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• QIAGEN acquires Ingenuity Systems
  QIAGEN announced the acquisition of Ingenuity Systems, Inc., the leading provider of software solutions to efficiently and accurately analyze and interpret the biological meaning of genomic data. ...
• Altmann Analytik expands - move to new office accommodation
  Altmann Analytik moved into a larger office accommodation in Rupert-Mayer-Straße 46, Munich on 1 April 2013 - just a few minutes from the old headquarter. The new office space of the independent tr...
• Barely any nanosilver from consumer products in the water
  Nanosilver in wastewater can cause severe environmental damage if it occurs as a metal. A study conducted within the scope of the National Research Programme "Opportunities and Risks of Nanomateria...
• Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Life Technologies Corporation
  Thermo Fisher and Life Technologies, a leading life sciences company, have signed a definitive agreement under which Thermo Fisher will acquire Life Technologies for $76.00 in cash per common share...
• Analytik Jena Increases Stake in Ilmenau-Based Laboratory Device Manufacturer ETG to 80 Percent
  Analytik Jena AG, a leading manufacturer of analytical instrumentation technology, life science instruments and optoelectronics, has increased its stake in Ilmenau-based ETG Entwicklungs- und Techn...
• Particles Changing Angle: Unexpected Orientation in Capillaries
  When small particles flow through thin capillaries, they display an extremely unusual orientation behaviour. This has recently been discovered by a research team led by Prof. Stephan Förster and Pr...
• Observing engine oil beneath metal
  Lubricating oil is essential for engines. Multi-disc clutches, like those found in motorcycles, are also lubricated and cooled with oil. The oil pump has to be driven by the engine at the same time...
• Tracing Photochemical Reactions
  When light hits organic molecules, it triggers processes that are of considerable interest to scientists. But the individual steps of the reaction are very hard to identify. A study group at the Un...
• Innovative Tomographic Imaging Process
  Scanning Laser Optical Tomography (SLOT) is a fast method which can be used for imaging biological tissue or complete organs in a high 3-D resolution. The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) has file...
• Analytik Jena AG Acquires US Company UVP, LLC
  Analytik Jena AG) has signed a contract for the acquisition of all shares of UVP, LLC, incorporated under US law as a limited liability company, based in Upland/California, USA. Upon the transfer o...
• New DNA test identifies ingredients in foods
  Almost all foodstuffs contain the genetic material of those animal and plant species that were used in their preparation. Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Genetics, Genetic Security Researc...
• Archaea: Four cells turn seabed microbiology upside down
  Single-celled archaea are invisible to the naked eye, and even when using a microscope, great care must be taken to observe them. An international team of researchers led by the Center for Geomicro...