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• New DNA method makes it easier to trace criminals
  DNA samples often convict criminals. But many of today's forensic tests are so polluted by soil, tobacco and food remains, for example, that they can not be used. Now researchers at Lund University...
• New nanomethod paves the way for new measuring technology and hypersensitive sensors
  Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a new measurement technology that makes use of optical resonances in nanoparticles. The method, which opens new possibiliti...
• Tracing ultra-fine dust
  Limit values for fine dust emissions are based on total particle weight. It is the ultra-fine particles, however, that are particularly harmful to health. A new technique separates them by size and...
• Quantum-limited Measurement Method for Nanosensors
  New fabrication techniques have enabled the development of on-chip mechanical elements whose dimensions are on the nanometre (one millionth mm) scale. Their application, however, has been limited b...
• Compact Laser System for the Exploration of Planetary Surfaces
  The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) has developed, in cooperation with the Hoerner & Sulger GmbH, a miniaturized laser system which is especially apt for the service in space. The prototype consi...
• Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase
  This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to three scientists who have solved a major problem in biology: how the chromosomes can be copied in a complete way during cell division...
• Dionex Application Improves Determination of Iodide and Iodate in Seawater and Other Saline Matrices
  Dionex announces a sensitive, specific, and rapid method for determination of iodide and iodate in seawater and other saline matrices. Application Note 236: Determination of Iodide and Iodate in Se...
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes B.R.A.H.M.S. Acquisition
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of B.R.A.H.M.S. AG for €330 million (approximately $470 million USD). B.R.A.H.M.S. generated 2008 ...
• LGC Standards continues its growth in emerging markets with first Russian office
  LGC Standards has opened its first office in St Petersburg, Russia. This new office, coming only six months after a presence in China was established, demonstrates that LGC Standards continues to g...
• Detect allergens in food within a few minutes
  The Food Safety Department of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is working on the development of a rapid test to detect allergenic substances in food. Within the framework of a resear...
• Toxic Substances and REACH
  In June 2008, the German Advisory Council on the Environment (Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen, SRU) published the Environmental Report 2008: Environmental Protection in the Shadow of Climate C...