New Filter Technology – Uses Inert Gas to Bore Holes in High-Quality Steel

01-Sep-2014 - Two early-stage venture capital investors are joining the i3 Membrane GmbH startup in August 2014. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) of Bonn and Innovationsstarter Fonds of Hamburg are investing in development and marketing of a novel filter technology. The new high-tech membrane is made of ...

Scientists moving closer to 'artificial noses'

More than one nanostring to their bow

27-Apr-2009 - Quick, certain and cheap detection of single molecules is a task that chemical analysts are now expected to perform. Luckily, there is a method they can employ for this, which uses nanotechnology: Specifically, they use "nano-electromechanical systems", or NEMS. These systems involve strings with ...

Nanotechnology in the focus of consumer health protection

Around 200 participants in the sixth BfR Consumer Protection Forum

24-Nov-2008 - In which foods and products are nanoparticles used? In what ways do consumers come into contact with nanoparticles? Does this lead to health risks? How can they be assessed? What information do consumers need about nanotechnologies? At the sixth BfR Consumer Protection Forum at the Federal ...

Checking people at airports with terahertz radiation

PTB succeeds in absolute measurement of terahertz radiation

22-Sep-2008 - Within the last few years the number of transport checks – above all at airports – has been increased considerably. A worthwhile effort as, after all, it concerns the protection of passengers. Possibilities for new and safe methods of transport checks are offered by terahertz radiation. Before ...