There is always something interesting to find when browsing the projects on Hackaday.io. I’m always amazed at how much hackers can get done in their basements and home labs. One surprising trend I’ve ...

A spectrometer is a pretty common lab instrument, useful for determining the absorbance of a sample across a spectrum of light. The standard design is simple; a prism or diffraction grating to break ...

UC Davis electrical engineers have created a chip-sized device to measure the spectrum of visible and infrared light. The spectrometer-on-a-chip could have a wide range of applications in medicine, ...

When a spectrometer is being configured for a given experiment, one of the commonly overlooked considerations is in selecting the best fiber optic cable. While there are many different factors to ...

A new, miniature laser source developed by applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and ...

A portable spectrometer small enough to fit inside a smartphone camera could soon be used to diagnose diseases including skin cancer. As well as diagnosing diseases the portable spectrometer could ...

The AvaSpec range of line of instruments offers several configuration options to improve the spectroscopic and optical performance of the instrument for specific applications. This article provides ...

Scientists at The Rockefeller University have built a prototype mass spectrometer that can process over a billion molecules ...

Researchers have successfully demonstrated a spectrometer that is orders of magnitude smaller than current technologies and can accurately measure wavelengths of light from ultraviolet to the ...

Researchers developed a multi-channel mass spectrometry system that processes ions in parallel, enhancing signal detection, ...

The Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility scientists have brought the Solenoidal Large Intensity Device (SoLID) experiment to life with a detailed 3D-printed model, ...

Spectrometers are used, like prisms, to spread light out into its component colours. They can reveal the composition of stars or streetlights. Make a window Cut a 1cm square in the middle of one piece ...