Nov 20, 2018 | Agriculture, News, NIR
Why Turkey on Thanksgiving? These tasty birds are large enough that they can feed a table full of hungry family, and unlike chickens or cows, they don’t serve much utilitarian purpose like laying eggs or making milk. Since the turkey is native to North America –...
Sep 10, 2018 | Application, News, NIR
The quality of tea liquor primarily depends on the quality of inbound fresh leaves to a tea factory. Several researchers at the Tocklai Tea Research Institute and Jadavpur University are working in close collaboration to develop NIR prediction methodologies of a few...
Sep 7, 2018 | Application, News, NIR
Introduction If you’ve driven through the mid-western United States, you’ll have noticed that corn is an important and prevalent crop. Corn covers about 90 million acres of farmland in the U.S. and accounts for about two-thirds of global grain trade. The food,...
Apr 30, 2018 | Application, Environmental, NIR, Solar SpectroRadiometry
J Patwari, A Chatterjee, S Sardar, P Lemmens, SK Pal – Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2018 Abstract Co-sensitization to achieve a broad absorption window is a widely accepted technique in light harvesting nanohybrid synthesis. Protoporphyrin (PPIX) and squaraine...
Apr 3, 2018 | Application, Biology, NIR, SpectroRadiometry
NTX Ong, EJ Olson, JJ Tabor – ACS Synthetic Biology, 2017 Abstract Optogenetics is a technology wherein researchers combine light and genetically engineered photoreceptors to control biological processes with unrivaled precision. Near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths...
Feb 21, 2018 | Application, News, NIR
Introduction The ripeness of an avocado affects its flavor, aroma, color and texture. Ripeness, however, is difficult to determine because the fruit ripens without obvious changes in external appearance. Dry matter content has been established as a surrogate for...