Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy provides a rapid and cost-effective method for food-allergen detection. Over 15 million people in the US have a food allergy. Even trace amounts of a substance can ...

Near-infrared spectroscopy, or fNIRS, offers a way to monitor brain activity without surgery or radiation by tracking changes in blood flow and oxygenation. Light sources placed on the scalp send near ...

Dried snack foods such as apple chips are a convenient alternative to fresh fruit, providing longer shelf life and easier storage. Consumers increasingly demand product variety, so companies coat such ...

From small private wells producing around 100 barrels a day to the large bore wells producing more than 40 times that volume, gas and oil and for fuel are produced in nearly every corner of the globe.

“I had done a lot of mid-infrared spectroscopy throughout my career; I thought NIR would be a slightly different part of the spectrum,” Amanda Forster, a materials research engineer and textile ...