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• New analytical method for detecting the mineral oil contents in foodstuffs resulting from recycled cardboard
  On 22 and 23 September 2011, about 400 representatives from the worlds of science, business and society as well as politics and government institutions discussed how food packaging made of recycled...
• Sartorius Concludes Agreement to Acquire the Liquid Handling Business of the Finnish Laboratory Supplier Biohit
  Sartorius signed an agreement to acquire the liquid handling business of the Finnish laboratory supplier Biohit Oyj. With its liquid handling segment, Biohit is one of the global market leaders for...
• Tracking down volatile mercury in the Atlantic
  For the first time, mercury emissions of the Atlantic Ocean were investigated by comprehensive measurements, performed under the leadership of researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Baltic Sea R...
• A protein shows plants the oxygen concentration of their surroundings
  Plants need water to grow, but every hobby gardener knows that you shouldn't carry this to excess either. During waterlogging or flooding, plants can't take up enough oxygen that they urgently need...
• Laser makes sure food is fresh
  Minced meat, bread, fruit juice and many other foods are packaged in a protective gas which extends their shelf life. There is currently no good method to check whether the packaging has the correc...
• Gold surfaces repair themselves at room temperature
  Micromechanical systems and electric switches are based on smallest sliding contacts. They only work without loss of energy or material, if the surfaces are very smooth and without any defects. So ...
• Light driving light: how an optical transistor operates
  The transistor is one of the most influential inventions of the 20th century. Its crucial function is to drive electrical signals utilising electrical signals in television sets, telephones, PCs an...
• A Microscopic View on Quantum Fluctuations
  Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics achieve direct imaging of quantum fluctuations at absolute zero temperature.Fluctuations are fundamental to many physical phenomena in our e...
• Conference Review: 8th Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium, Ulm, Germany
  With a record-breaking 95 delegates, the 8th Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium took place in Ulm, Germany from October 5th - 6th. Over the years the symposium has evolved to become one of the leadin...
• Dioxin-like Chemical Messenger Makes Brain Tumors More Aggressive
  A research alliance of Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), jointly with colleagues of the Helmholtz Center for Environment...
• How to count nanoparticles
  Nanoparticles of a substance can be counted and the size distribution can be determined by dispersing the nanoparticles into a gas. But some nanoparticles tend to aggregate when the surrounding con...
• Nanopores on a Chip: Applications for Analytical Tasks in Chemistry and Biology
  Biological nanopores are proteins of only a few nanometers in diameter that form tiny water-filled canals. They have proven to be promising tools in the field of nanobiotechnology. In a joint proje...
• New fabrication process for microarray chips for clinical diagnostics
  At this year's Biotechnica from October 11 to 13, 2011 in Hannover, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT will be demonstrating a laser-based bench-top system for fabricating protein mi...
• Cell cultures from a machine
  Cell cultures form the basis of day-to-day research work in applications that range from the development of drugs and vaccines to the decoding of functions of individual genes. Up until now, cell c...
• PANalytical expands with ultramodern X-ray tube factory in Eindhoven
  PANalytical, the global leading supplier of analytical X-ray instrumentation, services and software, has relocated its X-ray tube manufacturing to a new factory in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. PANal...
• Food safety in Europe - who is responsible for what?
  The EHEC outbreak event in 2011 which affected numerous citizens of European Member States has shown that a Europe-wide network of all food safety authorities for the protection of consumers is abs...
• Agilent Technologies Awards 2011 Russell Varian Prize for Innovation in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  Agilent Technologies announced Gareth Alun Morris, professor of physical chemistry at the University of Manchester as the winner of the 2011 Russell Varian Prize.The prize is awarded to a researche...