Several of the Nobel Prizes of the twentieth century depended directly on mass-spectrometric analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Information for the Public - The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002] Reference

In order to carry out mass-spectrometric investigations, the Jena scientists had to take hormone-producing cell groups from the tiny wasp's brain - a preparation between heartbeats since "the miniaturization is extreme", Predel confirms.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

The Institute of Cancer Research has recently made a major investment in mass spectrometric instrumentation and resources and the successful candidate will join The Signal Transduction Team to develop mass-spectrometric approaches to study both model tumours and clinical samples.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference