FAIRFAX, Va., June 29 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:

A new high-resolution mass spectrometer is coming to George Mason University's Center for Molecular Engineering (CME) this fall, thanks to a $1 million Virginia Community Project award given to Mikell Paige, chair of George Mason's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Science.

The Community Project Award was by sponsored by Virginia state representative Suhas Subramanyam (10th District) and emphasizes George Mason's place as one of only four Virginia universities with Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education's R1 designation. 

The spectrometer, which will be housed at George Mason's Science and Technolo...