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Raman Spectroscopy in Agriculture: An Interview with Dmitry Kurouski
July 1st 2024Dmitry Kurouski, an associate professor of biomedical engineering in the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, USA, recently spoke to Spectroscopy about Raman spectroscopy’s role in determining crop yield of key food items as the world population continues to increase.
New Method using vis-NIR and MIR for Detecting Fusarium Head in Wheat
June 17th 2024Detecting Fusarium head blight (FHB) in wheat kernels and flour is important in ensuring food safety in the agriculture industry. Here, we recap a recent study that uses non-destructive spectroscopic techniques and machine learning algorithms to detect FHB.
Improving Asphalt Recycling Using FT-IR Spectroscopy
June 12th 2024Reclaimed asphalt (RA) is often used in many road maintenance and construction projects. A recent study demonstrated how Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) can be used to analyze RA to ensure its efficacy for new asphalt mixtures.