Advanced Automation Technologies agrees to acquire GERSTEL

Expanding automated sample preparation capabilities

26-Nov-2024 - Advanced Automation Technologies, a platform of laboratory-automation brands backed by global investment firm Battery Ventures, announced an agreement to acquire GERSTEL GmbH & Co. KG and its international subsidiaries. GERSTEL, headquartered in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany and with sales ...

New ion speed record holds potential for faster battery charging, biosensing

20-Nov-2024 - A speed record has been broken using nanoscience, which could lead to a host of new advances, including improved battery charging, biosensing, soft robotics and neuromorphic computing. Scientists at Washington State University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered a way to ...

AI-driven mobile robots team up to tackle chemical synthesis

Chemical research in turbo mode

08-Nov-2024 - Researchers at the University of Liverpool have developed AI-driven mobile robots that can carry out chemical synthesis research with axtraordinairy efficiency. In a study publishingin the journal Nature, researchers show how mobile robots that use AI logic to make decisions were able to perform ...

“The integration of robotics and AI is poised to revolutionize science labs”

By automating routine tasks, scientists can focus on higher-level research questions, paving the way for faster breakthroughs

28-Oct-2024 - Science laboratories across disciplines—chemistry, biochemistry and materials science—are on the verge of a sweeping transformation as robotic automation and AI lead to faster and more precise experiments that unlock breakthroughs in fields like health, energy and electronics, according to ...

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 ...

World's first agile production facility for battery cells opened

Close cooperation between science and industry

11-Oct-2024 - Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have set up an agile battery cell production facility in order to be able to manufacture battery cells - for example for electromobility or power tools - more flexibly in the future. Using highly flexible robot-based automation, they have ...

Digitalized, Sustainable Battery Cell Production

First battery cell winding system of its kind

04-Oct-2024 - The further development and evolution of existing storage systems is a key prerequisite for the energy transition. The Center for Digitalized Battery Cell Manufacturing (ZDB) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA and acp systems AG have joined forces to ...

eMolecules acquires Synple Chem AG

"We are thrilled to welcome the highly reputable and talented Synple team into eMolecules"

26-Sep-2024 - eMolecules, Inc. announced that it has acquired Synple Chem AG ("Synple"). Synple was founded in 2016 as a Spin-off from ETH Zürich. Synple specializes in automated chemical synthesis systems and solutions for small molecules drug discovery customers. WithSynple's virtual compound library, which ...

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

20-Sep-2024 - analytica is expanding its international network and will launch analytica USA in Columbus, Ohio, in fall 2025, to cover the North American market. The new offshoot of the world's leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology will take place at the Greater Columbus ...

Synthetic mini-motor with enormous power developed: Hope for use in the organism

Bacteria as a role model: Conversion of chemical energy into rotational energy at the supramolecular level for the first time

19-Sep-2024 - Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an artificial motor at the supramolecular level that can develop impressive power. This wind-up motor is a tiny ribbon made of special molecules. When energy is applied, this ribbon aligns itself, moves like a small fin and ...