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• Malvern Instruments joins SoftComp Consortium and European Soft Matter Infrastructure (ESMI) Project

  Malvern Instruments has joined two key European initiatives that aim to promote excellence in cross-disciplinary research and technique development in soft matter composites and complex fluids. These are: the SoftComp Consortium; and, the newly funded EU FP7 project, European SoftMatter Infrastructu more

• New microscope reveals ultrastructure of cells
  

  Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) have developed a new X-ray nanotomography microscope. Using their new system, they can reveal the structures on the smallest components of mammalian cells in three dimensions. For the first time, there is no need to chemically fix, stain or cut cells in more

• Putting a bull's-eye on the flu: Detailing influenza's structure for drug targeting

  Beating the flu is already tough, but it has become even harder in recent years – the influenza A virus has mutated so that two antiviral drugs don't slow it down anymore. Reporting their findings in the journal Science, researchers from Florida State and Brigham Young move closer to understanding more

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• Chemometric Spectroscopy
  

  Chemometric Spectroscopy is the term used to describe the direct combination of a spectroscopic measurement with a chemometric data evaluation procedure, typically a multivariate statistic method, so providing quick and reliable deduction of the qualitative and quantitative properties of a sample from its spectrum. A multi-linear regression (MLR) or partial least squares (PLS) regression is usually used for the quantitative determination of individual or combined parameters, while substance identification generally relies on techniques such as discriminant or cluster analysis. more

• Measurement of Nano particles and Proteins
  

  Colloid emulsions in their native environment require particle size determination in high concentration since there are concerns about changes in sample morphology upon dilution eg break up of aggregates. For proteins and other samples with very low concentration and for weakly scattering samples high sensitivity is required. New technologies offer both. more

• Sum parameters "on trail"
  

  Identification of organic pollutants in wastewater is essential for performance evaluation, construction and operation of a wastewater treatment plant. Several parameters are currently used in wastewater analysis applications. The advantages of TOC analyses are apparent especially during continuous monitoring more

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