Top content published this week include a panel discussion with five SpecAcademy instructors and a feature article on Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy.
|Articles|May 26, 2021
Medicine identification database
The Medicine Identification New Database (MIND) from S.T. Japan-Europe GmbH is designed to quickly and accurately identify unlabeled medication. According to the company, the MIND database is suitable for use by untrained individuals, and consists of a 3-moduled screening process, which includes identification of (1) commercial information (manufacturer, CAS number and active pharmaceutical ingredient); (2) organoleptic properties (type, shape, color, size, weight); and (3) medication and counterfeit medication (based on collecting an ATR‐FTIR spectrum).
S.T. Japan-Europe, Germany
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In this Q&A, we provide an overview of what the latest “What’s Nu” covered, which includes new research in environmental analysis and clinical analysis.
How has spectroscopy training changed? A recent panel discussion explored this topic, discussing how SpecAcademy can widen access without losing the value of hands-on instruction.
How has spectroscopy education evolved over the years?
FT-IR spectroscopy, long treated as a mature bench technique for confirming a carbonyl stretch or fingerprinting a polymer, has quietly become one of chemistry’s most versatile discovery engines: it now infers molecular structure straight from a spectrum without a reference library, resolves chemistry tens of nanometers wide, and screens a fingerstick of blood for disease in minutes. The last five years of published research show FT-IR moving from a confirmatory tool into a predictive, autonomous, and field-ready analytical platform.
In this panel discussion, five SpecAcademy instructors examined why spectroscopy expertise has declined and how SpecAcademy aims to rebuild it through curated, fundamentals-based education suited to increasingly complex analytical work.
A recent roundtable discussion with the SpecAcademy instructors explored why spectroscopy expertise has eroded and how SpecAcademy aims to rebuild it.
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