04-11-2010

The National Metrology Centre (NMC) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) have jointly set up a national Metrology in Chemistry (MiC) infrastructure. Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education, Mr S. Iswaran ...

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03-11-2010

Analytik Jena AG is kicking off the financial year with a large-scale follow-up project for the Polish Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (GIOS). The order encompasses the delivery of 39 atomic absorption spectrometers that will be deployed in 38 of the Polish authority's laboratories ...

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26-10-2010

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add new and revised methods published by the EPA, voluntary consensus organizations such as ASTM International, and other commercial entities, for use in water quality monitoring. These changes and additional methods will ...

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20-10-2010

The cafeterias at the Catering School on the Leioa campus of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) use litres upon litres of oil for cooking, given that many students, research workers, lecturers and ancillary staff eat there. Currently a truck takes away all the waste. However, a ...

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18-10-2010

Clariant announced the final conclusions of its Global Asset Network Optimization (GANO) project which impact eight sites globally. The measures are part of the company's overall 2009/2010 restructuring program and will lead to a reduction of up to 100 positions worldwide. Implementation will ...

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New technique may help restorers identify decades-old pigments

06-09-2010

A team of McGill chemists have discovered that a technique known as photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy could be used to identify the composition of pigments used in art work that is decades or even centuries old. Pigments give artist’s materials colour, and they emit sounds when light is ...

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27-08-2010

The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is the first federal authority to introduce a quality management system (QM system) for all its work areas that has been audited by TÜV Nord and certified in accordance with ISO 9001. The Vice-President of BfR, Professor Dr. Reiner Wittkowski, ...

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Company establishes international competence network with outstanding experts from academic research

13-08-2010

At a kick-off meeting in Ludwigshafen, BASF and its partners launched the research network electrochemistry and batteries. The declared aim is to jointly address fundamental questions relating to materials, components and systems for electromobility and electricity storage. “In developing ...

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New quantum state of matter discovered in Heusler compounds

22-07-2010

For many years, scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany have been world leaders in research on Heusler compounds, which are an important material class for the use in spintronic applications. Over the past few years, new application areas have emerged in the ...

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21-07-2010

Researchers at Dow Corning and The University of Toledo announced that the organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on photovoltaic (PV) solar research and development efforts and will work together to help reduce the cost of solar energy to make it a viable and ...

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