New light source: A million times brighter than the sun

PhD thesis investigated application of a special white-light laser for semiconductor industry and microbiology

14-Feb-2022 - A new high-performance white-light laser is expected to speed up quality control in the semiconductor industry and provide closer monitoring of toxicity tests in microbiology. In one step, this laser enables the two-sided characterization of surfaces and can be integrated into production chains. ...

Raman Microspectroscopy for Microbiology

Methodology can provide new insights into a variety of key topics in microbiology

17-Jan-2022 - Raman microspectroscopy is a fast and non-invasive technology to determine the chemical composition of living microorganisms in near real-time. Jürgen Popp, scientific director of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, together with an international team of expert scientists, describes the ...

Deep learning enables early detection and classification of live bacteria using holography

Development of an AI-powered smart imaging system for early-detection and classification of live bacteria in water samples

15-Jul-2020 - Waterborne diseases affect more than 2 billion people worldwide, causing substantial economic burden. For example, the treatment of waterborne diseases costs more than $2 billion annually in the United States alone, with 90 million cases recorded per year. Among waterborne pathogen-related ...

Eurofins acquires Food Analytica Group

Enters the Hungarian market for food and feed testing

18-Jan-2018 - Eurofins Scientific, the global leader in food testing services, announces the acquisition of Food Analytica, a leading group of food testing laboratories in Hungary. As one of the most modern microbiology laboratories in Central and Eastern Europe, Food Analytica offers to more than 400 clients ...

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 ...

Elemental bones

Bone samples could be the ultimate biomarker for environmental pollution

18-Jun-2010 - Exposure to chemical pollutants is of growing concern to regulators, health workers, and environmentalist groups alike. Now, researchers in the US and Russia have demonstrated that samples of human bone can act as a biological marker for dozens of metals and toxic elements across the periodic ...

Sartorius opens new plant in India

04-Nov-2009 - Sartorius inaugurated its new plant at the Sartorius Group’s location in Bangalore, India. Together with some 100 guests from the scientific community and politics, CEO Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg, Supervisory Board Chairman Prof. Arnold Picot and Managing Director of Sartorius India Amit Chatterjee ...

Researchers validate a technique to detect, in one day, wether or not a patient is suffering from Tuberculosis

08-Oct-2009 - A team headed by Doctor Manuel Casal, head of Microbiology at Reina Sofia Hospital in Cordoba has validated in patients a technique, originally produced by a German company, capable of diagnosing tuberculosis in only one day and determining whether or not it is resistant to two of the drugs used ...

Clinical Reference Laboratory Inc to build European laboratory hub in UK

25-Aug-2009 - Clinical Reference Laboratory Inc has concluded a deal with Quotient Bioresearch that will see CRL Global Services establish its new European laboratory hub in the UK. CRL Global Services has a track record of more than 18 years in delivering testing services to support clinical development ...

Microscope reveals how bacteria 'breathe' toxic metals

18-Mar-2009 - Researchers are studying some common soil bacteria that "inhale" toxic metals and "exhale" them in a non-toxic form. The bacteria might one day be used to clean up toxic chemicals left over from nuclear weapons production decades ago. Using a unique combination of microscopes, researchers at Ohio ...