Blood samples from the zoo help predict diseases in humans

17-Jul-2019 - Penguins, Asian elephants and many other animal species live in the zoos of Saarbrücken and Neunkirchen. As they come from different continents, blood is regularly taken from the animals to check their health. These blood samples have now been used by bioinformaticians and human geneticists at ...

Only an atom thick

Measuring mechanical properties of 2D monolayer materials

19-Jan-2018 - The thinnest materials that can be produced today have the thickness of a single atom. These materials – known as two-dimensional materials – exhibit properties that are very different compared with their bulk three-dimensional counterparts. Until recently, 2D materials were produced and ...

Hummingbird Diagnostics and Saarland University Collaborate in Early Disease Detection Based on Molecular Markers

16-Nov-2017 - Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH, specialized in early disease detection using molecular markers derived from blood, and Saarland University agreed on a comprehensive framework agreement regarding an expanded collaboration in the field of molecular diagnostics. The work aims at the validation of ...

Polymer nanoparticles used as drug carriers characterized using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis

13-Feb-2013 - NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is used to help with the characterization of polymeric nanoparticles synthesized as drug carrier systems. This work is being carried out at Saarland University by Dr Christian Ruge and his colleagues. In the world of pharmaceutical ...

Oil change due? Optimal date is to be determined during normal operation

16-Apr-2010 - If lubricants and hydraulic fluids in construction machines, airplanes or industrial installations are used too long, gears and other components can be heavily damaged. On the other hand, each oil change especially for large equipment is time consuming and expensive. Engineers at Saarland ...

Scent or stench? Odors of diapers and aroma compounds can be measured objectively

08-Apr-2010 - For consumables like diapers and also for many foodstuffs the smell is a very decisive factor. Consumers can be convinced more easily, if it smells good. And also during the use of the product the smell is essential. Today, the human nose is still the best gauge to determine which product is most ...

Researchers want to accelerate the scanning probe microscope

07-Apr-2010 - Since more than twenty years, scanning force microscopes are employed in research and industry. Their enormous resolution triggered many applications in nanotechnology. Their rather low image rate is however a disadvantage - changing objects and processes cannot be imaged. Physicists of Saarland ...