Analytics connects: exchange across disciplines

Research meets application at the analytica conference 2024

07-Mar-2024 - From April 9th ​​to 12th, analytica, the world's leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analytics and biotechnology, will take place for the 29th time at the Munich exhibition center. It will be accompanied by the analytica conference from April 9th ​​to 11th. In numerous sessions, ...

Fish and seafood - improved trace detection of life-threatening allergy sources

"AQUALLERG-ID": Researchers develop methods for detecting potential food allergens

01-Nov-2023 - It is estimated that 1 to 2.5 percent of the adult population suffers from an allergy to fish and seafood, which is one of the most common triggers of life-threatening reactions (13 to 29 percent). These individuals are also more likely to allergic reactions when consuming insects. This is due to ...

Pocket-size food scanner

General-use, cost-effective scanning technology that can be easily adapted

07-Jan-2019 - According to a study by the environmental organization WWF Germany, ten million metric tons of food are thrown in the garbage every year in Germany despite still being edible. A mobile food scanner will allow consumers and supermarket operators in the future to test whether food items have gone ...

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 ...