13-07-2011

Lonza Group Ltd and Arch Chemicals, Inc. announced that they have signed an agreement pursuant to which Lonza has agreed to commence a tender offer for 100 percent of Arch Chemicals’ outstanding shares of common stock at a price of USD 47.20 per share in cash. Lonza’s offer represents a 36.7% ...

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Physicists get a grip on slippery molecules, and learn how the shape of nanoscopic magnetic islands affect data storage

16-09-2009

Molecules of hydrogen are difficult to steer with electric fields because of the symmetrical way that charges are distributed within them. But now researchers at ETH Zurich have found a clever technique to get a grip on the molecules. Their findings are reported in Physical Review Letters and ...

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17-08-2009

INTEGRA Biosciences AG and Viaflo Corporation have announced that they signed agreements to combine the two companies under the name of INTEGRA Viaflo Holding AG on July 23, 2009. The new group will be active across world markets under the brand "INTEGRA". This move follows the signing of a ...

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New phase of elemental boron discovered

02-02-2009

An ETH Zurich researcher has developed a computational method for predicting the structure of materials. He used it to solve the structure of a newly synthesized form of pure boron that displays some unusual physical properties and brings a surprise: it is partially ionic. The new structure ...

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