In the article in the Environmental Sciences Europe journal, the researchers assessed the safety compliance of plastic toys in the European market, focusing on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).

An important step in countering antibiotic resistance has been made by researchers from IOCB Prague, the Institute of Microbiology and the Institute of Biotechnology of the CAS.

Study in zebrafish examines how tumors alter whole-body metabolism at the molecular level.

In the article published in the Environ Sci Pollut Res, the scientists analyzed total arsenic concentrations and specific arsenic species in airborne particles using ICP-MS/MS and HPLC-ICP-MS/MS.

The aim of this study was to characterize As distribution, bioaccessibility, seasonal variation and speciation (AsIII, AsV, MMA, DMA and TMAO) in PMx–PM10 of an urban park.

In the research article published in the Heliyon journal, the researchers developed and validated a comprehensive method for the simultaneous analysis of 13 macro- and trace-elements in human milk using ICP-MS.

The work will help researchers tune surface properties of perovskites, a promising alternative and supplement to silicon, for more efficient photovoltaics.

In a paper in Forensic Chemistry, PhD candidate Mirjam de Bruin - Hoegée and co-workers present research on the forensic profiling of plastics that are often found on a crime scene.

In the article in the JACS Au, the researchers summarized the recent advancements in in-cell nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and in vivo cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS) for studying protein structures.

Scientists from Palacký University Olomouc and the Technical University of Ostrava, in collaboration with colleagues from China, have discovered a method for developing a new generation of antibiotics.