Flutterby™! : MassQL

Oh this is fun: New computer language helps spot hidden pollutants.

Developed at UC Riverside, Mass Query Language, or MassQL, functions like a search engine for mass spectrometry data, enabling researchers to find patterns that would otherwise require advanced programming skills. Technical details about the language, and an example of how it helped identify flame retardant chemicals in public waterways, are described in a new Nature Methods journal article.

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(And, yes, when I first read MassQL I was like "for locating dark matter?", and then I was all "like 'MassHole'?" and then...)