May 13, 2013 15:38 BST Uppsala University Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden can now reveal the mechanism behind the curved path of a curling stone. The discovery by the researchers, who usually study friction and wear in industrial and technical applications, is now published in the scientific journal Wear.
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May 06, 2013 07:00 BST Chalmers University of Technology There is now a way to differentiate between designer clothing and knockoffs. Chalmers researcher Christian Müller has produced a thread with unique optical properties, which can be used to create invisible patterns in fabrics that are only visible under polarized light.
Apr 22, 2013 11:00 BST Hamilton Robotics GB and Ireland The Hamilton easyBlood system uses CCD camera technology and state of the art liquid handling to identify blood fractions and allow automated retreival of plasma, buffy coat and red blood cells as required and defined by the user. This system compliments the Chemagic STAR and Hamilton STARLine standard liquid handlers to address the bottlnecks in your biobanking or clinical applications workflow.
Apr 15, 2013 20:00 BST Uppsala University New research results from Uppsala University instil hope of efficient hydrogen production with green algae being possible in the future, despite the prevailing scepticism based on previous research. The study, which is published today in the esteemed journal PNAS, changes the view on the ability of green algae – which is good news.
Apr 08, 2013 07:00 BST Chalmers University of Technology Enormous amounts of energy are wasted in greenhouses where our food is grown as a result of the plants receiving too much and the wrong kind of light. This can also stress and damage the plants. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology are working on a globally unique method to measure how much and what type of light plants want.
Apr 03, 2013 15:00 BST Hamilton Robotics GB and Ireland Hamilton Robotics launch the second generation of the successful NA extraction Workstation; Chemagic STAR Successful installations in Europe has established this integrated system, with chemistry from Chemagen, as the preferred choice when it comes to quality and high throughput automation.
Apr 02, 2013 09:00 BST Hamilton Robotics GB and Ireland Microtubes in a 96-tube rack (SBS format) are one of the most commonly used solutions for storing samples. Screw caps seal tubes effectively at very low temperatures (-80°C or lower) and have been developed by various labware producers incorporating 2D Bar-Codes. The Hamilton DeCapper is the perfect solution for this process bottleneck and is unique in that no lids traverse over open wells.
Jan 23, 2013 07:00 GMT Chalmers University of Technology Astronomers have put the Big bang theory through a tough new test - by measuring the temperature of the universe when it was half as old as it is now.
Dec 21, 2012 07:55 GMT Uppsala University The putative remains of Carin Göring, wife of Nazi leader Herman Göring, were found in 1991 at a site close to where she had been buried. In a recently published article, Marie Allen, professor of forensic genetics at Uppsala University, and her associates present evidence supporting that it is Carin Göring’s remains that have been identified.
Oct 25, 2012 17:05 BST Uppsala University When a female mates with several males, these will compete over the fertilization her eggs. This is an important evolutionary force that has led to the evolution of a diversity of male sexual organ morphologies. This is revealed in a study of seed beetles published today in the leading scientific journal Current Biology.