Spectroscopy Magazine

Absorption is a catch. Fluorescence is a catch & a throw. Raman scattering? That’s getting lucky against a 95-mph fastball. ⚾ Marc Porter breaks down his baseball analogy for Raman below⬇️ Watch here: hubs.li/Q04Cn4Lb0 #SciX2026 #RamanSpectroscopy

Most lab methods test for PFAS one compound at a time, missing thousands they can’t individually identify. This Atomic Perspectives column looks at measuring total fluorine with HR-CS-GFMAS to catch what targeted testing misses➡️ hubs.li/Q04Cwsq-0 #PFAS #Spectroscopy

Energy or flow, nanochannels usually force a trade-off. Siddhartha Das found a scenario where you get both, he calls it “electroslippage,” & it doesn’t break thermodynamics. Watch here➡️ hubs.li/Q04Cmnv40 #SciX2026 #Nanochannels

Doctors treating suspected sepsis often guess with multiple antibiotics at once. Jürgen Popp’s of @Leibniz_IPHT team is building a test that could ID fungal, bacterial & viral infections in 10-15 minutes. Watch here➡️ hubs.li/Q04Cssqh0 #SciX2026 #Photonics

Nobody set out to rival surface-enhanced spectroscopy, it just happened. Jay Kitt (@UUtah) turned a chromatography tool into a quantitative Raman platform, 10 years in the making. Watch here➡️ hubs.li/Q04C7sFk0 #Raman #SERS

How does graphene keep salt out and let water through? At SciX 2026, Siddhartha Das of @UofMaryland explains how ion-water interactions decide what passes a membrane. 🔗 See how the sizes add up: hubs.li/Q04C49090 #Spectroscopy #Graphene #SciX

Did you know spectroscopy is now flying? One FACSS Innovation Award finalist at SciX 2026 mounted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy on a drone, one of 4 finalists pushing the field past the bench. Read the recap: hubs.li/Q04BLJhr0 #SciX #FACSSInnovationAwards

Can Raman spot microcalcifications hidden under wax, and someday in breast tissue? Sara Miller’s award-winning study hit an AUC of 0.94. Watch here ➡️hubs.li/Q04BC6sR0 #RamanSpectroscopy #SciX2026

Trust the algorithm or the analyst? A SciX 2026 chemometrics session revisited old habits, from VR-guided NIR calibration to complex-valued spectra that lowered prediction errors. 🔗 See what the session found: hubs.li/Q04BrMWY0 #Spectroscopy #Chemometrics #SciX

“The system is not homogeneous.” Alessandro De Giacomo on why the laser-matter interaction behind LIBS plasma still isn’t well understood, and the nanoparticle tagging trade-off between sensitivity and interference. Watch here ➡️ hubs.li/Q04Brv-X0 #Plasma #Spectroscopy

In the final part of our SpecAcademy panel series, five instructors look at where the curriculum should go next, from Raman interpretation to NIR, ATR & UV-vis. A new course is already live too. See the full clip here➡️ hubs.li/Q04z_VQt0 #Spectroscopy #SpecAcademy

One panelist’s Pittcon courses once drew 25 to 30 people. Now, five to 10. How can SpecAcademy widen access without losing hands-on learning? 🔗 Hear the panel’s take: hubs.li/Q04BbgDw0 #Spectroscopy #SpecAcademy

What happens when IR microscopy is not limited by IR wavelengths? Photothermal methods hit ~450 nm resolution, 30x finer than conventional FT-IR microscopy. 🔗 See the latest FT-IR advances: hubs.li/Q04zFXpm0 #SpectralFrontiers #FTIR

Why is spectroscopy expertise eroding? A SpecAcademy roundtable has answers: automation, generalists replacing specialists & online videos that are often wrong. See how to close the gap right here ➡️ hubs.ly/Q04zBr1B0 #Spectroscopy #Education #SpecAcademy

September brought some big spectroscopy breakthroughs. This month's What's Nu covers Raman advances in cancer screening, quantum-based vibrational modeling & new nanocluster aerosol detection. Catch up here ➡️ hubs.li/Q04zFW1w0 #Spectroscopy #WhatsNu

IR spectroscopy is a top 5 analytical instrument in industry, but most grads barely touch it in school. Miseo, Larkin, Carrabba, D’Agostino & de Haseth explain the gap, and how SpecAcademy is closing it. Read more here ➡️ hubs.li/Q04zXWg00 #Infrared #Spectroscopy

Senior spectroscopists are retiring & companies are cutting training budgets right when it's needed most. Ellen Miseo, Peter Larkin & Jeff D'Agostino explain how SpecAcademy is closing the gap. Sign up & read more here ➡️ hubs.li/Q04ztvhx0 #SpecAcademy #Spectroscopy

Tomorrow: 3 expert talks on getting more from every ICP-OES analysis. See how the Avio 3000 delivers throughput, stability, and sensitivity for trace elemental work. There's still time to join PerkinElmer. Register now: hubs.li/Q04y8jhH0

Marc Porter of @UUtah on the spectroscopy community: welcoming, inquisitive, and focused on figuring out how to make things work. 🔗 Check out part one of our SciX interview on SERS immunoassays & Raman labels: hubs.li/Q04zMCdp0 #SciX #Spectroscopy

AI is helping Raman spectroscopy see more than ever before. New deep-learning tools, coherent detection & miniaturized instruments are moving Raman into fields, factories & crime scenes. Read the full story here ➡️ hubs.li/Q04z92070 #RamanSpectroscopy #Spectroscopy