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• Tracking down Antimatter in the Universe
  On April 29, 2011, the AMS-02 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer will take off from the NASA launch site Cape Canaveral (Florida) to the International Space Station ISS on board the space shuttle Endeavou...
• Eurofins pioneers Allergen multi-screening in a single analysis
  Eurofins has developed a methodology that allows direct detection of proteins from allergenic compounds in a single analysis using mass spectrometry (MS). Consistent with its mission of being at th...
• BUCHI received InterLabTec Award 2011 in the category "chemical-physical analysis"
  BUCHI Labortechnik has recently received the InterLabTec-Award 2011 for outstanding achievements in the category "chemical-physical analysis". The prize was awarded for the development of the Speed...
• Specialised Imaging opens German office
  Specialised Imaging Ltd., a leading technological innovator in the field of ultra high-speed imaging, has announced further expansion of its European sales and support operations with the opening o...
• Terminology in Analytical Measurement: Introduction to VIM 3 (2011)
  This guide has been produced by members of the Eurachem Education and Training Working Group and others co-opted to the Project group for this task.In the world of metrology - the science of measur...
• Lightning-fast materials testing using ultrasound
  For years, ultrasound has proven to be a valuable tool in non-destructive materials testing. However, the demands of modern production conditions are increasing all the time. Researchers at Fraunho...
• VWR Acquires Trenka Industriebedarf Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. in Austria
  VWR International, LLC has agreed to acquire the safety products distribution business of Trenka Industriebedarf Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H., subject to customary closing conditions. The parties ant...
• Sigma-Aldrich Opens European Headquarters in St. Gallen, Switzerland
  Sigma-Aldrich opened its European Regional Headquarters today in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The new Einstein Facility located in the heart of St. Gallen will be home to approximately 50 employees.Es...
• Universal detector made of DNA building blocks
  A method for detecting such diverse substances as antibiotics, narcotics and explosives - a universal detector, so to speak - has been developed by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polym...
• Third Dimension of Specific Cell Cultivation
  At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), researchers of the DFG Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) succeeded in specifically cultivating cells on three-dimensional structures. The fascin...