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• BfR website with an optimised structure and new design
  With a completely revamped website, the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) presents itself now. With a new, revised user navigation and a modern, transparent design, guests of the website ...
• Analytik Jena Wins InterLabTec Awards 2011
  Analytik Jena AG was singled out for an award in two out of seven categories as part of the formal opening event of the first InterLabTec in Munich. The company received prizes in the categories "S...
• True Surface Microscopy wins Pittcon 2011 Editor's Gold Award
  The new WITec True Surface Microscopy mode is the winner of the Pittcon 2011 Editor's Gold Award for the most outstanding new product at the 2011 PITTCON conference and technical exhibition (14.-17...
• Merck Acquires Microbiology Business of Biotest AG
  Merck KGaA announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the microbiology business of Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany. This business comprises heipha Dr. Müller GmbH, located i...
• Start of a worldwide scientific competition for bioprocesses
  Scientific workgroups from research institutions all over the world can now register for the so called "BlueCompetition", run by BlueSens gas sensor GmbH. The German manufacturer of gas analyzers f...
• A Quantum Pen for Single Atoms
  Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics succeeded in manipulating atoms individually in a lattice of light and in arranging them in arbitrary patterns. These results are an importa...
• New Surface Sensor for Use in Rough Environments
  The Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) is developing a new thin-film strain gauge, which is deposited directly on the surface of tooling machines, motors, workpieces or for example bearings. The special ...
• Accudynamics acquired by Halma
  Accudynamics, Inc., a precision manufacturer of components for medical and diagnostic equipment, has been acquired by UK-based Halma p.l.c., a leading safety, health and sensor technology group. Ac...
• Uniform standards ensure harmonised risk assessment in Europe
  The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has published a guidance document for health assessments in the field of consumer protection. It also includes information on the correct wording to ...
• The newly revamped TES information portal: how to safely handle dangerous goods
  Hazardous goods travel on Germany's roads, railways and waterways every day - more than 350 million tons annually. In order to increase the safety of these transports, BAM (Federal Institute for Ma...
• Agilent Technologies Acquires Lab901 to Expand Electrophoresis Portfolio for Molecular Biology Applications
  Agilent Technologies announced it has acquired Lab901, a leading electrophoresis equipment and consumables company based in Edinburgh, U.K. The company's automated electrophoresis products are used...
• Proteins find their way with address label and guide
  Most newly produced proteins in a cell need to be transported to the proper place before they can be put to work. For proteins to find their way, they have a built-in signal linked to them, a kind ...
• Atomic antennae transmit quantum information across a microchip
  The Austrian research group led by physicist Rainer Blatt suggests a fundamentally novel architecture for quantum computation. They have experimentally demonstrated quantum antennae, which enable t...
• Agrolab GmbH is awarded as an European Top Growth Company
  Europe's 500 yearly determines the Top European growth entrepreneurs and has awarded them for their outstanding achievements in generating sustainable growth and jobs.The Agrolab group is one of ...
• Novel High-Resolution Methods in Fluorescence Microscopy
  Physical limits in high-resolution light microscopy can be overcome with the aid of chemical reactions. Scientists at Heidelberg University's Institute of Physical Chemistry and members of the Clus...
• Eurofins signs agreement to acquire Lancaster Laboratories, Inc.
  Eurofins Scientific SE has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lancaster Laboratories, Inc. from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. for approximately US$200m, subject to post-closing adjustments.W...