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How Portable NIR and Advanced Modeling Are Reshaping Quality and Trust in the Tobacco Industry
Traditional tobacco has always been complex. Leaf origin, curing, fermentation, blending – variability is intrinsic to the material itself.
Instant Ingredient Verification with Portable NIR
Raw material identification is vital for quality and safety in agribusiness, especially in food and beverage.
How Light Uncovers Coffee’s Hidden Story
From soil to leaf to bean: portable NIR gives coffee growers moisture, nutrient and organic matter readings on the spot instead of weeks later.
Portable NIR Solution for Instant Meat Quality Checks
How do you guarantee the quality of every cut of meat when production lines need to run efficiently and customer demands keep climbing?
Measuring Olives and Olive Oil on the spot
Oil content, water, polyphenols and free fatty acids, measured on the olives, in the paste or in the finished oil: how portable NIR helps producers decide.
Unlocking the Future of Corn Production with Real-Time Analysis
Soil nutrients, plant tissue and post-harvest moisture and starch: how one portable NIR device supports every stage of corn production.
Current Drug Situation in Europe 2024: An Insightful Analysis
The drug landscape in Europe is continually evolving, driven by the emergence of new substances, shifting usage patterns, and changing policies.
The PA6 and PA66 Challenge: Distinguishing the Indistinguishable
In the intricate dance of molecules that shapes the materials of our daily lives, polyamides play a leading role.
Plastic Recycling Revolution: NIR Spectroscopy’s Transformative Role
In our modern world, the issue of plastic recycling has evolved into a global environmental crisis, with millions of tons of plastic produced, used, and discarded each year.
Asbestos Detection: Unmasking the Hidden Danger with Advanced Techniques in Using NIR Spectroscopy
Asbestos, once prized in construction, remains a hidden hazard. The limits of traditional detection and how NIR spectroscopy can help identify it on site.
Good start for the drug control center: scanned 170 samples
In six months, the Lausanne facility has attracted 90 consumers wishing to test their drugs. The canton is considering the future of the programme.
Providing illicit drugs results in five seconds using ultra-portable NIR technology
The analysis of illicit drugs faces many challenges, mainly regarding the production of timely and reliable results and the production of added value from the generated data.
Analyse drugs qualitatively and quantitatively in five seconds
Forensic scientists Florentin Coppey and Pierre Esseiva (University of Lausanne) explain how NIR spectrometry analyses narcotics in under five seconds.
How does Near-infrared spectroscopy work?
Near-infrared spectroscopy in a nutshell: how NIR light interacts with molecules and why it is used in chemistry, pharma, agriculture and food science.
The PA6 and PA66 challenge
PA6 and PA66 look alike but do not recycle together. How NIR spectroscopy tells them apart in five seconds, without melting or pelletizing.
Near-infrared spectroscopy in recycling
Recycling has become an important subject in today’s society due to the impact of waste on our environment and the loss of valuable resources.