Spectroscopy News
A novel biosensor based on aptamer-combined surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been developed to detect inflammatory microRNA-122 (miR-122) in cell-secreted exosomes.
The first demonstration of direct fs-pulse emission from a quantum cascade laser in the mid-infrared region paves the path towards novel applications of ultrashort laser pulses.
Dr Ellen Adams aims to use the latest terahertz technologies to decipher biophysical processes of interfaces in the cell interior in her new role in Dresden.
Sir Martin Wood, founder of Oxford Instruments died on 23 November at the age of 94 after a short illness.
Raman spectral biomarkers and a diagnostic algorithm enable the non-invasive and early diagnosis of bacterial infections in crop plants helping plant disease management and agricultural productivity.
Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies and X-ray diffraction have shown the underlying mechanisms leading to failure of energy storage devices.
NIR spectroscopy is used to monitor the drying of coated apple chips in an investigation to encourage their consumption by children.
A deeper understanding of how unwanted elements within bio-manufactured proteins bind to the molecules developed to remove them could help researchers make purity processes more efficient.
The agreement allows numares to exploit preliminary work of Oxford University on Multiple Sclerosis biomarkers for the development of an IVD test able to detect disease progression earlier.
Hungarian and German researchers have jointly developed a NMR method that reveals changes in the structure of proteins more efficiently and accurately than before.
The 2021 winner of the Karl Norris Award of the International Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy is Professor Yukihiro Ozaki.
FT-IR spectroscopy and tandem mass spectrometry have identified human blood and bird egg proteins in red paint covering a 1000-year-old gold mask from Peru.
The ability to combine and recombine solitons opens new applications in spectroscopy and materials processing.
In a study that used inorganic, physical and analytical chemistry to mimic respiratory droplets that can carry viruses, researchers demonstrated a mechanism that enables multiple mask materials to be protective.
Charge detection mass spectrometry enhances traditional mass spectrometry in detecting larger molecules such as coronaviruses.
Researchers at Empa in Switzerland have developed a simple device to visualise SWIR radiation.
Spectral imaging can be used as a non-destructive tool to quickly identify poultry products beyond their recommended “use-by” date and predict the number of days poultry products have been stored.
FACSS have recognised Roy Goodacre with the 2021 Charles Mann Award for Applied Raman Spectroscopy.
As a UvA professor, she will focus primarily on the application of molecular spectroscopy for the study of historic paints and their degradation.
The New York/New Jersey Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy are seeking nominations for their 2022 Gold Medal Award.
