In the agricultural and food industry, determining the chemical composition of raw materials is important for production efficiency, application, and price. Traditional laboratory testing is ...

A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a novel model optimization algorithm—External Calibration-Assisted Screening (ECA)— that ...

A research team from the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM), the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with the Hefei Cancer ...

IR spectroscopy, or infrared spectroscopy, is an analytical technique used to identify and study chemical substances based on their interaction with infrared radiation. It measures the absorption of ...

Digital agronomy company CropX Technologies has acquired SCIO, a developer of portable near-infrared spectroscopy technology.

NIR spectroscopy concerns the analysis of how NIR light and matter interact. In spectroscopic analysis, light is determined by the wavelength, not by the applied energy. The wavelength of light is ...

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) measures brain activity optically based on changes in cortical blood flow. Unlike magnetic resonance imaging, the technique is wearable, so it can be used ...

A near-IR module intended to assist with personal health monitoring is said to be the world's first consumer spectroscopy module for smartphones. Unveiled at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit 2023 and ...

A project at Spain's ICFO research center has employed diffuse optics in a platform designed to monitor thyroid health, to assist disease diagnosis and therapy. Thyroid diseases affect 200 million ...