DFG to fund 10 additional projects

30-04-2013

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has approved funding for ten additional core facilities to make existing research instrumentation more easily and efficiently accessible to researchers. This decision was made by the DFG's Joint Committee. The projects will ...

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26-03-2013

A comprehensive study of the mechanism by which electrochemical water splitting occurs on gold surfaces has been carried out by scientists. The researchers used in-situ surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), on-line electrochemical mass spectrometry and density functional theory (DFT) ...

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28-02-2013

A study combines the cycles of sulphur, nitrogen and carbon in the ecosystem, as it shows that the molecular clusters need sulphuric acid, amines and oxygenated organics for growth. When the clusters reach a size of 1.5-2 nm, their growth increases considerably. The measurements were ...

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27-02-2013

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it is collaborating with Florida International University’s department of chemistry and biochemistry and its International Forensics Research Institute to further advance the identification and characterization of so-called designer drugs.This work is ...

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26-02-2013

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a new way to accelerate a workhorse instrument that identifies proteins. The high-speed technique could help diagnose cancer sooner and point to new drugs for treating a wide range of conditions.Proteins are not only numerous — ...

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15-01-2013

A disposable and cost effective electrochemical sensor that can detect atropine in a drink has been made by scientists from the UK and Brazil. Atropine is a plant-derived drug that can be used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and exposure to nerve agents. However, it is also used as a ...

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07-11-2012

The Royal Society of Chemistry welcomed the implementation of newly-developed non-animal methods of testing for poisons in shellfish from the seas around Britain which has led to 14,000 mice being spared testing and death in 2012. If the techniques were to be adopted worldwide it could save ...

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18-10-2012

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. and Immundiagnostik AG announced a collaboration to develop novel mass spectrometry-based assays for qualitative and quantitative analysis of proteins and peptides. The goal is development of commercial assays to be widely applicable in research and routine ...

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26-09-2012

Scientists in the UK claim to be able to determine the sex of a person from their fingerprints, by profiling peptides and small proteins in latent fingerprints. The team have used matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation mass spectrometry and multivariate modelling to detect peptides and ...

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Caltech-led physicists create first-ever mechanical device that measures the mass of a single molecule

28-08-2012

A team led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have made the first-ever mechanical device that can measure the mass of individual molecules one at a time. This new technology, the researchers say, will eventually help doctors diagnose diseases, enable biologists ...

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