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Explore insights, applications, and stories from the field using handheld XRF, LIBS, VisNIR, and portable benchtop analyzers across scrap recycling, mining, geochemistry, forensics, and more.
From Star Trek's Tricorder to the NICU: Broadband Spectroscopy Brings Science Fiction One Step Closer to Reality
Could broadband spectroscopy help transform the early detection of life-threatening diseases? Researchers recently used the ASD LabSpec 4 broadband spectrometer to identify the optical signatures of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating intestinal disease affecting premature infants. By combining high-resolution spectral data with machine learning, the team demonstrated a promising non-invasive approach that could one day lead to faster bedside screening.
Why Analyzer Data Shouldn't Live on a USB Stick
Analyzer data is too valuable to be trapped on USB drives and spreadsheets. Learn how connected workflows with SciAps Cloud+ automate data backup, improve visibility, simplify reporting, and turn analytical results into actionable business intelligence.
Analyzing the USGS 2025 Draft List of Critical Minerals with SciAps PowerHouse X and Z-903
The USGS 2025 Draft Critical Minerals List underscores the growing importance of accurate, field-ready analysis. With SciAps PowerHouse X, Z-903 LIBS, and reveNIR, geologists and industry leaders can rapidly identify critical elements and minerals—helping secure resilient supply chains for the future.
SciAps Expands Portfolio with Legendary ASD Spectroradiometers
SciAps, a leader in portable analytical instruments, has taken over the renowned FieldSpec, TerraSpec, and LabSpec product lines from ASD. This acquisition expands SciAps' commitment to delivering cutting-edge spectral solutions across mining, remote sensing, and laboratory applications. Now integrated under the SciAps brand, these instruments—alongside the new reveNIR analyzer—offer enhanced mineral identification, geologic exploration, and field-portable analysis capabilities.
The 2024 SciAps 200
The SciAps 200 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway was a success!
PowerHouse X: The Groundbreaking Portable Benchtop XRF
SciAps PowerHouse X, with an 80kV miniature X-ray tube, can efficiently excite the K shell emission lines for both light and heavy REEs. By analyzing these high energy K-lines, the complicated spectral overlaps with common metals are avoided completely, yielding unprecedented limits of detection and better performance than any other portable XRF.
The next level for Geochemistry: The X-550 Geochem
The X-550 Geochem features an integrated fan that powers on when required to deliver high duty cycle operations in the hottest of climates. The X-550 Geochem offers three selectable, automated X-ray source settings.
Introducing the SciAps Z-70 LIBS Analyzer
SciAps has designed an economical, easy to use material ID LIBS that fits the needs of the market. The Z-70 utilizes many of the hardware advantages of SciAps high-end instruments in a rugged design. The outcome is a material ID LIBS that doesn’t sacrifice on performance.
SciAps Launches New Sales Office in China
SciAps long-standing presence in China is now official! SciAps is launching a new sales office in China, continuing the company's commitment to global expansion and innovation.
SciAps Partners with Scrap University
Join us as SciAps dives into the fast lane with Scrap University to revolutionize speed, accuracy, and understanding of recycled materials analysis. Catch Ellie from the children's book, The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans, zoom around Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, February 17th! CJ McLaughlin is teaming up with Scrap University Kids to spread the message that ALL metal can be recycled!
SciAps is moving to Andover
SciAps is moving to a 30,000 square foot, high-tech office and manufacturing space, relocating and expanding their Boston-based operations to Andover, MA from Woburn. SciAps, Inc. continues to expand globally as well. Two new sales offices are opening this year, one in India and the other in China.
SciAps is open for business in India
SciAps is thrilled to announce the launch of its new sales office in India, marking a pivotal step in the company's commitment to global expansion and innovation. With a focus on bringing cutting-edge XRF and LIBS technology directly to the Indian market, SciAps is poised to contribute to the growth in this region in multiple industries.
SciAps is giving away alloy analyzers at ISRI golf outings
SciAps is giving away premier X-550 XRF alloy analyzers! Don't miss your chance at a SciAps-sponsored golf event. At designated events, score a hole-in-one, and win a brand new SciAps X-ray gun. Or get closest-to-the-pin, and win 4 pit passes to a NASCAR Xfinity Series race.
SciAps LIBS for Petrography with Gerard Moulzolf
Moulzolf, who grew up with geology as the son of a taconite miner, was lucky enough to get involved with American Engineering Testing just as they were putting together a world-class laboratory for petrography. One of the tools Moulzolf added to the laboratory was the SciAps Z-300 LIBS handheld elemental analyzer.
Technical Note: Handheld LIBS Provides a Fast and Easy Method to Trace Gold
A new study published as a Technical Note in the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (JAAS) demonstrates LIBS as a fast and easy method to trace gold provenance, a previously difficult but necessary task to ensure a responsible supply chain from deposit to consumer.
LIBS as an Emerging Analytical Tool for Mineral Exploration
A just-released publication in Minerals, in special issue Novel Methods and Applications for Mineral Exploration, the authors demonstrate how LIBS is ideally suited for field exploration programs that would benefit from rapid chemical analysis under ambient environmental conditions.