EditorialResearchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill test drug samples using a device known as a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer in Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 4, 2022. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialA mass spectrometer, recently acquired to help detect fentanyl in narcotics, at the Suffolk County Crime Lab in Hauppauge, N.Y., Oct. 14, 2021. (Kholood Eid/The New York Times)
EditorialSpace Shuttle Endeavour rolls out to the launch pad to prepare for its final mission at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States - 10 Mar 2011
EditorialDon Jackson works with a mass spectrometer for testing the true contents of various drugs at the North Carolina Survivors Union in Greensboro, N.C., on May 7, 2021. (Travis Dove/The New York Times)