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• Distribution of soot particles in particulate filters of diesel vehicles seen for the first time
  Nowadays, all diesel motor vehicles are fitted with a particulate filter as standard, as part of the Euro5 Emission Standard. These filters prevent the harmful soot and ash particles in exhaust gas...
• Study: Europe-wide growth in gene-based tests
  The application of gene-based tests in hospitals and private laboratories has increased across Europe. This emerged in a recent study on molecular diagnosis, run by data information intelligence Gm...
• Xylem announces the acquisition of MJK to enhance its analytics portfolio
  Xylem Inc. announced that it has acquired MJK Automation A/S, a privately owned company headquartered in Naerum, Denmark for approximately $12.3 million (DKK 75 million). The actual terms of the tr...
• Analyzing Tumor Cells in Blood Using Nanomagnets
  Siemens' researchers have been able to analyze blood cells by employing the same magnetic reading technology as is used for computer hard drives. They have developed a prototype for the magnetic fl...
• R&D 100 Award for Unprecedented Performance in Fluorescence Microscopy
  The Leica SR GSD is a winner of the R&D100 Award, granted by R&D Magazine for outstanding technical developments. It is the 50th anniversary of this prestigeous award. Leica Microsystems was honore...
• ATP splitting in membrane protein dynamically measured for the first time
  How a transport protein obtains its driving force from the energy storage molecule ATP, has been tracked dynamically by RUB researchers. Using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy, they measured the...
• Frankincense as a Medicine
  It was one of the gifts of the Magi - in addition to myrrh and gold they offered frankincense to the newly born baby Jesus. Since the ancient world the aromatic fragrance of burning Boswellia resin...
• Antibodies also like room temperature
  Exact compliance with the stipulated temperature is crucial in rapid tests such as those often performed in hospitals and in pregnancy or drug tests. This has been emphasised by BAM Federal Institu...
• First green, then red - Fluorescent dye timer tells the age of proteins
  In many diseases, from infections through to cancer, the protein metabolism in the cell is defective. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Center for Molecular Biology of H...
• Eurofins strengthens Asia Pacific footprint with the acquisition of New Zealand Laboratory Services
  Eurofins Scientifi announced that it has acquired New Zealand Laboratory Services (NZ Labs), the second largest food testing laboratory network in New Zealand. NZ Labs generated revenues of over EU...
• The First Seconds in a Building's Life X-ray diffraction studies of cement hydration on the millisecond scale
  No matter if it is a giant complex, a high-rise, or an underground project, modern architecture cannot get along without concrete. The component in concrete that holds the other components together...