Optical sensor enables 100 percent quality control of ultra-thin barrier layers

30-May-2024 - A new type of sensor makes it possible for the first time to test functional barrier layers on plastic products at production speed. The Film-Inspect testing system was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM in cooperation with plasma system specialist ...

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, ...

Metallographic image analysis in second

TGFS invests in start-up for AI-based software for microstructure analysis

21-Sep-2023 - TGFS Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen announces its investment in MiViA GmbH. MiViA is a spin-off of the Institute for Metal Forming at TU Bergakademie Freiberg. At the interface between materials and AI expertise, the founding team has developed mivia.ai, a product to accelerate and standardize ...

New simple method for measuring the state of lithium-ion batteries

New technique for measuring the charge state, defects, and capacity losses of rechargeable batteries using atomic magnetometry

13-May-2020 - Rechargeable batteries are at the heart of many new technologies involving, for example, the increased use of renewable energies. More specifically, they are employed to power electric vehicles, cell phones, and laptops. Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz ...

Pocket-size food scanner

General-use, cost-effective scanning technology that can be easily adapted

07-Jan-2019 - According to a study by the environmental organization WWF Germany, ten million metric tons of food are thrown in the garbage every year in Germany despite still being edible. A mobile food scanner will allow consumers and supermarket operators in the future to test whether food items have gone ...

Food safety at analytica 2014: Trace analysis for our health

04-Mar-2014 - How safe is our food? This is a volatile issue for many consumers and a major challenge for the food-analysis sector. The only way to perform quality and origin analyses is with state-of-the-art equipment and techniques. That is why the topic of food analysis is an interdisciplinary focal point ...

Scent or stench? Odors of diapers and aroma compounds can be measured objectively

08-Apr-2010 - For consumables like diapers and also for many foodstuffs the smell is a very decisive factor. Consumers can be convinced more easily, if it smells good. And also during the use of the product the smell is essential. Today, the human nose is still the best gauge to determine which product is most ...

Ascenion Takes an Equity Position in Photonion GmbH

11-Nov-2009 - Ascenion GmbH has acquired shares in Photonion GmbH, a start-up company founded by scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München together with two mid-sized companies, Airsense Analytics GmbH, Schwerin, Germany, and Tofwerk AG, Thun, Switzerland. Photonion’s mission is to develop and ...