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Almost all foodstuffs contain the genetic material of those animal and plant species that were used in their preparation. Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Genetics, Genetic Security Researc... - Archaea: Four cells turn seabed microbiology upside down
Single-celled archaea are invisible to the naked eye, and even when using a microscope, great care must be taken to observe them. An international team of researchers led by the Center for Geomicro... - Aflatoxins pose new risk to European Maize Production
The European Commissions' Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has reported 10 notifications on aflatoxin B1 in maize of European origin since the last maize harvest in autumn 2012. In the ... - Harvard's Wyss Institute and Sony DADC Announce Collaboration on Organs-on-Chips
Today the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Sony DADC announced a collaboration that will harness Sony DADC's global manufacturing expertise to further ... - X-ray laser reveals chemical reaction
What happens when a chemical bond is broken? That question was recently answered with the help of a so-called free electron x-ray laser, which makes it possible to follow in real time how bindings ... - CAMAG and Advion form Exclusive Alliance to Commercialize Unique TLC/CMS Assay System for Synthetic Organic and Peptide Chemists
Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, announced that an exclusive OEM and distribution partnership agreement has been signed with CAMAG of Basel, Switzerland for ... - Blood is thicker than water - and blood plasma is, too
A German-American research team has succeeded in demonstrating that blood plasma has a much greater effect on how blood flows than was previously thought. The groups led by Christian Wagner (Saarla... - Dr. Nathalie Picqué receives the Coblentz Award
The Coblentz Society has elected Dr. Nathalie Picqué as this year's recipient of the Coblentz Award. Dr. Picqué is currently on long-term leave at the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics (Garchi... - Wine without sulphur
Sulphur dioxide gives food products a longer shelf life, can however provoke unwanted effects, in particular in the case of allergy sufferers. In the framework of the "SO2SAY" research project, tt... - Frequency combs for sniffing molecules
Most molecules, including those of importance in medical diagnostics or pollution monitoring, have characteristic "fingerprints" in the mid-infrared spectral region. However, state-of-the-art mid-i... - Proteins on the Stretching Rack
When proteins change their fold, this can lead to fatal consequences. Scientists of a European research network are looking for new methods to predict and control the behavior of these molecules. P...
- Cut-and-paste zeolites: new, faster method for developing custom microporous materials
Zeolites are minerals with a microporous structure. This makes them attractive as catalysts in industrial applications. Unfortunately, creating synthetic zeolites is very complex. Researchers at KU... - Measuring the Nanoworld: Rulers made of DNA
For only a few years, it has been possible to resolve biological structures down to the molecular scale with light microscopy, termed super-resolution microscopy. This has led to a number of new in... - Analytik Jena Acquires a Stake in Japanese Company Techno X
Analytik Jena has acquired a 21.05% stake in the Japanese company Techno X Co., Ltd. The contract was signed on November 30, 2012. Based in Osaka, Japan, Techno X was established in 2009. Analytik... - FRITSCH Milling and Sizing subsidiary officially dedicated in Beijing
Besides subsidiaries in France and Russia, FRITSCH Milling and Sizing now founded a subsidiary in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Since decades FRITSCH is involved in international markets and of c... - Research on the Aerosol Composition in the Upper Atmosphere
Professor Dr. Stephan Borrmann receives a grant of EUR 2.75 million from the European Research Council (ERC) for research into the chemical composition of aerosols and clouds in the upper atmospher... - Making nanolenses from metallic particles and DNA
Conventional lenses can only focus light to a volume on the femtoliter (10-15) range or in other words to dimensions of 1 µm3. This constrain arises from an effect called diffraction, inherent to a... - Lung mucus gel scaffold prevents nanoparticles from getting through
Scientists at the Saarland University and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) unraveled lung mucus's physical properties: They discovered that a rigid gel scaffold in lung mucus separ... - Researchers Elucidate Transport Pathway of Immune System Substances
To transport substances from the site of their production to their destination, the body needs a sophisticated transport and sorting system. Various receptors in and on the cells recognize certain ... - Filming bacterial life in multicolor as a new diagnostic and antibiotic discovery tool
An international team of scientists led by Indiana University chemist Michael S. Van Nieuwenhze and biologist Yves Brun has discovered a revolutionary new method for coloring the cell wall of bacte... - Genetic protection against arsenic
Evolution has not only controlled human development over millions of years, it also has an impact on modern man. This is one of the conclusions of a study of Argentinian villagers in the Andes, whe... - Antibiotic contamination a threat to humans and the environment
Researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, spend August in Sisimiut on the west coast of Greenland studying the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and the effects of antibiotic emissio... - Conference Review: 9th Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium
The worldwide Raman Imaging Community met from 26. - 27. September at the 9th Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium in Ulm, Germany to discuss the latest developments in the field. Featured at this year... - Mechanism of aerosol aging identified
tmospheric aerosol particles have a significant effect on climate. An international team of researchers has now discovered that a chemical process in the atmosphere called aging determines to a maj... - The chemical memory of seawater
Water does not forget, says Prof. Boris Koch, a chemist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association. Irrespective of what happens in the sea: whether ...