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National Science Foundation Awards Hampshire Major Grant for New Spectrometer for Student, Faculty Research

… Science Foundation Awards Hampshire Major Grant for New Spectrometer for Student, Faculty Research Mike Medeiros and … undergrads studying science have had rare access to a mass spectrometer for analyzing chemical properties of solid … in its use. Hampshire’s inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, matched with a laser ablation system, generates …

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Testing the Chemistry of Mummies and Toxic-Metal Pollution

… $200,000. In November the College installed a new mass spectrometer — specifically, an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) coupled to a laser ablation system — … from a solid object for elemental analysis. This ICP-mass spectrometer is the latest version of an instrument that …

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Chemistry

… state-of -the-art laser ablation-inductively coupled mass spectrometer (LA-ICP-MS), an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES), NMR spectrometer, a gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS), …

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Grant for Purchase of Scientific Equipment

… proposal, said the grant will purchase a UV-visible spectrometer and field instruments for chemistry labs and environmental analysis field work. "The UV-visible spectrometer will be used across our science curriculum," … proposal, said the grant will purchase a UV-visible spectrometer and field instruments for chemistry labs and …

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Student Presents Original Research of 16th Century Maya at American Chemical Society Symposium

… research last year, Hannah Huggins used Hampshire’s mass spectrometer to study ancient Mayan teeth and try to assess … utilized Hampshire’s inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, coupled with a laser ablation system, which … National Science Foundation award to acquire a new mass spectrometer in 2017 . See a list of Hampshire’s published …

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Designing DNA

… College senior Elias Milki to build a single-molecule spectrometer with fluorescence resonance energy transfer … This past spring, he tested those DNA using the spectrometer to see if they had the capabilities he wanted. … College senior Elias Milki to build a single-molecule spectrometer with fluorescence resonance energy transfer …

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Hampshire Alum Ellyn Gaydos 09F’s Memoir Reveals the Hard and Beautiful Truths of Life as a Farmhand

Hampshire Alum Ellyn Gaydos 09F’s Memoir Reveals the Hard and Beautiful Truths of Life as a Farmhand A captivating tale of love, labor, and loss, Pig Years catapults American nature writing into the 21st century. Hampshire College alum Ellyn Gayos’s 09F …

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Biological and Life Sciences

… laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer, modern molecular biology and genetics … laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission …

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Neuroscience

… includes a laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer, and many other resources. Launch Experience   … includes a laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission …

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Health and Pre-Medical Studies

… includes a laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer, myographic equipment, molecular biology and … includes a laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission …

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Global Studies and International Relations

… Imperialism in the Works of Halldor Laxness and Ngugi wa Thiong'o Identifying Agamben's Conception of the Homo … Imperialism in the Works of Halldor Laxness and Ngugi wa Thiong'o Identifying Agamben's Conception of the Homo …

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Anneka Johnson F23’s Div III Focuses on Microplastics in Fish in Different Ecosystems

… them through a machine called the isotope ratio mass spectrometer in order to gauge their carbon and nitrogen … them through a machine called the isotope ratio mass spectrometer in order to gauge their carbon and nitrogen …

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Malama 'Aina:

… Lo‘i (taro patch project), Uka (uplands project), and Wa‘a (sailing canoe project). Through such projects, students … Lo‘i (taro patch project), Uka (uplands project), and Wa‘a (sailing canoe project). Through such projects, students …

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Ken Burns Recalls His College Thesis as His First History Documentary

… Burns, Working in Rural New England was shot on 16mm using handheld cameras by Burns with classmates Kirk Simon and … Burns, Working in Rural New England was shot on 16mm using handheld cameras by Burns with classmates Kirk Simon and …

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