Spectroscopy

1 week ago | spectroscopyonline.com | Jerome Workman

A cross-institutional research team has unveiled a powerful new technology that could dramatically improve the safety and authenticity of medicinal and edible homologs (MEHs)—natural products widely used in both cuisine and traditional medicine.

1 week ago | spectroscopyonline.com | Caroline Hroncich

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on imported semiconductor chips, signaling a new front in his administration’s escalating trade agenda. The move comes amid a flurry of tariff announcements, followed by a temporary 90-day pause on higher targeted tariffs for most countries—affecting imports from several of the United States’ key trading partners.

1 week ago | spectroscopyonline.com | Will Wetzel

In a recent study conducted by Kohei Tahara, a professor at Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Tahara and his team explored a new alternative for patients suffering from oral mucositis (1). This new development is a new film formulation of polaprezinc (PLZ), a zinc-based compound with anti-inflammatory and mucosal-protective properties (1).

1 week ago | spectroscopyonline.com | Will Wetzel

A recent study explored how real-time fermentation monitoring can be improved by Raman spectroscopy models. The study, which was led by Marieke E. Klijn from Delft University of Technology, shows how supplementing calibration data sets with a single compound structure enhances the transferability of partial least-squares (PLS) quantification models across different fermentation processes (1). The findings of this study were published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (1).

1 week ago | spectroscopyonline.com | Jerome Workman

The landscape of cancer treatment is undergoing a significant transformation with the rise of immunotherapies, which harness the body's immune system to fight cancer. However, accurately predicting which patients will respond to these therapies remains a challenge. Traditional approaches often fail to address the complex and heterogeneous nature of tumors, leading to inconsistent treatment outcomes.