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AI-Powered Detection System Identifies Petroleum Contamination in Edible Oils
March 3rd 2025Researchers from Jiangsu University and Jimei University have developed an AI-powered detection system using near-infrared spectroscopy and a convolutional neural network long short-term memory (CNN-LSTM) model to accurately identify petroleum contamination in edible oils for improving food safety and quality control.
Investigating ANFO Lattice Vibrations After Detonation with Raman and XRD
February 28th 2025Spectroscopy recently sat down with Dr. Geraldine Monjardez and two of her coauthors, Dr. Christopher Zall and Dr. Jared Estevanes, to discuss their most recent study, which examined the crystal structure of ammonium nitrate (AN) following exposure to explosive events.
Nanoparticle-Enhanced LIBS Mapping Uncovers Coffee-Ring Effect in Serum Analysis
February 27th 2025Researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology and Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital have demonstrated how optimizing silver nanoparticle concentrations can mitigate the coffee-ring effect in nanoparticle-enhanced laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (NELIBS), improving the accuracy of elemental analysis in bioliquid samples.