes, and ingredients for mordants in gildings …

The ID21 beamline (European Synchrotron Radiation facility, France) is a multi micro-
analytical platform combining X-ray and infrared micro-probes, for characterization of …

Rationale In Time‐of‐Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF‐SIMS), pulsed and
focused primary ion beams enable mass spectrometry imaging, a method which is …

Synchrotron photon-based methods are increasingly being used for the physico-chemical
study of ancient and historical materials (archaeology, palaeontology, conservation …

The study of materials in cultural heritage artifacts and micro-samples benefits from
diagnostic techniques based on intense radiation sources, such as synchrotrons, ion-beam …

Although hematophagy is found in∼ 14,000 species of extant insects, the fossil record of
blood-feeding insects is extremely poor and largely confined to specimens identified as …

A variety of analytical techniques augmented by the use of synchrotron radiation (SR), such
as X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF) and X-ray diffraction (SR-XRD), are now readily available …