As part of our coverage of the SciX 2026 Conference, Nancy Pleshko and Petra Baylin of Temple University sat down with Spectroscopy to talk about their recent study, explaining how Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) imaging of ultra-high weight molecular polyethylene (UHMWPE) implants permits oxidation evaluation throughout the sample yielding insight into failure.
Eight FACSS award winners at SciX 2026, One LIBS trailblazer. Forty-eight questions. And not one of them is a softball. Award season in spectroscopy usually means polite applause, a plaque, and a photo. We're not completely interested only in the award sessions. The eight scientists honored at SciX 2026 in Sparks, Nevada, along with LIBS researcher Alessandro De Giacomo, are pushing Raman into operating rooms, flying LIBS on drones, reading chemistry off Mars, and tracing toxic metals downwind of industrial sites. Their work makes big claims. In the coming days, Spectroscopy will sit down with eight of these researchers and ask whether those claims hold up. The interviews that follow won't just celebrate. They'll press on the gaps between simulation and experiment, between the lab bench and the clinic, and between a clever paper and an instrument someone will actually buy and use.
An upcoming talk at the SciX Conference will explore the concept of electroosmosis, and how machine learning (ML) can be used to understand electroosmotic flow behavior.
At the upcoming 2026 SciX Conference, Ji-Xin Cheng at Boston University will be recognized with the Charles Mann Award for Applied Raman Spectroscopy. Leading up to the conference, Cheng sat down with Spectroscopy to talk about the advancements being made in confocal Raman microscopy.
An upcoming talk at SciX 2026 Conference will describe a new multimodal platform using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) elemental mapping that can detect nanoparticles and microplastics in biological tissue.
An upcoming interview with Ji-Xin Cheng, a Theodore Moustakas Distinguished Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics at Boston University, will highlight his ongoing work in coherent Raman scattering microscopy.
An upcoming presentation will explore how we can better understand and control nanoparticle morphology is critical for tuning material performance.
The 2026 SciX Conference will offer an assortment of short courses during the conference week in Sparks, Nevada. We highlight these courses below.
An upcoming talk at SciX 2026 will explore how spectroscopy is being used to evaluate urban air pollution.
An upcoming talk at the 2026 SciX Conference will focus on nanoplastic analysis to distinguish between plastic and non-plastic particles.
In this preview of the 2026 SciX Conference, we offer an overview of the keynote presentation.
Jay P. Kitt, a University of Utah research assistant professor who has spent a decade extending confocal Raman microscopy from phospholipid membranes to nucleic acids and peptide-membrane interactions, is the recipient of Spectroscopy's 2026 Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award.
In this preview of the upcoming 2026 SciX Conference, we highlight a new social event that attendees should consider going to.
The SciX 2026 Conference returns to Sparks, Nevada, this year. Here's what attendees can expect.
In this article, we reflect on the SciX Conference, highlighting the Sunday Award Plenary and the networking opportunities.
In this interview segment with Rohith Reddy, he discusses how mid-infrared spectroscopic imaging (MIRSI) can be used to help detect numerous disease types.
In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” we profile the Schultz Laboratory at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, speaking with Zac Schultz, Spencer Witte, Nishadi Nadeeshani, and Renee Romano about their work.
In this final interview segment with Lingyan Shi, she discusses the challenges of developing multimodal metabolic nanoscopy systems, and where these systems could be applied in the future.
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.
In this interview segment, Shi recaps her talk that she delivered at the SciX Conference and the four major technologies that she and her team developed over the past few years at the University of California, San Diego.
In this video segment, Fay Nicolson discusses her career trajectory, from her time in graduate school to her time as a postdoctoral candidate to her time as an independent researcher.
In this interview segment, Karl Booksh dives deeper into a new technique called conformal prediction, and how his group has been applying it in their research.
In the second and final part of our interview with Rob Lascola, he addresses the main challenges in achieving accurate acidity measurements using Raman spectroscopy in complex, highly absorptive systems, as well as explains what he has learned about dissolution mechanisms, and how these insights can influence future nuclear processing strategies.
In this interview segment, Reddy discusses how O-PTIR combined with mid-infrared frequency comb technologies enhances both resolution and throughput in tissue analysis and how this integration address the limitations of conventional MIRSI approaches in clinical settings.
In this interview segment, Rafael Davalos discusses contactless dielectrophoresis, highlighting the utility of this technique not just in cancer research, but other application areas as well.
In this interview segment, Rob Lascola discusses how Raman spectroscopy complements other techniques in fuel dissolution and solvent extraction and what Raman can detect in off-gas streams.
In this video segment, Karl Booksh of the University of Delaware explains how his study highlighted a major improvement in classification accuracy using stacked models for differentiating exotic hardwood species.
In this segment, Bell addresses the key barriers that are preventing SERS from being more widely adopted in complex environments.
In this interview, Yingchan Guo of the University of Florida discusses high-throughput IMS and identifying fatty acyl chains of lipids using mass spectrometry, particularly in matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) imaging.
In this interview segment, Prashant Jain, who is a G. L. Clark Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), discusses the implications of his study’s findings, highlighting how they advance our understanding of light-driven hydrocarbon formation pathways and plasmonic catalytic events.
