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 ...

Tosoh Bioscience – Separation & Purification Expands European Headquarters in Griesheim, Germany

"This new facility will allow us to better serve our customers and explore new chromatography techniques and applications"

06-Nov-2024 - Tosoh Bioscience – Separation & Purification announced the grand opening of its expanded European Tosoh Bioscience headquarters in Griesheim, Germany. This significant milestone marks a new chapter in the commitment of Tosoh to biomolecule analysis, purification, and polymer analytical ...

Why do just one experiment at a time when you can do ten?

Synthetic fuels and chemicals from CO₂: Ten experiments in parallel

28-Jun-2024 - Empa researchers have developed an automated system, which allows them to research catalysts, electrodes, and reaction conditions for CO₂ electrolysis up to ten times faster. The system is complemented by an open-source software for data analysis. If you mix fossil fuel with a little oxygen and ...

PFAS analysis: Reliably detecting eternity chemicals

analytica conference: PFAS in the focus of science

27-Feb-2024 - Perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are colloquially known as “eternity chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment. PFAS do not occur naturally, but they can be found in all sorts of things from food packaging and outdoor textiles to seals and hoses. This group ...

PFAS flow equally between Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean

How PFAS travel around the world

16-Jan-2024 - The frigid Arctic Ocean is far removed from the places most people live, but even so, “forever chemicals” reach this remote landscape. Now, research in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters suggests that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) won't stay there indefinitely. Instead, ...

Blue-green algae sugar instead of glyphosate

Cooperation project develops environmentally friendly glyphosate alternative

06-Dec-2023 - Glyphosate reliably destroys unwanted plants, is used worldwide - and has been highly controversial for years due to its negative effects on the environment and health. For a long time, there was talk of banning the herbicide in Germany and possibly even throughout the EU. Fortunately, a better ...

KNAUER invests in Dresden-based start-up company

Both companies will offer integrated solutions in the field of material separation and laboratory organisation

22-Aug-2023 - KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geraete GmbH and the Dresden-based start-up company Better Basics Laborbedarf GmbH announce a groundbreaking cooperation. In the future, the combination of the KNAUER AZURA HPLC system and the Better Basics SmartRack® organisation system for laboratory workstations will ...

KNAUER celebrates 60th anniversary and awards science prize to a young researcher

08-Jul-2022 - The Berlin-based manufacturer of high-tech laboratory measuring instruments KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH celebrated its sixtieth company anniversary with a big party on July 1, 2022 under the motto "Science with Passion". For this occasion, the company had invited about 100 guests from ...

KNAUER celebrates 60 years of science with new technology, a science award and more

24-Feb-2022 - The Berlin-based manufacturer of high-tech laboratory instruments, KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and has some special promotions to celebrate throughout the year. 60 years – it’s not so extraordinary for a person to reach this age but for a ...

New Separation Science Slam exceeds all expectations

28-Jun-2019 - On June 18, 2019, the 48th HPLC Conference (University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy) played host to the debut of the Separation Science Slam, sponsored by KNAUER, Merck and The Analytical Scientist. Six scientists under the age of 35 were given the opportunity to present their scientific work ...