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03-16-2012
Sartorius closed the year 2011 with double-digit sales growth and boosted its earnings by nearly a third. At the annual press conference for the company in Goettingen, Germany, Group CEO Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg indicated that 2011 was an especially forward-looking year beyond the company’s ...
analytica Conference 2012
03-16-2012
20 sessions with some 115 lectures await visitors at the analytica Conference, the most important analysis conference in Europe. As in the past, the conference is being held on the first three days of the International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis and Biotechnology. One of ...
UV femtosecond laser pulses analyze internal dynamics of individual molecules
03-07-2012
Nowadays, large laser systems provide ultra-short light pulses of very high intensity, which – in principle – allow the imaging of matter and its dynamics on atomic scales, down to a single molecule or a virus. However, current methods fall short in efficiency to overlap a target molecule in ...
03-07-2012
Given all the new scandals about prohibited and hazardous substances, the quick, easy and accurate analysis of food continues to increase in importance. At analytica 2012, to be held in Munich from April 17 – 20, there will be a number of new exhibitor developments on the topic of food ...
BfR conference on the state of knowledge about the health risks of nanosilver
03-01-2012
According to industry and trade sources, nanoscale silver is the nanomaterial most often used in products intended for consumers. However, consumers are frequently not told which products actually contain nanosilver. In Europe, nanosilver is predominantly used as an antimicrobial substance in ...
02-29-2012
Origenis has started the development of biomarkers to complement the preclinical in-house development of its therapeutic small molecule inhibitors acting on LRRK2. LRRK2 inhibitors are expected to be useful for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The ...
02-20-2012
The world’s strongest neutron beam is produced by a scientific instrument at the research neutron source FRM II (Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz) at the Technischen Universitaet Muenchen (TUM). But that is not all: During the long maintenance break in 2011, the instrument PGAA ...
02-17-2012
Starting now, the spectrophotometers of Analytik Jena's SPECORD® PLUS series will be complementing the product range of the Swiss company SOTAX, a leading solutions provider in the pharmaceutical industry. With this mutually beneficial cooperation, Analytik Jena AG is taking the chance to ...
Physicists at MPQ succeed in resolving the internal dynamics of individual molecules using UV femtosecond laser pulses
02-14-2012
Nowadays, large laser systems provide ultra-short light pulses of very high intensity which – in principle – allow the imaging of matter and its dynamics on atomic scales, down to a single molecule or a virus. However, current methods fall short in efficiency to overlap a target molecule in a ...
02-13-2012
For the first time ever, portions of analytica Halls B1, B2 and A3 will be transformed into genuine laboratory environments. International companies will present their equipment in live operation on laboratory benches. Daily experiment presentations will inform visitors about developments in ...
