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News and Updates for 2026
A toast to spectroscopy: How Compact Spectrometers are used in ethanol product research
Alcoholic beverages seem like a simple concept at first: take something sugary, throw in some yeast, and ta da! The sugars are fermented into ethanol. But the reality is more complex, even for mass produced products like Budweiser and Charles Shaw. For example, wine...
Diverse medical technologies: How Compact Spectrometers are being used to develop health-related methods and devices
Earlier, I wrote a piece about how StellarNet customers are using compact spectrometers to tackle the multi-headed beast that is cancer. While cancer is a large problem, it is but one of many in the healthcare industry. Diseases need to be understood, treatments need...
New Product Release: SpectraWiz ID – Forensic Raman Spectral Library
StellarNet proudly announces a new add-on Forensic Spectral Library for Raman spectroscopy applications. The library includes over 200 narcotics, explosives, and chemical precursors. The library was developed with assistance from the Federal Bureau of...
Spectroscopy Lab Experiments – Using Raman Spectroscopy to Detect Art Forgeries
In the previous experiment, you were introduced to Raman spectroscopy. This week you will explore how Raman spectroscopy can be used to solve real-world problems. You will use Raman spectroscopy to determine the validity of two paintings – one painting is a forgery...
How Compact Spectrometers are being used in Environmental Research: Cleaning Up Our Messes
Modern technological advances have made our lives easier – from pharmaceuticals to help us stay healthy, to pesticides that allow greater crop yield – at least in the short term. But, what happens to these compounds once we are done using them? Many of them end up in...
How Compact Spectrometers are being used in Cancer Research: Approaches to a Multifaceted Problem
Every week, it seems like another friend or family member is diagnosed with cancer. The American Cancer Society predicts that 1,688,780 people will be diagnosed with cancer and 600,920 people will die from cancer in the US in 2017. This problem isn’t limited to the...
Spectrometer Application Note: How do Different Light Sources Affect Crops?
For millennia, farmers have been at the mercy of the sun, depending on it to grow quality crops. Then came metal halide lamps and greenhouses to create artificial sun and summer. Now, with technologies such as LEDs, crops can be grown with tailored spectral...
Spectroscopy Lab Experiments – Quantification of Food Dyes in Sports Drinks
Absorbance Spectroscopy and Sports Drinks How much food dye is present in sports drinks? This is the question you will answer in this laboratory experiment. You will use visible spectroscopy to determine the concentration of a food dye in a beverage of your choice....
Technical Note – Vibrational Spectroscopy: Infrared vs. Raman
Vibrational spectroscopies are integral in analyzing some of the most fundamentally important processes in physical chemistry: molecular vibrations. While there are many different experimental techniques used to analyze those vibrations, most are variations of the...
Photonics West 2017 Video Updates
StellarNet Makes a Splash! StellarNet recently unveiled its latest innovations at the industry's leading photonics conference, Photonics West, where there were more than 1,200 companies and 20,000+ attendees. It was great to see so many familiar faces and happy...