Using the mass spectrometer and high-resolution optical microscopy, scientists discovered long, twisting fossil filaments ...

we have a new potential way to find them Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Researchers used a miniaturized laser mass spectrometer to identify signs of fossils in a gypsum quarry in Algeria.

They sampled gypsum from Sidi Boutbal quarry, Algeria, and analyzed it using the mass spectrometer and an optical microscope, guided by criteria which can help distinguish between potential ...