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Shaking off Japan's R and D jitters

Chiltern International | Added: 7 Feb 2005

Despite a slowing in growth over recent years and some key issues, the Japanese pharmaceutical mark…

Optics design assistance online

Optical Surfaces | Added: 3 Feb 2005

Visitors can now gain direct access to a growing suite of technical datasheets aimed at assisting r…

Non-thermal extraction has promise

Hielscher USA | Added: 2 Feb 2005

Ultrasound offers advantages over conventional thermal food processing in preserving many desirable…

Technical seminars and prizes at Pittcon 2005

Ultrasonic Scientific | Added: 2 Feb 2005

These seminars, given by world experts in ultrasound technology, will address many of the analytica…

Automated determination of water by Karl Fischer

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 1 Feb 2005

Although KF titration itself is a fast method, the sample preparation step can be time-consuming si…

Free seminars on moisture determination

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 28 Jan 2005

Free technical seminars on moisture determination by Karl Fischer will be presented by Metrohm UK a…

Facing claims on professional indemnity

Howden Insurance Brokers | Added: 27 Jan 2005

An increasingly litigious culture means that laboratories are more likely to face claims on their p…

Unlocking the secrets of large biomolecules

Viscotek Europe | Added: 26 Jan 2005

Technical data demonstrate the utility of low angle light scattering (Lals) detector in directly me…

Introduction to polarography and voltammetry

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 24 Jan 2005

The latest work in the successful series of Metrohm Monographs offers a compact, easy to read intro…

Economical detection of borates in effluent

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 19 Jan 2005

Borate (boric acid) plays a role in both animal and plant physiology and is widely used as a preser…

RFID in the war against pharma counterfeiting

Inprint | Added: 19 Jan 2005

Brian Madden, managing director of Inprint, discusses the value of various techniques including rad…

Slightly more open access to papers

Nature Publishing | Added: 12 Jan 2005

Nature announces changes to its self-archiving policy in a move to deflect criticism of copyright r…

UV technologies in water purification systems

Merck | Added: 11 Jan 2005

Paper discusses the effectiveness of using UV technologies along a water purification chain and the…

Fungi before lunch and maggots after

Oxoid | Added: 7 Jan 2005

It was fungi before lunch, and maggots after, at the recent Oxoid infection control seminar where a…

Underpinning the technological revolution

CCLRC | Added: 3 Jan 2005

Isis, at the CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, celebrates 20 years of scientific…

Determining carbonate in washing powder

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 16 Dec 2004

Modern fabric washing powders contain a number of chemical ingredients in various proportions, and …

What is the archetypal researcher personality?

The Science Advisory Board | Added: 16 Dec 2004

Psychological profile test is designed to encourage people to align their professional aspirations …

World's highest field strength

Oxford Instruments Superconductivity | Added: 15 Dec 2004

The world's first 950MHz magnet system for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy will be installe…

Getting highest accuracy from nano-analysis

National Physical Laboratory | Added: 15 Dec 2004

Conference provided opportunities for manufacturers to learn from scientists how nano-scale surface…

Analysis of vitamin C in orange juice

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 14 Dec 2004

A look at the importance of vitamin C to the human diet, consideration of the loss of the vitamin f…