Chromium (VI) in leather clothing and shoes problematic for allergy sufferers

BfR recommends strictly limiting levels in leather goods

04-Jul-2007 - Studies by the regulatory authorities of the federal states reveal that many leather goods like gloves, shoes or watch straps which come into direct contact with the skin contain high levels of chromium (VI). Hexavalent chromium is a strong allergen and it can lead to allergic skin reactions like ...

New European Chemicals Agency starts operations as REACH enters into force

05-Jun-2007 - The new European chemicals legislation, REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restrictions of Chemicals) enters into force on 1 June, and with it the new European Chemicals Agency starts operations in Helsinki. The REACH regulation shall significantly improve protection of human ...

New Company Focuses on Flow Chemistry

21-May-2007 - Two Cambridge-based science companies have joined forces to develop a new concept in flow chemistry aimed at bringing this promising synthesis technique within the reach of every laboratory. Uniqsis was formed in January 2007 and is an alliance between Asynt, specialist supplier of organic ...

Jim Manzi Named Chairman of Thermo Fisher Scientific

18-May-2007 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced that Jim Manzi, a member of the company's board of directors, has been named non-executive chairman of the board. Mr. Manzi assumes the role previously held by Paul M. Meister, who retired as chairman on April 10, 2007. Mr. Manzi previously served as the ...

Thomson Scientific Analyzes Ten Years of Influential Research to Rank Top One Percent of Scientific Papers

Newly Published Study Ranks Countries by Volume of Research Output and Research Influence

16-May-2007 - Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation, announced the results of an in-depth study of which nations have produced the largest number of elite papers over the last decade. In the May/June issue of Science Watch 13 countries are ranked based on both the volume and percentage of ...

Midatech Group announces the opening of cGMP standard facility for the production of nanoparticles

15-May-2007 - Midatech Group Ltd, producer of nanoparticles for therapeutic and diagnostic applications, has announced the opening of its specialist design and manufacturing facility for cGMP grade nanoparticles in Bilbao, Spain. According to the company, Midatech Biogune S.L. is the world's first cGMP grade ...

The longest carbon nanotubes you've ever seen

Crafted with breakthrough manufacturing technique, centimeter-long fibers are visible to the naked eye

14-May-2007 - Using techniques that could revolutionize manufacturing for certain materials, researchers have grown carbon nanotubes that are the longest in the world. While still slightly less than 2 centimeters long, each nanotube is 900,000 times longer than its diameter. The fibers - which have the ...

New Materials for Making "Spintronic" Devices

Pushing the development of electronics beyond the limits of electric charge

27-Apr-2007 - An interdisciplinary group of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has devised methods to make a new class of electronic devices based on a property of electrons known as "spin," rather than merely their electric charge. This approach, dubbed spintronics, ...

Scent Prediction

Lily of the valley fragrance: electronic surface structure determines interactions with scent receptors

23-Apr-2007 - An interdisciplinary team headed by Reinhold Tacke (Inorganic Chemistry, University of Würzburg), Philip Kraft (Scent Research, Givaudan Schweiz Inc.), and Hanns Hatt (Cell Biology, University of Bochum) have attempted a "scent prediction" to test their computer model of lily-of-the-valley ...

Probing the inner secrets of multi-layer carbon nanotubes

20-Apr-2007 - Researchers at the University of Surrey have shown for the first time that knowing the structure of the surface layer of a multi-layer carbon nanotube is not enough to predict its electronic properties. The contribution of inner layers is crucial, and this has serious implications when it ...