Advancing Catalysis Research: Essential Data Practices for Future Scientific Success

This research promising to accelerate discoveries and innovations in chemistry and beyond

21-Oct-2024 - Researchers from the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society have made a groundbreaking advancement in the field of data management for catalysis research. Their latest study, “Advancing catalysis research through FAIR data principles implemented ...

Measuring particle size distribution during the grinding process

A further step toward a stable measurement method for nanoparticles used in industry

26-Jul-2024 - How pharmaceuticals act, how efficient catalysts are and how effective and accurate printing inks function all depend on the size of the nanoparticles they contain. However, there are as of yet no methods for monitoring the particle size distribution during grinding processes. In the EU-funded ...

An optical lens that senses gas

Researchers develop optical lens from hybrid glass

28-Jun-2024 - A research team from the University of Jena has developed a small optical lens, only a few millimetres in size, whose refractive behaviour changes in the presence of gas. As reported by the researchers in the journal Nature Communications, this “intelligent” behaviour of the micro-lens is enabled ...

Fraunhofer IPMS develops new multi-sensor system for water analysis

New standards in the assessment of water quality

22-Mar-2024 - With groundbreaking developments in the field of chemical sensor technology, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS is setting new standards in the assessment of water quality for humans and the environment. In addition to key parameters such as conductivity and pH, nutrients ...

A 3D view into chaos: Researchers visualize temperature-driven turbulence in liquid metal for the first time

13-Mar-2024 - Experiments with liquid metals could not only lead to exciting insights into geophysical and astrophysical flow phenomena, such as atmospheric disturbances at the rim of the sun or the flow in the Earth's outer core, but also foster industrial applications, for example the casting of liquid ...

Analytics connects: exchange across disciplines

Research meets application at the analytica conference 2024

07-Mar-2024 - From April 9th ​​to 12th, analytica, the world's leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analytics and biotechnology, will take place for the 29th time at the Munich exhibition center. It will be accompanied by the analytica conference from April 9th ​​to 11th. In numerous sessions, ...

A milestone on the pathway to Lab 4.0: A new standard for the smart lab

SPECTARIS presents the first industrial communication standard for laboratory and analytical devices

28-Dec-2023 - As of December 14, 2023, the Laboratory & Analytical Device Standard (LADS) can be officially used and integrated within laboratory and analytical devices. After a four-year development phase, the first version is now available and has been guided by key use cases from industrial practice. LADS ...

Prize for excellent measurements

Call for the Helmholtz Prize 2024

19-Jul-2023 - Anyone who has conducted precision measurements within the scope of a scientific project or assignment should pay close attention: You are eligible to apply for the Helmholtz Prize. It is Europe’s most prestigious award in metrology — the science of exact measurement — and will be awarded in two ...

The bat is the godfather of digital transformation

Saving resources with the virtual paint lab

20-Oct-2022 - Digital simulations instead of trial and error: In the PaintVisco project, researchers at the IPA are modeling the development and processing of paints. The data for this is provided by a newly designed rheometer, which for the first time can be used to precisely measure the viscoelastic ...

Table-top electron camera catches ultrafast dynamics of matter

DESY team demonstrates first Terahertz enhanced electron diffractometer

19-Aug-2021 - Scientists at DESY have built a compact electron camera that can capture the inner, ultrafast dynamics of matter. The system shoots short bunches of electrons at a sample to take snapshots of its current inner structure and is the first such electron diffractometer that uses Terahertz radiation ...