Even newborn babies just a few days old can remember words, although they're better at remembering the vowels in those words than the consonants, say Italian scientists.
News Blog: October 2012
Posted: 23 October 2012
Posted: 15 October 2012
A team of Canadian soil scientists has shown that NIR spectroscopy offers a quick and easy way to determine several soil properties, including how strongly it binds the powerful, manure-derived steroid 17β-estradiol.
Posted: 11 October 2012
NIR spectroscopy is an effective way to determine muscle mass in the elderly, say Japanese medical researchers.
Posted: 10 October 2012
Specim, Spectral Imaging, Ltd, has released AisaFENIX, a robust and compact spectral imager for field and airborne installations.
Posted: 9 October 2012
The Fiji Sugar Corporation is to buy a NIR analyser to test all incoming sugar and pay farmers on the basis of its quality.
Posted: 8 October 2012
When the olive harvest in Spain and Portugal gets underway this November some forward-looking oil producers will have a NIR new tool to help them get the best from their olive presses.
Posted: 8 October 2012
The Korean National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service has purchased 49 units of the Foss Infratec 1241 near infrared grain analyser for rice labelling control.
Posted: 2 October 2012
NASA and the US Geological Survey provide data from their Landsat satellites for free. This data is already used by farmers to monitor nitrogen levels in their fields and plan fertiliser application.
Posted: 2 October 2012
Novel, biocompatible nanoparticles luminesce in the NIR through more than 3 cm of biological tissue, demonstrating the promise of nanotechnology in biomedical imaging.
Posted: 1 October 2012
The short course programme at Pittcon 2013 has been announced.
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