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MassQL

2025-05-16 23:31:38.631326+02 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

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...)

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#Comment Re: MassQL made: 2025-05-17 17:31:49.89011+02 by: Definitely Not a Bot

I like this. Often times environmental samples with mixtures of organic compounds will have big smeared blobs for chromatograms, especially after weathering, that MS libraries can't match.

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