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Near Infrared (NIR) News

Photo of πNIRS in action

The πNIRS technique could revolutionise medical diagnostics, including monitoring of strokes and Alzheimer’s disease.

Photo of the ICP sensor being placed on a forehead

A team from Carnegie Mellon University have developed methods using NIR and diffuse correlation spectroscopies to monitor intracranial pressure non-invasively.

Figure showing ICP estimator performance on NIR spectroscopy derived average cardiac waveforms

A novel algorithm estimates intracranial pressure based on haemoglobin levels using near infrared spectroscopic cardiac pulse waveforms.

Photo of jet engine being tested

Large-scale, chemical-specific emissions information poised to aid development of greener airplane engines and fuels.

Diagram of the of NIR single-grain high-throughput quality analysis instrument

​​​​​​​A high-throughput single-grain quality NIR detection platform has helped evaluate the eating quality of hybrid rice.

Photo of Henri Hekman, CEO and Founder of AgroCares, and Dr. Christian Nitschke, Director IR Sensing & Spectroscopy Solutions Business at trinamiX

AgroCares are to use trinamiX’s handheld NIR spectrometer in their next Nutrient Scanner solution.

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Professor Kerry Walsh is to receive the prestigious ANISG Tony Blakeney Award for 2022.

Heat maps of the confusion matrices of wheat and rice sample sets identified by the neural network

A Chinese team has developed a new algorithm for near infrared spectroscopy, suitable for high-throughput identification of the authenticity of crop varieties.

The Awards Committee of the Council for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (CNIRS) is requesting nominations and submissions for four award categories.

Si-Ware has announced a partnership with NutriControl Analytical Solutions, a laboratory network based in the Netherlands serving the animal feed, dairy and food sectors.

Process Insights has acquired Guided Wave, which will join Process Insights’ existing broad portfolio of brands and technologies for process analytics, monitoring and control.

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fNIRS can determine impairment from cannabis intoxication and could be used as a “breathalyser” on drivers.

KPM Analytics has acquired Bruins Instruments, a manufacturer of high-resolution near infrared reflectance and transmission analysers.

The fusion reflectance and transmission NIR spectra can improve predictions of the three main components of rice flour.

NIR spectroscopy is used to monitor the drying of coated apple chips in an investigation to encourage their consumption by children.

Senorics GmbH, a spin-off from the University of Technology Dresden (TU Dresden) and a startup in the ZEISS Ventures Portfolio has successfully closed a new financing round.

NIR-HSI is non-invasive and can be used to quantify fat content in liver aiding medical research and the diagnosis of liver diseases.

KPM Analytics has partnered with AB Vista to provide their NIR analysis solutions with the Aunir calibration database.

trinamiX and Viavi Solutions have announced a joint development agreement to build an NIR spectrometer module for integration into consumer devices.

Portable NIR technology can quantify the levels of amygdalin, the compound responsible for the bitter taste of almonds, on an industrial scale.