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• Cr(III) or Cr(VI)? Chromium species in dietary supplements by EPA Method 6800
  Determination of chromium in complex matrices is a notorious challenge, as interconversions between species may occur during sample preparation, making quantification very difficult. In a recent re...
• Schmidt+Haensch gets 150 years
  On the 25th of April Schmidt + Haensch will celebrate its 150th anniversary in Berlin. By merging the independent activities of Franz Schmidt and Hermann Haensch, the company was founded in 1864. S...
• Rapid materials testing in 3D
  Bats always know where they are, even in complete darkness. It's not that they have amazing vision: rather, these nocturnal creatures "scan" their surroundings by continually emitting sounds inaudi...
• 3D X-ray Film: Rapid Movements in Real Time
  Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers at KIT reaches New Record in High-speed Computer Tomography - Example: 4D Tomography of Living WeevilHow does the hip joint of a crawling weevil move? A techni...
• Non-destructive testing methods cannot securely expose fake art
  Analysis methods are only capable of clearly detecting fakes when non-contemporary materials are detected in artefacts. However, if the forgers have used substances whose contemporary use is descri...
• Aging of Li-ion batteries explained by using X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  Even the best Li-ion batteries degrade with time. A reason for this was now identified by researchers at HZB. They could directly observe at BESSY II and DORIS atomic rearrangements occurring in th...
• Antimony nanocrystals may be used as alternative anode materials in future high-energy-density batteries
  The hunt is on - for new materials to be used in the next generation of batteries that may one day replace current lithium ion batteries. Today, the latter are commonplace and provide a reliable po...
• Improved mass spectrometric method for proteomic analyses
  When it comes to analyzing cell components or body fluids or developing new medications, there is no way around mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometry is a highly sensitive method of measurement that...
• Atomically thick metal membranes
  For the first time researchers have shown that freestanding metal membranes consisting of a single layer of atoms can be stable under ambient conditions. The success and promise of atomically t...
• One-atom-thick layers of molybdenum disulfide may be material rivaling graphene
  Will one-atom-thick layers of molybdenum disulfide, a compound that occurs naturally in rocks, prove to be better than graphene for electronic applications? There are many signs that might prove to...
• Bimetallic nanoparticles hold promise as catalysts
  Since the dawn of the Bronze Age, people have appreciated the advantages of using alloys rather than single metals to make better materials. Recently, scientists have discovered a recipe for making...
• New tools for nuclear safeguards with molecular signatures inherent to uranium particles
  The SEM-SCA, which combines scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy with structural and chemical analyser, allows a Raman spectrum to be recorded directly in the SEM chamb...
• Mendeley and labfolder join forces to improve data linking and exchange
  Today, the linking of scientific literature and experimental raw data is made possible by the integration of the reference manager and academic social network Mendeley into the digital lab notebook...
• New chemical synthesis for α-arylated Carbonyl derivatives was developed
  In the Research Group of Nuno Maulide, a chemist working at the University of Vienna, a new chemical synthesis for α-arylated Carbonyl derivatives was developed. Members of this class of substances...
• Young Scientist Award 2014 for dispersion analysis
  One session of this year's International Workshop Dispersion Analysis and Materials Testing in Berlin was dedicated to the Young Scientist Award (YSA) 2014. For the first time, LUM GmbH called for ...
• New Patent for Helium-Plasma Ionization Mass Spectrometry Technique
  Mass spectrometry (MS) is a powerful analytical tool used to measure the masses of molecules. It is also one of the most sensitive methods available for detection and characterization of chemical ...
• Scientists record broad absorption spectra on a microsecond scale with two laser frequency combs
  A team of scientists around Dr. Nathalie Picqué and Prof. Theodor W. Hänsch at the Laser Spectroscopy Division of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Garching), in a collaboration with the ...
• Generating new knowledge on the binding energy of molecules on surfaces
  In collaboration with colleagues from Berlin and Madrid, researchers at the Department of Physics at the University of Basel have pulled up isolated molecular chains from a gold surface, using the ...
• Researchers develop ultrathin UV light absorber
  Ultraviolet light (UV) has not only harmful effects on molecules and biological tissue like human skin but it also can impair the performance of organic solar cells upon long-term exposure. Researc...
• Source of climate-active organic aerosol particles is dicovered
  Aerosols in the atmosphere influence cloud formation, the Earth's radiation balance, and thus the climate. Until now, it had been unclear exactly how these aerosol particles are formed from the vol...
• Research on clusters explosion dynamics now possible with intense extreme-ultraviolet pulses in a laboratory-scale environment
  The investigation of cluster explosion dynamics under intense extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) pulses has so far been limited to large scale facilities likefree-electron lasers. In a recent publication it...