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Dmitry Kurouski, an associate professor of biomedical engineering in the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, USA, recently spoke to Spectroscopy about Raman spectroscopy’s role in determining crop yield of key food items as the world population continues to increase.

The authors sought to expand the limitations of Raman spectroscopy applications that can be caused by the fluorescence admitted by some samples.

Metrohm has launched a website that details the use of portable Raman spectroscopy instrumentation to detect fentanyl, and other manufacturers are joining the battle too.

Metrohm considers NIR spectroscopy to be fast, easy to use, non-destructive, and chemical-free, and has developed a new addition to its platform for the analysis of liquid, solid, or a combination of samples in a short time.

Among the products included in this estimate of the industry over the next seven years are fluorescence microarray scanners.

Pittcon highlighted how analytical scientists are exchanging research to tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems.

This is the first 1.2 gigahertz nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy system in the United States; eight are currently installed in Europe.

LCGC and Spectroscopy Editor Patrick Lavery spoke with Oligo Factory CEO Chris Boggess about the company’s recently attained compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) Expert Working Group (Q7) guidance and its distinction from Research Use Only (RUO) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 13485 designations.

While this technology has been frequently deployed in recent years to evaluate fruit quality, relatively few studies have examined such parameters as variation, damage time, and damage degree.

Exploring the transformative capabilities of handheld Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometers, Luis Rodriguez-Saona of The Ohio State University emphasizes their pivotal role in ensuring food integrity and safety across the entire supply chain.

Dmitry Kurouski of Texas A&M University speaks to Spectroscopy Editor Patrick Lavery about Raman spectroscopy's role in determining crop yield of key food items as the world population continues to increase.

Triethylaminium picrate (TEAP) crystals were developed using a slow evaporation solution growth method and then characterized for their feasibility in optoelectronic and other uses.

Differing grades of aluminum alloys have large differences in their composition, especially when it comes to trace elements, emphasizing the need for them to be evaluated for means of production, use, and recycling.

High-resolution magnetic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (HRMAS NMR) spectroscopy in particular can be applied to nonconventional solvents, helping to obtain information about protein crystal structures while also adhering to green analytical chemistry tenets.

Pete Diaczuk of John Jay College of Criminal Justice gave a recollection at EAS 2023 of a case he worked on in Manhattan involving a victim fatally shot, incomplete ballistic evidence, and the wrong gun recovered at the scene.

Award recipient John McLean of Vanderbilt University said hybrid techniques do not exist purely as combinations of letters, slashes, and hyphens—they have been built on the shoulders of decades’ worth of analysis intended to refine and simplify workflow.

At SciX, Dmitri Kurouski of Texas A&M University will be recognized as the 2023 Spectroscopy Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award recipient. Here's a summary of the award session.

At SciX, Johannes Pedarnig of Johannes Kepler University will be recognized as the 2023 SAS and Applied Spectroscopy William F. Meggers Award recipient. Here's a summary of the award session.

Ascorbic acid (AA), melatonin (Mel), glutathione (GSH), tea polyphenols (TPP), and uric acid (UA) were distinguished in this experiment by three analyses: heat map, hierarchical cluster, and linear discriminant.

The method of analysis described by these researchers had the advantages of being in-line and in real time, compared to more traditional approaches such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Fragments of amber beads examined in 2019 showed a Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrum consistent with Baltic amber, or succinite, suggesting the artifacts came from the Baltic or North Sea regions.

Editor Patrick Lavery of Spectroscopy talked to two co-authors of a study that analyzed information about a 300,000-year-old wooden hunting stick found in modern-day Germany.

Researchers say the developed methodology, which reconciles the different intensities of neutral and singly-ionized argon species, may be further refined and applied to optical emission spectroscopy (OES) of other rare gas plasma.

Author Jean-Pierre P. de Vera talks to Spectroscopy magazine about his study in which seven biomolecules were exposed to a simulated Martian environment outside the International Space Station (ISS) for a period of approximately 15 months.

LCGC and Spectroscopy magazines recently welcomed Caroline Hroncich to lead their joint editorial staff in print and online. In this interview, Hroncich talks with editor Patrick Lavery about her experience and what readers can expect for the future.