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The article offers information on the paper spray mass spectrometry (MS) which are used for analyzing pharmaceuticals, drug abuse, molecules of biofluids. Other topics discussed includes deposition of extraction solvent, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), analysis of paper spray at room temperature and detection of analytes.

The article focuses on two papers published in the journal "Science" in 2015 which reveal the molecular makeup of dumbbell-shaped comet 67P. The findings of the two papers include presence of a rich inventory of organic molecules on comets, and the origin-of-life theory that comets striking Earth during the prebiotic era may have supplied organic molecules that helped life evolve on our planet.

The article reports on a study by Oak Ridge National Laboratories that examines the quantum state of water in which a molecule's hydrogen atoms occupy six ground states around oxygen at once. The paper, published in Physics Review Letters, found that hydrogen atoms in a water molecule transform to a hexagonal, double-top structure with virtually a zero dipole moment.

The article reports that chemists at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey have discovered a one-pot reaction in which 18 molecular components react sequentially to form a cavernous, covalent molecule that may encapsulate other, smaller molecules. Recent synthesis of covalent nanocontainer molecules is more atom-efficient thus, advantageous in applications such as drug delivery, separation science, catalysis and sensing. The discovery has been documented through a paper authored by Ralf Warmuth, a chemist at the university.