28 Current news from finland
rss05-18-2012
ECHA invites the parties concerned to comment on five new proposals for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH): Isoxaflutole, Tembotrione, Metosulam, Potassium sorbate and Tetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-m-phenylene biphosphate. The public consultation will be open for 45 days and will ...
03-02-2012
The first Community Rolling Action plan (CoRAP) addresses 90 substances that are suspected of posing risk to human health or the environment. The CoRAP list has been prepared in close cooperation with the Member States, taking into account the agreed risk based criteria for the selection of ...
01-31-2012
In a study to the genetic variance of human metabolism, researchers have identified thirty one regions of the genome that were associated with levels of circulating metabolites, i.e., small molecules that take part in various chemical reactions of human body. Many of the studied metabolites ...
New potential avenues for early disease detection
12-16-2011
A study led by Research Professor Matej Orešič from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland suggests that Alzheimer’s disease is preceded by a molecular signature indicative of hypoxia and up-regulated pentose phosphate pathway. This indicator can be analysed as a simple biochemical assay ...
06-29-2011
VTT has examined one of five bottles of beer salvaged last summer by divers from the wreck of a ship that sank an estimated 170 years ago in the Åland Islands.The examination yielded a wealth of detail about the beer, even indications of how it was brewed. The research will continue by ...
04-27-2011
RNA interference technology, which is used in cell biology, has revolutionised functional research of the gene products in the last ten years. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a method which allows a single microchip to be used to screen the functions of tens of ...
04-01-2011
Scientists in Finland have revealed metabolic abnormalities that are associated with schizophrenia. This may be an important step towards development of a clinical test of the disease.A new study performed by Matej Orešič and colleagues from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in ...
Åland interested in reproduction
02-10-2011
In the summer of 2010 in the Åland archipelago, divers retrieved well-preserved bottles of champagne and five bottles of beer from the wreck of a ship that likely sank during the first half of 1800s. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland will determine what kind of a recipe was used in the ...
11-18-2010
SPECIM, Spectral Imaging Ltd announced a new project with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. The first target of the HyPlant project is to develop a new-generation push-broom hyperspectral imager capable of collecting seamless VNIR and SWIR data from 380 to 2500 nm in a single, compact ...
10-08-2010
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a method of using printing technology to produce simple tests related to health, well-being and the environment. VTT has demonstrated the efficacy of the method by printing a haemoglobin test, i.e. manufactured paper that reveals whether ...
