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• Perten celebrates 50 year anniversary
  Perten Instruments was founded on the commercialization of the now world standard Falling Number Method. The Falling Number Method provides a rapid, simple-to-use test to determine sprout damage at...
• BAM facilitates water quality monitoring
  The European Commission extends the list of substances to be monitored for water conservation by 15. In addition to industrial chemicals, biocides and pesticides, pharmaceuticals are listed for the...
• Gold nanoantennas detect proteins
  Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany have developed a new method of observing individual proteins. Detailed knowledge of the dynamics of proteins is necessary in order...
• Metrohm celebrates 25 years of ion chromatography
  This year it is 25 years since Metrohm launched its first ion chromatograph, the 690 ion chromatograph. Since then Metrohm has profoundly changed ion chromatography with instruments that are simple...
• Hamilton shows exciting new products for laboratory analytics at Analytica 2012
  Hamilton Bonaduz AG offers a wide portfolio of high quality analytical products. At Analytica 2012 in Munich the latest developments in the field of liquid handling, sample preparation and HPLC wil...
• Weed Control with Laser Beams
  The laser beam can be used to selectively fight weeds in an early growth stage. This is the result of a current research project between the Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) and the Biosystems and Hort...
• X-ray Fluorescence Equipment Business Successfully Launched in Japan
  Analytik Jena has seen a successful start to its new X-ray fluorescence equipment business in Japan, with order volumes totaling more than EUR 1.6 million and initial sales in excess of EUR 1.2 mil...
• Hamilton presents new columns for anion analysis
  Hamilton Bonaduz AG is a global manufacturer of analytical products. Hamilton is known for analytical syringes, sensors and polymeric HPLC columns. At Analytica in Munich, Hamilton will present fou...
• Preview Hamilton's new Microlab® 600 for sample preparation at Analytica
  Hamilton Bonaduz AG is attending Analytica and will show the Microlab 600 - the next generation of semi-automated diluters and dispensers for analytical sample preparation.The Microlab 600 is a hig...
• Substance evaluation starts under REACH: The first list of substances published
  The first Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) contains 90 substances that the Member States will evaluate under the substance evaluation process of the REACH Regulation. These substances are eval...
• Nanosilver: progress in the sphere of analysis, gaps in toxicology and exposure
  According to industry and trade sources, nanoscale silver is the nanomaterial most often used in products intended for consumers. However, consumers are frequently not told which products actually ...
• New model predicts whether chemicals accumulate in our bodies
  When assessing the safety of chemical substances, knowledge on absorption, distribution (including the bioaccumulative potential), metabolism and excretion is essential. A lot of this information c...