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• OSHwiki goes live - a new web platform to connect the occupational safety and health community
  OSHwiki is the first web platform which allows users to create, collaborate and share knowledge on occupational safety and health (OSH) in all languages. It's a new way to network online with the O...
• Phosphate increases the concentration of sodium in the blood
  A previously undiscovered role played by the hormone FGF23 has now been discovered in a project funded by the FWF. Scientists were already aware that greater quantities of this hormone are produced...
• New class of protein crystals discovered
  Scientists at the Helmholtz Center Berlin (HZB) along with researchers at China's Fudan University have characterized a new class of materials called protein crystalline frameworks (PCFs). Thank...
• Chemical reaction yields "tapes" of porphin molecules
  Dr. Wilhelm Auwärter and his team are working on a research project to develop tiny flat molecule tapes at the Department of Physics of Technische Universität München (TUM). These structures could ...
• Carbon nanotubes and near-infrared lasers promise a cost effective solution for cell membrane manipulation
  Japanese researchers have developed a new, targeted method for perforating cell membranes in order to deliver drugs to, or manipulate the genes of individual cells. The method involves the nea...
• Sensitive acid sensor controls insulin production
  ETH Zurich researchers from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) in Basel have developed an implantable device that precisely monitors acid build-up in the body for people ...
• Interactive E-learning module 'Nanorama Lab' launched
  The 'Nanorama Lab', an interactive online tool on safe handling of nanomaterials, is now available to the public (currently only available in German). The tool, developed in close collaboration wit...
• Two dimensional polymer synthesised
  The ultrathin material graphene is the current favourite of many materials scientists. ETH researchers have now managed to create a synthetic polymer that is almost as thin. This is the first time ...
• How microbes deal with nitrate - New study could help to improve fertilizers and reduce greenhouse gasses
  The impact of human civilisation on the global carbon cycle and its consequences are well known. Other important processes are generally not in the focus of the public: the massive input of nitroge...
• Analytik Jena acquires Bruker's ICP-MS Business
  Analytik Jena announced that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire the ICP-MS business of Bruker Corporation. The transaction is expected to close in September 2014. With this acquisition, A...
• Salt content in processed foods - is your method good enough for EU Regulation No. 1169/2011?
  In the future it will be mandatory in all member states of the European Union to indicate the calorie content on processed foods along with the following six nutrients: fat, saturated fatty acids, ...
• New method to measure intracellular protein movement
  Numerous obstacles posed by cellular structures hinder protein movements within the cell. Researchers from Heidelberg University and the German Cancer Research Center have succeeded in mapping the ...
• New kind of spectrometer for the analyses of sample surfaces
  HZB's own Prof. Dr. Gregor Schiwietz and his team have developed a new kind of spectrometer capable of particularly sensitive analyses of sample surfaces. It has allowed them to be the first to obt...
• Cause of Surface Barriers of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) - Relevant to Gas Storage
  Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can take up gases similar to a sponge that soaks up liquids. Hence, these highly porous materials are suited for storing hydrogen or greenhouse gases. However, loadi...
• Quick blood test for malaria
  Siemens is working on a procedure that would allow blood to be routinely tested for malaria. Physicians normally diagnose the tropical disease by using a microscope to search for parasites in blood...
• Breaking a chemical bond
  A new theory for the breaking of (bio-)chemical bonds under load may help to predict the strength and performance of synthetic nanostructures and proteins, on a molecular level. Theoretical physici...
• Keysight Technologies Begins Operations
  Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced the electronic measurement business of Agilent Technologies has begun operating under the Keysight name. It will remain a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilent Te...
• Innovative polymer membrane purifies water simply and economically
  An innovative filter makes it possible to purify water more quickly, simply and economically than ever before. The developers hope the device will soon play a big role development aid, and they are...
• X-ray study reveals workings of potential alternative to antibiotics
  Research at DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III reveals how certain viruses called bacteriophages kill the potentially life threatening diarrhoea bacterium Clostridium difficile. The study by scien...
• Probing Protein Structure with Ultraviolet Photodissociation
  In top-down proteomics studies proteins are characterized by iterative fragmentation and analysis via mass spectrometry. Different fragmentation techniques have their own strengths and weaknesses, ...
• Highly accurate method to enhance reliability in the analysis of aflatoxins in cereal-based baby food
  Scientists at the EU reference laboratory (EU-RL) for mycotoxins, which is operated by the JRC Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, developed a highly accurate method for the determi...