Thermo Fisher unveiled the Orbitrap Astral Zoom mass spectrometer, raising scan rates and adding ion pre‑accumulation to boost throughput and sensitivity for proteomics and metabolomics. The platform can measure ~8,600 proteins and supports up to ~300 samples per day in high‑throughput modes, enabling large‑scale clinical and translational multiomics studies. Developers say the instrument removes a previous bottleneck for population‑scale molecular profiling.