Previewing the Theophilus Redwood Award Session on Wednesday
In this interview segment, Steven Bell, a professor of physical chemistry at Queen's University Belfast, provides an overview of his talk, and he also outlines what attendees can look forward to at this technical session, highlighting the list of speakers and their research interests.
Innovations in Disease Management
In this video clip, Fay Nicolson, who is a Research Fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, highlights an oral session she is chairing tomorrow that will feature talks about the use of spectroscopy in disease management.
The Quest for Universal Spectral Libraries: Standards, Metadata, and Machine Readability
October 6th 2025This tutorial examines the development of universal spectral libraries, reviewing standardization efforts, mathematical frameworks, and practical examples across multiple spectroscopies, while emphasizing metadata harmonization, FAIR principles, and the emerging role of AI in building interoperable, machine-readable repositories. This remains an unsolved problem in spectroscopy.
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Mysterious Spectroscopic Activity
October 2nd 2025New observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object ever to visit our solar system, reveal unexpected activity and composition, challenging many previous assumptions about interstellar objects.
The Red Visitor from Beyond: Unlocking the Secrets of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
October 1st 2025Newly captured spectroscopic data of the third-ever known interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, reveals a red, organic-rich surface and an enigmatic early dust coma, providing unprecedented insight into materials from beyond our solar system.
New Raman Spectroscopy Method Boosts Natural Gas Leak Detection Sensitivity
Recently, a team of researchers from Chongqing University (China) developed a new Raman spectroscopy technique that could significantly improve natural gas monitoring and leak detection systems.