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• Improving light and heat spectra measurements
  Whether you want to investigate objects in space, characterize the quality of light sources, optimize photovoltaics modules or analyze chemical compounds, measuring the spectrum of light- or heat s...
• New Methods to Trace Fragrance Allergens
  A recent doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg presents new methods to trace allergenic fragrance compounds in consumer products, such as perfumes. Since cosmetics and hygiene produc...
• Grilling with charcoal is not for indoors
  If you are grilling indoors with charcoal then it's very dangerous because significant amounts of toxic gases, especially carbon monoxide (CO) are released from the glowing charcoal. Even if window...
• Towards more sensitive radioactivity measurements
  A radiopure capacitor (a fundamental electronics component) that is suited to be used in gamma-ray detectors operating underground has been developed during a recent study. This new 'radiopure' cap...
• Bad news for fake pearls
  For the first time, a group of researchers has succeeded in isolating DNA from pearls and used their genetic material to identify the specific species of oyster that produced the pearl. In a parall...
• Watching the heart beat of molecules
  MPQ-scientists achieve rapid identification of complex molecules by applying coherent Raman spectroscopy with two laser frequency combs. A team of scientists around Prof. Theodor W. Hänsch and D...
• 50 Years Photometers from Jena
  In the year 1846 Carl Zeiss founded the Optical Workshop in Jena which was the beginning of the industrial production of analytical instruments worldwide. In 1963 Carl Zeiss Jena introduced the spe...
• Nanoscaled Tip Writes Artificial Cell Membranes
  Researchers around Dr. Michael Hirtz from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan from the University of Manchester have developed a new method to produce artificial membra...
• Happiness lowers blood pressure
  A synthetic gene module controlled by the happiness hormone dopamine produces an agent that lowers blood pressure. This opens up new avenues for therapies that are remote-controlled via the subscon...
• Sartorius announces offer to acquire UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc
  Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading global supplier for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, today made a cash offer to acquire the UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc (TAP Biosystems) throug...
• Unique Colour X-Ray Camera for the Analysis of Elements in Minerals and Ores Ready for Operation
  A unique colour X-ray camera goes into operation at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) today. With this camera, it will be possible for the researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Freib...
• Particle formation in the atmosphere - further aspect unveiled
  Natural and man-made amine emissions could influence the formation of particles in the atmosphere - and thus our climate. Thanks to new measuring methods with unprecedented accuracy, the formation ...
• BRAIN wins 2013 EUROPEAN BIOTECHNICA AWARD
  The biotech company BRAIN has been chosen as the winner of the 2013 EUROPEAN BIOTECHNICA AWARD. At the Opening Ceremony for the 2013 edition of BIOTECHNICA - Europe's No. 1 event for biotechnology,...
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems
  Chemists used to create models of molecules using plastic balls and sticks. Today, the modelling is carried out in computers. In the 1970s, Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel laid the...
• New production method for Graphene
  Graphene, a crystal composed of only one layer of carbon atoms arranged in a regular hexagon, is regarded as a material which is believed to be capable of performing miracles, in particular in the ...
• Recycling of radicals during isoprene degradation in the Atmosphere demonstrated
  It sounds unlikely: a washing machine recycles used detergent in order to use it again for the next load of dirty washing. But this is just what happens during the degradation of pollutants in the ...
• Lasers offer an automated way to test drinking water
  To keep drinking water clean, experts are constantly monitoring our supply to check it for contaminants. Now laser technology will give them a helping hand: a new system automatically analyzes wate...
• Chemistry with sorted Molecules
  To gain complete control over chemical reactions is one of the main goals of chemists around the world. For the first time, scientists at the University of Basel and the Center of Free-Electron Las...
• New reference material for tracing metals in human hair
  The JRC produced a new European Reference Material (ERM), ERM-DB001, for monitoring the presence of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), mercury (Hg), selenium (Se), lead (Pb) and zi...
• Counting on Neodymium - Information processing with magnetic molecules
  Magnetic molecules are regarded as promising functional units for the future of information processing. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Jülich and Aachen were the first to produce par...