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• Tiny structures produced by femtosecond laser
  Using ultra-short pulse laser irradiation BAM scientists succeeded in producing structures on the surface of titanium that are smaller than 100 nanometres (nm). "This is a milestone for the machini...
• Low radon concentrations accurately measurable for the first time
  You can't see it, you can't smell it, you can't taste it - but at high doses, it can be lethal: the natural radioactive noble gas radon occurs especially in places where the subsoil consists of gra...
• New Method to Visualize Bacterial Cell-to-Cell Communication
  Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a live-cell fluorescent labeling that makes bacterial cell-to-cell communication pathways visible. The communication between bacterial cells is...
• Project lead: gas sensors for safety in hydrogen and fuel cell technology
  Hydrogen is recognized as an important option for climate-friendly energy production and utilization. Accordingly, there will be a large number of hydrogen-powered fuel cells for both stationary an...
• Non-toxic flame retardants - Development of safe alternatives
  Flame retardants are often extremely harmful to health. Despite this, they are found in many types of synthetic materials which would otherwise ignite quickly. Empa researchers have now succeeded i...
• Chemistry inside aerosol particles is important for smog forecasts
  The chemical processes inside smog particles affect their size and mass much more than previously thought. The improved prediction of particle size leads to better evaluations of effects of smog on...
• Risc of arsenic in food examined
  In the classic film "Arsenic and Old Lace", the two nice, elderly ladies have many a skeleton in the closet: their victims are lonely men, whom they poison with arsenic in their wine. Today, arseni...
• The Eberhard Gerstel Prize for outstanding work in Separation Sciences
  Applications are invited for the Eberhard Gerstel Prize. The prize will be awarded to a scientist for an outstanding publication in the field of separation sciences in cooperation with the GERSTEL ...
• Cumulative Assessment Group Methodology for Pesticides
  The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has developed a new approach for grouping pesticides that paves the way for the implementation of cumulative risk assessment - a sophisticated technique to...
• Determination of Atomic Binding Energy of the Rarest Element on Earth
  The radioactive element astatine, the name of which is derived from the Greek word for 'instability,' is so rare on earth that it has not yet been investigated to any greater extent and, as a conse...
• New fluorescent fingerprint tag aims to increase IDs from 'hidden' fingerprints on bullets and knives
  A new way of detecting and visualizing fingerprints from crime scenes using colour-changing fluorescent films could lead to higher confidence identifications from latent (hidden) fingerprints on kn...
• Detection of single photons via quantum entanglement
  A team of quantum physicists in Innsbruck led by Christian Roos and Cornelius Hempel have realised an extremely sensitive method for the spectroscopy of atomic and molecular atoms. This technique c...
• Sartorius Postpones Sale of Industrial Weighing Division
  Sartorius postponed the planned divestiture of its Industrial Weighing Division for the time being. While this division has attracted the wide interest of a number of investors, their investment de...
• Can silver promote the colonization of bacteria on medical devices?
  Biomaterials are increasingly being used to replace human organs and tissues. Since biomaterials are susceptible to microbial colonization, silver is often added to reduce the adhesion of bacteria ...
• Eckert & Ziegler to expand in Austria
  Eckert & Ziegler will purchase all shares in BSM Diagnostica Gesellschaft m.b.H., based in Vienna, Austria, effective July 1, 2013. BSM is one of the leading providers in Austria of FDG (18F fluord...
• Improving wood and flame protection by nanoparticles
  Externally, one cannot see any signs of wood treatment. "It is impregnated, but the typical wood surface remains intact," says Thomas Hübert of BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Test...
• Analytik Jena Subsidiary Obtained Approval for two ELISA-based Tests for Detection and Differentiation of PRRSV
  AJ Roboscreen, an Analytik Jena company, recently obtained the approval for two new assays for screening of swine sera for PRRSV (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus) antibodies and...