New Real-time Method for Environmental Monitoring

Hyperspectral imaging

24-Mar-2025 - Detecting microplastics and identifying plant stress at an early stage – this and much more can now be done thanks to a new method based on near-infrared light measurements. It is inexpensive and works in real time. Researchers from Bochum, Duisburg, Karlsruhe and Münster have developed a new ...

Scented wax melts may not be as safe for indoor air as initially thought, study finds

25-Feb-2025 - As traditional candles burn, they can contribute to indoor air pollution by emitting volatile compounds and smoke, which may pose inhalation risks. Scented wax melts are often marketed as safer alternatives to candles because they’re flame- and smoke-free. But in a study,researchers describe how ...

Groundbreaking ceremony for new technology and start-up centre at DESY

"The DESY Innovation Factory offers founders excellent conditions to bring new ideas from research into practice even faster"

25-Nov-2024 - A combined total of more than 8,500 square meters of workspace will be created in just three years of construction at two locations: the main site on the DESY campus and a second very close by in the Altona Innovation Park. Complex laboratories, offices, and open working environments will be ...

British chemist is honoured for her groundbreaking work in mass spectrometry

​​Dame Carol Robinson opened a new era for protein analysis and drug development

27-Jun-2024 - British scientist Dame Carol Robinson, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a trailblazer in the field of mass spectrometry, has dedicated her career to exploring the molecular makeup of proteins within their native environments. Her pioneering work has paved the way for ...

Freeze casting - a guide to creating hierarchically structured materials

Diverse applications not only in biomedicine, but also in engineering, from new catalysts to highly porous battery electrodes

30-Apr-2024 - Freeze casting is an elegant, cost-effective manufacturing technique to produce highly porous materials with custom-designed hierarchical architectures, well-defined pore orientation, and multifunctional surface structures. Freeze-cast materials are suitable for many applications, from ...

How the age of plastic is affecting our hormones

Influence of the chemical substances bisphenol A, F and S on hormone synthesis and the hormone balance of the adrenal gland

26-Mar-2024 - Whether drinking bottles, cans, frying pans, receipts, textiles, water pipes, fire retardants or food contaminated with pesticides - in today's plastic age, we all come into contact with chemical substances. However, many of these synthetic substances not only bring benefits, but also pose ...

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, ...

Glow sticks – Not just for parties anymore

University of Houston researcher using popular party favor to detect biothreats for US Navy

12-Jan-2024 - Remember that party where you were swinging glow sticks above your head or wearing them as necklaces? Fun times, right? Science times, too. Turns out those fun party favors are now being used by a University of Houston researcher to identify emerging biothreats for the United States Navy. It’s ...

Using computer game technology to develop new materials and new active substances against diseases

Bringing molecular relationships to the big screen of virtual reality

16-Nov-2023 - Bio-chemical research is increasingly dependent on accurate computer modeling and analysis. This requires different disciplines such as natural sciences, computer science and engineering to work hand in hand. A research group has been established at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences ...

Assessing the toxicity of micro- and nanoplastics to ecosystems

Smaller is not necessarily less toxic

12-Oct-2023 - For most pollutants, there are standard protocols for assessing the risks to ecosystems. Despite the increasing concern about the harmful effects of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs), so far, there exist no harmonised guidelines for testing the ecotoxicity of MNPs. An international research team ...