Murnane, Kapteyn and their students are no stranger to powerful lasers. The researchers and their colleagues previously pioneered the design of tabletop X-ray lasers. These machines emit beams of ...

With Raman microscopy, there's an additional layer of complexity: fluorescence. Particle fluorescence can overwhelm the Raman signal and make routine analysis more challenging. In comparison, IR ...

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Near-infrared spectroscopy, known as NIR spectroscopy or NIRS, is a long-established analytical technique. For over 30 years, it has proven to be a fast and reliable method for measuring chemical and ...

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As summer approaches and sun exposure increases, experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are shedding light on what really happens to our skin when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and ...

Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns serve. Scorpions are one of many animals that appear to glow under ...