Pocket-sized invention revolutionizes ability to detect harmful materials

The low-cost cellphone-based Raman spectrometer system can make identifications of unknown biological molecules within minutes

18-Jul-2024 - Imagine knowing what berry or mushroom is safe to eat during a hike or swiftly detecting pathogens in a hospital setting that would traditionally require days to identify. Identification and detection of drugs, chemicals and biological molecules invisible to the human eye can be made possible ...

VEGA expands into Sweden and Denmark

Two new subsidiaries start operations in Scandinavia

08-Mar-2024 - The demand for innovative measurement technology for industry is also increasing in Scandinavia. With the new subsidiaries in Denmark and Sweden, which will open in spring 2024, VEGA is actively responding to this development and moving even closer to customers with its modern leveland pressure ...

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 ...

DiaMonTech Closes Financing Round To Finalize Development Of Portable Non-Invasive Glucose Monitor

A completely new way of measuring blood glucose

12-Dec-2023 - Berlin-based health tech company DiaMonTech has successfully closed a financing round, raising further millions with the Berlin based Moll Family GmbH in the lead. This investment will be instrumental in advancing their pioneering non-invasive glucose monitoring technology. DiaMonTech is at the ...

The little things matter: Chemists develop new sensor for microvolume pH detection

New environmentally friendly, durable pH sensor is sensitive enough to accurately measure pH variation in just a few microliters of samples

07-Nov-2023 - Measuring the pH of substances gives us vital clues about the world around us, such as identifying contaminated water or checking the toxicity of medical or cosmetic products. Often, only small amounts of samples are available, but monitoring the variation in pH in these miniscule volumes ...

Verder Group acquires ERWEKA

With this acquisition, Verder Scientific expands its portfolio to include dissolution and tablet testing equipment for the pharmaceutical and life science sectors

26-May-2023 - The Verder Group is proud to announce the successful acquisition of ERWEKA, a highly regarded German company renowned for its development and manufacturing of premium tablet testing equipment. With this acquisition Verder Scientific further strengthens its position and accelerates the growth ...

Osaka University, Shimadzu, and SIGMAXYZ collaborate on 3D Bioprinting technology

Accelerating technological development to solve social issues such as the environment, food, and health

13-Apr-2022 - National University Corporation Osaka University, Shimadzu Corporation, and SIGMAXYZ Inc. have signed an agreement on collaboration for "social implementation of 3D bioprinting technology." Prior to this, Osaka University and Shimadzu Corporation also signed a joint research agreement on the ...

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 images lead to better prediction of shear thickening

It's relevant to everything from oil & gas to pharma manufacturing to food processing to chemical manufacturing

11-Oct-2021 - For the first time, researchers have been able capture images providing unprecedented details of how particles behave in a liquid suspension when the phenomenon known as shear thickening takes place. The work allows us to directly understand the processes behind shear thickening, which had ...

PerkinElmer to Acquire Nexcelom Bioscience

14-May-2021 - PerkinElmer, Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nexcelom Bioscience for $260 Million in cash. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2021.Nexcelom is a global provider of automated cell counting instruments, image cytometry workstations, assays ...