Enabling a private individual to spot counterfeit drugs, test water samples, or check the quality of air could be enabled by an innovative, photonics-based adaptation of a smart phone – the ...

“Spectrometers are critical tools for helping us understand the chemical and physical properties of various materials based on how light changes when it interacts with those materials,” says Brendan O ...

University of Illinois chemistry professor Alexander Scheeline wants to see high school students using their cell phones in class. Not for texting or surfing the Web, but as an analytical chemistry ...