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• Imaging the absolute configuration of a chiral compound for the first time
  In a complex experiment, Heidelberg researchers have succeeded for the first time in determining the absolute configuration of a chiral compound by means of direct imaging. They were able to conclu...
• Monitoring the ban on nuclear tests
  In terms of detecting the radioactive noble gas xenon, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) is among the best in the world: The Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBT...
• World's Most Powerful Laboratory Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Facility Operational
  X-ray diffraction sheds light on the structure of crystals, nanolayers, and molecules. Using this method, scientists were able to decipher the structure of DNA, for instance. An instrument for this...
• Researchers discover ferroelectric liquid crystal
  Although certain liquid crystals mainly comprise water, a spontaneous alignment of electrical dipoles could incur in them and consequently a spontaneous electrical polarisation could occur macrosco...
• Anton Paar acquires CSM Instruments
  On November 15, 2013, the purchase contract between Anton Paar GmbH and CSM Instruments SA was signed. CSM Instruments SA will continue under the name "CSM Instruments SA | A company of Anton Paar"...
• Tin for faster chips
  Intensive research is being conducted worldwide on a material that promises a revolution in data processing. For the first time ever, physicists have now produced this from a very simple substance....
• Portable lab analysis - mini spectrometer integrated into your mobile phone
  Researchers at the Technische Universität Dresden and the Fraunhofer FEP are developing a novel type of an ultra-tiny spectrometer that fits into your mobile phone. The novelty here are metallic na...
• Novel membrane for climate protection and medicine technology
  A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P), under the director Hans-Jürgen Butt and his project leader Doris Vollmer, have developed a novel kind of membrane with wh...