Spectroscopy

Chip-Scale Broadband Optical System that Can Sense Molecules in the Mid-Infrared

June 10, 2018

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have demonstrated, for the first time, a chip-based dual-comb spectrometer in the mid-infrared range, that requires no moving parts and can acquire spectra in less than 2 microseconds. [more...]

Low-cost Spectroscopy Technique Measures Brain Blood Flow

May 6, 2018

UC Davis biomedical engineers have developed a new technique that could be used for measuring blood flow in the brains of patients with stroke or traumatic brain injury; light shined [more...]

Microfluidics Interface Helps Push Two-legged Nanobot

May 13, 2017

A team of researchers in Israel has made a bipedal motor from DNA that can be controlled using a computer-based microfluidics-based interface. The molecular machine, which can “walk” on a [more...]

Schlumberger Introduces Microfluidic Analysis Technology in Oil and Gas Industry

July 18, 2016

Schlumberger announced today at the 2016 Offshore Technology Conference the release of the Maze* microfluidic SARA analysis for reservoir fluids characterization. This is the first commercial application of microfluidic [more...]

Infrared Sensor Aims for Earliest Alzheimer’s Detection

May 9, 2016

A simple, label-free diagnostic test that uses infrared (IR) light aims for Alzheimer’s disease detection more than 15 years before clinical symptoms appear. The work is promising for drug research [more...]