The Frontier of Spectroscopy: 10 Unsolved Questions
October 21st 2025Here are ten main unsolved problems in vibrational and atomic spectroscopy, each accompanied by a tutorial-style synopsis suitable for advanced practitioners or graduate-level students. Each of these tutorials, spanning advanced spectroscopy modeling, chemometrics, machine learning (ML) interpretability, and standardization, consists of a descriptive article. Each piece is well-referenced (with detailed matrix equations, radiative transfer models, chemometric derivations, and so forth), and includes the following. • Special focus on each topic—including mathematical derivations in matrix notation. • Conservative, verifiable content anchored to established reference sources. • Appropriate tutorial article structure: Title, Summary, Abstract, Introduction, Theory with equations, Examples, Discussion & Future Research, and References.
In Case You Missed It: Recapping the Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award Session
In the second part of a three-part interview, Lingyan Shi recaps the award technical session that she chaired at the SciX Conference, highlighting the speakers she invited and what they discussed.
The Role of Spectroscopy in Decoding Peanut Chemistry
A new study reveals that resveratrol binds to peanut protein arachin through hydrophobic and hydrogen-bond interactions, enhancing protein stability and offering valuable insights for developing functional peanut-based food products.
Spectroscopy spoke to Benjamin Manard, Senior R&D Staff Scientist and the Group Leader of the Chemical & Isotopic Mass Spectrometry Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as well as to Sarah Szakas and Jordan Stanberry, postdoctoral researchers at ORNL, regarding their work using examined single-particle inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SP-ICP-TOF-MS) as a novel technique for uranium particle isotope ratio measurements.
In a recent study, a team of researchers from Peking University and the National Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro and Nano Manufacture Technology have proposed a new method for identifying DNA nucleobases using a fusion of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and advanced deep learning techniques.