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How is the water quality in Biscayne Bay? A talk at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2026 Meeting will explore this.

A technical white paper deriving the classical least squares (CLS) and weighted least squares (WLS) models and showing how generalized least squares (GLS) and extended least squares (ELS) extend CLS to provide clutter suppression for characterized interference signals in spectroscopic and hyperspectral measurements.

Handheld spectroscopy tools are being used to identify food fraud.

HORIBA has launched Partica, a laser diffraction and dynamic image analysis particle size and shape analyzer for advanced materials research and quality control.

The July 2026 “What’s Nu” newsletter highlights a recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rule that can impact peer-review publishing.

Spectrometers that once filled an entire lab bench now fit in a coat pocket, and they are quietly reshaping how fentanyl gets identified on a roadside, how counterfeit cashmere gets caught on a loading dock, and how a five-hundred-year-old painting gets authenticated without ever leaving the wall. This review tracks five years of coverage from Spectroscopy alongside the broader literature to show how handheld Raman, FT-IR, NIR, and XRF instruments moved from laboratory novelty to field necessity.

This study used molecular spectroscopic techniques to characterize fibers found at a crime scene and those from the suspects.

Young spectroscopists need to know how to work with instruments and acquire the necessary scientific knowledge required in their field, but equally important are skills such as writing and communication.

A plain-language glossary of 40 spectroscopic and elemental analytical methods—FTIR, Raman, ICP-MS, XRF, atomic absorption, and more—with verified references for lab professionals, students, and instrument buyers.

Ramon M. Barnes, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at UMass Amherst and a pioneering figure in ICP spectrochemistry, has died at 86. He founded the Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry and edited the ICP Information Newsletter for decades.

An upcoming poster at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2026 Meeting will present how terahertz spectroscopy is being used to study Mars.

How has research on boron atoms advanced over the last decade-plus? A talk at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2026 Meeting will explore this question.

The Eastern Analytical Symposium will take place November 16–18, 2026 in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Here, we preview the award winners.