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Spotting fashion fraud
Counterfeit clothing can be distinguished from designer brands using an unusual spectroscopic technique.
- Published: Aug 13, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Traffic light test to show how much caffeine is in your drink
A fluorescence test for drinks uses a microfluidics device to show the level of caffeine present displaying red for strong, yellow for medium and green for low contents.
- Published: Aug 8, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Dead Sea Scroll parchments were produced by different techniques
Spectroscopic examination of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls has shown that the parchments were originally produced by at least two different techniques, contrary to popular belief.
- Published: Jul 25, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Crime does pay
The rising use of spectrometry in forensic and criminal work will help to drive the growth in the spectrometry market up to 2017, according to a new market research report.
- Published: Jul 23, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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FTIR spectra of all postage stamps in a country's history
The ATR-FTIR spectra of examples of all of the postage stamps produced in Italy since 1862 have been collected.
- Published: Jul 9, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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It's a great approach. Can we do the same for inks on legal papers?
Competition to find applications for new laser spectrometer
Scientists have launched a competition to find the new ways to use a novel laser spectrometer but hurry up: you only have a few days to submit your ideas.
- Published: Jul 2, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Scottish medical unit receives £24 million
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has awarded £24 million to the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, based at the University of Dundee.
- Published: Jun 29, 2013
- Author: Jon Evans
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Japanese CRO chooses Thermo Scientific LIMS
The Japanese contract research organization JCL Bioassay is implementing Thermo Fisher Scientific's Watson laboratory information management system (LIMS) across its US laboratories.
- Published: Jun 28, 2013
- Author: Jon Evans
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UC Riverside chemists wins MS award
Yinsheng Wang, a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, has received the Biemann Medal from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
- Published: Jun 27, 2013
- Author: Jon Evans
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Thermo Fisher promotes innovation in Shanghai
Thermo Fisher Scientific has established the China Innovation Center in Shanghai.
- Published: Jun 27, 2013
- Author: Jon Evans
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