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• first insights into the crystallization of tiny water droplets
  Water that freezes to ice at some point is everyday physics, but even scientists gain new insights into this phenomenon all the time. For example, it is only now that researchers are able to invest...
• Great potential for wireless sensor systems through transponder technology
  Transponder systems are becoming increasingly important in daily life. Whereas the simplest versions are used as identification or storage media, additional information on objects or their environm...
• Software for high content drug research using live cells
  At the European Lab Automation Congress, held in Hamburg on June 6 and 7, Fraunhofer FIT demonstrates the new Zeta software for cell division analysis, which we developed for the Bayer Pharma AG. I...
• Unique method creates correct mirror image of molecule
  Many molecules have a right and a left form, just like shoes. In pharmaceuticals, it is important that the correct form of the molecule is used. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have bee...
• A New Type of Laser
  University of Würzburg physicists have succeeded in creating a new type of laser. Its operation principle is completely different from conventional devices, which opens up the possibility of a sign...
• Precision measurement of metallic foils during production
  The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT is unveiling its new "bd-2" sensor for thickness measurements. Within a measurement range of several millimeters, the system can accurately measure...
• How Matter assembles: Tiny Magnets as a Model System
  In the microscopic world, everything is in motion: atoms and molecules vibrate, proteins fold, even glass is a slow flowing liquid. And during each movement there are interactions between the small...
• Analytik Jena to Develop Products for Sepsis Diagnostics
  Analytik Jena has acquired all of the assets of the insolvent company SIRS-Lab GmbH as part of an asset deal. A contract covering the deal was signed by the Jena-based instrument manufacturer and t...
• Food Tech Innovation Portal goes online
  After 4 years of hard development work and compilation of a wide range of data, the Food Tech Innovation Portal was launched to the public on the 1st of May 2013. The portal offers descriptions of ...