Vol 34 No s6 Raman Technology for Today's Spectroscopists

A new study reveals that as Hawaiian volcanoes evolve, their magma storage shifts from shallow crustal reservoirs to deeper mantle zones, offering critical insights into volcanic behavior and future hazard potential.

Researchers at the Central University of Venezuela (Caracas, Venezuela) have developed a robust, definite, and economical methodology for rapid and accurate quantification of theobromine and caffeine in cocoa beans extracts from Venezuelan cocoa using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)

Researchers at the Czech Academy of Sciences have demonstrated that cost-effective silver and gold nanoparticles, used with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), can sensitively detect stress-induced adenine release in bacteria, paving the way for rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tools.