Video: September 22, 2023 Photonics Hot List

Sept. 22, 2023
In this episode, we cover how near-IR spectroscopy could unravel dementia, fighting food fraud with photonics, and space-based tech that offers advanced data.

In this episode of Photonics Hot List...

Diseases like dementia are so difficult to diagnose and equally difficult to understand. But a team of U.K.-based researchers say functional near-IR spectroscopy could hold the key.

Economically motivated food adulteration (food fraud) has become a worldwide concern. Now, Purdue University researchers are fighting this dangerous and deceptive practice using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.

While scientists have been studying Earth’s atmosphere and deep space for decades, there is still much to discover and more to learn. New technology by a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab is helping scientists do that by obtaining advanced data.

About the Author

Justine Murphy | Multimedia Director, Digital Infrastructure

Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

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