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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18-01-2013

The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS will be presenting an extremely miniaturized near-infrared spectrometerThis device enables analysis of gaseous, liquid and solid materials immediately on site instead of taking samples for lab analysis. The optical bench is smaller than ...

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11-01-2013

Underlining relationship between the two companies, PANalytical and OBLF jointly announce that a formal agreement has been signed for the distribution of OBLF’s optical emission spectrometers by PANalytical in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, United ...

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04-12-2012

Analytik Jena AG, a manufacturer of analytical instrumentation technology, life science instruments and optoelectronics, has acquired a 21.05% stake in the Japanese company Techno X Co., Ltd. The contract was signed on November 30, 2012. Based in Osaka, Japan, Techno X was established in ...

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27-11-2012

Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ANALYTICAL SPECTRAL DEVICES Inc., a manufacturer of Near-Infrared (NIR) instrumentation solutions and applications expertise for materials measurement and ...

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Big impact on solar cells, television screens

21-11-2012

New research at King's College London may lead to improved solar cells and LED-displays. Researchers from the Biophysics and Nanotechnology Group at King's, led by Professor Anatoly Zayats in the department of Physics have demonstrated in detail how to separate colours and create 'rainbows' ...

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09-11-2012

Scientists in Germany have used digital photographs to extract colour and spectral information of reactive fluorophores. They studied the optical properties of different pyridine-substituted cross-conjugated fluorophores (XF). Upon protonation of the pyridine nitrogen, the colour changes of ...

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Awardees are Ray Freeman and Weston A. Anderson

23-10-2012

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it has awarded the 2012 Russell Varian Prize for Innovation in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to two scientists for their seminal paper, “Use of Weak Perturbing Radio-Frequency Fields in Nuclear Magnetic Double Resonance,” published in 1962 in the Journal ...

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19-09-2012

PANalytical is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. PANalytical arose from the acquisition of Philips Analytical by Spectris a decade ago, allowing the company to combine ‘The curiosity of youth with a century of experience’. PANalytical’s product range includes X-ray diffraction (XRD) ...

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31-07-2012

The carcinogenic harmful substance benzene can seriously impact the soil and ground water following chemical accidents or at old industrial sites. Nevertheless, bacteria exist which can degrade this compound even in the absence of oxygen. Until now it was not clear which organisms take part ...

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