Cybersecurity Source update

NIST Expands Its Library of ‘Chemical Fingerprints’ to Identify Unknown Substances

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What happened

Researchers and manufacturers rely on the library to identify unknown compounds in food, drugs, cosmetics, the environment, body fluids, forensic evidence and even space rocks.

Original source

Source publication date: Jun 9, 2026. Original Source →

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