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Dancing droplets
(19 Nov 2008)
Our blood, sweat and tears are three precious fluids that can answer lots of questions about the state of our health but testing small amounts of bodily fluids, without contaminating them through contact with solid surfaces or other fluids, is ......
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Skin models instead of rabbits
(05 Nov 2008)
OECD Expert Committee agrees on non-animal method to test the skin-irritant action of substances
At a meeting at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin, an international expert committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) agreed on a new alternative test method involving no animal ......
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Sniffing out a better chemical sensor
(31 Oct 2008)
Researchers at the NIST have created a new approach for "electronic noses”
Marrying a sensitive detector technology capable of distinguishing hundreds of different chemical compounds with a pattern-recognition module that mimics the way animals recognize odors, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and ......
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Ruthenium in a clinch
(22 Oct 2008)
Selectively and under mild conditions: Primary amines from alcohols and ammonia with a ruthenium catalyst
Amines are needed for the production of pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, agrochemicals, plastics, dyes, pigments, and additives. Most important are compounds with a terminal amino group (–NH2), known as primary amines. However, the selective ......
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Scientists design bomb-proof thermometer to measure the heat of explosions
(10 Oct 2008)
The thermometer can take 50,000 measurements per second up to 3000 K (2727 °C).
Scientists at the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington have designed a high-speed thermometer that can measure the temperature inside explosions without being damaged in the impact. The shockwave, heat, soot and debris from an ......
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Spectral imager for detecting bruised fruit
(06 Oct 2008)
The apricots on display in the supermarket look fresh when they have just arrived, but some will have developed bruises by the next day. Hyperspectral imaging allows these fruit to be identified in advance, but is expensive. Now there is a ......
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Captain Birdseye’s robotic nose
(30 Sep 2008)
The Captain can’t freeze smelly fish that’s past its best – and Icelandic scientists can now help him out by detecting the levels of stench-making bacteria faster than ever before. The research in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of ......
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Nano-C Awarded Fundamental Patents for Carbon Nanotube and Fullerene Manufacturing
(17 Sep 2008)
Nano-C, Inc., developer of nanostructured carbon materials, announced that it has been issued U.S. Patent Nos. 7,335,344 and 7,396,520 by the Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office. These newly issued patents cover ......
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INL nuclear materials detection technology wins national security award
(15 Sep 2008)
New technology under development at Idaho National Laboratory has been proven to safely detect hidden nuclear materials smuggled into ports and across borders. Now, the research being conducted by a team of INL and Idaho Accelerator Center ......
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Delft University of Technology patent for manufacturing radio isotopes
(15 Sep 2008)
Thanks to a newly-developed technology at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, global shortages of radio isotopes for cancer diagnosis could be a thing of the past. This is the message from Prof. Bert Wolterbeek of Delft ......
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