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Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy: the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, by a prism. Spectral measurement devices are referred to as spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs or spectral analyzers. Spectroscopic studies were central to the development of quantum mechanics and included Max Planck's explanation of blackbody radiation, Albert Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect and Niels Bohr's explanation of atomic structure and spectra. Spectroscopy is used in physical and analytical chemistry because atoms and molecules have unique spectra. As a result, these spectra can be used to detect, identify and quantify information about the atoms and molecules.
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JAN 30, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Infrared spectroscopy is a popular scientific method to identify and study molecules based on their absorption of infrar ...Written By: Daniel DuanDEC 09, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Likely, a suspicious powder will be composed of illicit drugs but nothing is certain until confirmation. To do so, analy ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 25, 2019Earth & The Environment
A research team led by scientists from The University of Manchester has figured out a new way of making toxic pollutants ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 24, 2019Microbiology
Different forms of microbes have been able to make a home even in the harshest conditions. But there are still locations ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2019Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Nature Communications, a new study details the potential of a blood test that ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 20, 2019Neuroscience
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For almost a decade, physicists have been baffled by the so-called proton radium puzzle: using different methods of meas ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 01, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which was formerly known as the Next Generation Space Telescope ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research recently published in the journal Science Advances from scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Helm ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 13, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
It is estimated that persons suffering from fibromyalgia sometimes wait an average of five years to receive an accurate ...Written By: Abbie ArceJUN 17, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is one of the American space agency’s most expensive projects to date, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2019Space & Astronomy
Among the bevy of natural satellites that orbit the solar system’s largest-known planet, Europa is perhaps one of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
As we get older, our arteries slowly begin to stiffen and then harden, which can lead to many serious complications. Now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2019Technology
A multisite international study proved that technology is now better than tape to measure the risk of a female developin ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 30, 2019Space & Astronomy
Venus is a particularly strange planet, and this is part of the reason why planetary scientists have taken so much inter ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 28, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
The CDC has estimated that about four million adults in the US suffer from fibromyalgia, and many are undiagnosed.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2018Space & Astronomy
If you followed along when NASA’s New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, then you probably remember all ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 01, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, researchers have directly observed an antibiotic in action as it disrupted the membrane of a bacterial cell.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2018Space & Astronomy
Following in the successful footsteps of NASA’s Kepler mission, the space agency’s brand-new Transiting Exop ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 20, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Atoms of regular matters, such as hydrogen, can emit a distinct spectrum of lights when their electrons get excited ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 24, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Looks can be very deceiving: pristine, pure-like grains of sea salt can be the perfect trojan horse for the invasion of ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 15, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A protein kinase, an enzyme, might be the key to developing new cancer drugs according to a research study at the Univer ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 05, 2018Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease, for which there is no cure. Hundreds of resear ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 04, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Quantum mechanics is the fundamental framework established by physicists to describe the happening in the microscopic, s ...Written By: Daniel Duan
JAN 30, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Infrared spectroscopy is a popular scientific method to identify and study molecules based on their absorption of infrar
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 09, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Likely, a suspicious powder will be composed of illicit drugs but nothing is certain until confirmation. To do so, analy
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 25, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A research team led by scientists from The University of Manchester has figured out a new way of making toxic pollutants
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 24, 2019
Microbiology
Different forms of microbes have been able to make a home even in the harshest conditions. But there are still locations
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2019
Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Nature Communications, a new study details the potential of a blood test that
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 20, 2019
Neuroscience
Psychopaths are usually portrayed negatively: they display antisocial behavior, such as shallow emotions, callousness, i
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
SEP 13, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
For almost a decade, physicists have been baffled by the so-called proton radium puzzle: using different methods of meas
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 01, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which was formerly known as the Next Generation Space Telescope
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research recently published in the journal Science Advances from scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Helm
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 13, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
It is estimated that persons suffering from fibromyalgia sometimes wait an average of five years to receive an accurate
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JUN 17, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is one of the American space agency’s most expensive projects to date, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Among the bevy of natural satellites that orbit the solar system’s largest-known planet, Europa is perhaps one of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
As we get older, our arteries slowly begin to stiffen and then harden, which can lead to many serious complications. Now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2019
Technology
A multisite international study proved that technology is now better than tape to measure the risk of a female developin
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 30, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Venus is a particularly strange planet, and this is part of the reason why planetary scientists have taken so much inter
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 28, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CDC has estimated that about four million adults in the US suffer from fibromyalgia, and many are undiagnosed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you followed along when NASA’s New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, then you probably remember all
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 01, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, researchers have directly observed an antibiotic in action as it disrupted the membrane of a bacterial cell.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Following in the successful footsteps of NASA’s Kepler mission, the space agency’s brand-new Transiting Exop
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 20, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Atoms of regular matters, such as hydrogen, can emit a distinct spectrum of lights when their electrons get excited
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 24, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Looks can be very deceiving: pristine, pure-like grains of sea salt can be the perfect trojan horse for the invasion of
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 15, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A protein kinase, an enzyme, might be the key to developing new cancer drugs according to a research study at the Univer
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 05, 2018
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease, for which there is no cure. Hundreds of resear
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 04, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Quantum mechanics is the fundamental framework established by physicists to describe the happening in the microscopic, s
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan