Nov 16, 2020 | Agriculture, Application, Food, Reflectance
Bernhard Althaus and Michael Blanke … – INRES-Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Germany Abstract (1) The objective of the present study was to identify suitable parameters to determine the (degree of) freshness of Bell pepper...
Oct 1, 2020 | Color Measurement, News, UV-VIS Absorption
While Oktoberfest celebrations in Munich and around the world have been canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the StellarNet Team decided to make the best of it with a beer celebration the 2020 way- at home. Spectroscopist and beer enthusiast, David...
Sep 16, 2020 | Application, News
As we head into the fall semester and get ‘Back to School’ it is hard not to notice that this year is different than years past. COVID-19 has students, professors, and the world trying to figure out how to learn, educate, & continue research while staying as safe...
Aug 6, 2020 | Application, News, Optical Emission Spectroscopy
With “Shark Week” in full swing and our recent discovery of fossilized shark teeth on our Florida beaches, our applications team decided to analyze the teeth using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). Shark teeth are the most common fossil because...
Jul 30, 2020 | Application, Color Measurement, News, Spectroscopy
After months of being cooped up at home, I decided I needed a change of scenery…responsibly. It was the perfect time to take a semi-staycation. I rented an Airbnb, packed up my car, and headed for a home near a secluded beach. I relaxed, swam in the pool, BBQ ’d...
Jul 23, 2020 | Application, LED Measurement, News, UV SpectroRadiometry
From left to right: María Teresa Flores-Arias, Justo Arines and Carmen Bao-Varela Our research group, Photonics4life, are members of the Physics Faculty at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. During the lockdown, due to the Covid-19 pandemic disease, we were...