Berlin (ots) - Products made from bio-based plastics must undergo the same testing procedures as conventional plastic products to access the market of the European Union (EU). Thereby a health risk for consumers is excluded. Plastics intended to be certified as biodegradable or compostable require additional tests. "Products made of bioplastics thus pass even more tests than conventional plastic products," explains Hasso ...
IEVA (Independent European Vape Alliance)
Brussels (ots) - More than 80 percent of smokers who switched to e-cigarettes have completely stopped smoking. Around 65 percent of vapers in Europe use fruit or sweet liquids. These are two important results of a survey carried out by the European Independent Vape Alliance (IEVA). More than 3,300 european ...
Euroclear Holding, Euroclear Investments, Euroclear SA/NV
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - Financial Highlights - Year-to-date (Q3 YTD) 2020 revenues down 3% year-on-year, to EUR 1057 million. - Q3 YTD Business Income increased 12% to EUR 951 million, driven by favourable market conditions and implementation of strategic initiatives Q3 YTD Banking and Other Income decreased 55% to EUR 106 million as a result of interest rate cuts - Q3 YTD Operating costs up 3% to EUR 637 million, in ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Hannover/Osnabrück (ots) - Today (25 October 2020), the German Federal Environmental Foundation's German Environmental Award, which has a remuneration of EUR 500,000, is being presented for the 28th time at the HCC Hannover Congress Centrum. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, German President Frank-Walter ...
Technische Universität München
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22562 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36263/ NEWS RELEASE How the virus enters the cell Coronavirus: Neuropilin-1 could open the door to the inside of the cell The protein neuropilin-1 facilitates SARS CoV-2 cell entry. A research team including ...
Technische Universität München
Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36254/ NEWS RELEASE The Bavarian Research Foundation is funding five TUM-research projects on Covid-19 Fighting corona with machine learning The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is starting five new research projects that focus on the ...
Technische Universität München
Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36252/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1576619 NEWS RELEASE New applications for organoids from human intestinal ...
Arnhem Netherlands (ots) - International expert organization DEKRA has been recognized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) for the U.S. DEKRA can now grant its own DEKRA US certification mark to a broad scope of products that will be ...
EUROEXPO Messe- und Kongress GmbH
Helsinki (ots) - The Finnish Koronavilkku ('Corona Blinker') application, which helps to break chains of coronavirus infection, has already been downloaded over 2 million times. The milestone of 2 million downloads - 37 % of the population - was reached two weeks after the application became available for download in app stores. 'We all now have a genuine opportunity ...
UMIT - The Health & Life Sciences University
Hall in Tirol (ots) - An article recently published by Schaffner and colleagues in the medical journal "Thyroid" summarizes the results of a decision-analytic population modeling study evaluating the benefits and harms of universal salt iodization. Iodine is a micronutrient that is essential for the production of ...
Baltimore, MD (ots) - Sysmex Inostics, Inc., a global leader and pioneer in blood-based circulating cell-free tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis for oncology, today announces the publication of a clinical study investigating the utility of cfDNA-based markers using the highly sensitive OncoBEAM RAS assay, an enhanced ...
Technische Universität München
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/die-tum/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/details/36207/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1559845 NEWS RELEASE DNA binding is essential for effectiveness of steroids Finding cortisone alternatives with fewer side effects Many people use ...
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - - A record number of 455 start-ups from 84 countries worldwide applied for the Vodafone Institute's global F-LANE accelerator programme - Social business models range from services for financially excluded rural women, women's health, mobility services up to programs for fair wages - Founder teams ...
Baltimore, MD (ots) - Sysmex Inostics, Inc., a global leader and pioneer in blood-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis for oncology, today announces the publication of a clinical study evaluating RAS mutation status in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients undergoing anti-EGFR ...
Jena, Germany (ots) - New long-term results from the international TARGIT-A breast cancer study, based on ZEISS technology, have been published [1] Use of targeted intra-operative radiotherapy (TARGIT), as a single dose - with ZEISS INTRABEAM - directly after removal of a tumor, confirmed as non-inferior, when ...
Dear all, Please find attached the press release of Brenntag Food & Nutrition regarding the new agreement with Vitalus Nutrition Inc. for the distribution of VITAGOS™ in the United States and Canada. For further information please see the press release. Please do not hesitate to ...
Technische Universität München
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36204/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1554685 NEWS RELEASE Sustainable biotechnological production of a natural substance against tuberculosis Designed bacteria produce coral-antibiotic Corals growing on the reefs of ...
Baltimore, Maryland (ots) - Sysmex-Inostics, Inc., a global leader and pioneer in blood-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis for oncology, today announces the publication of a clinical study evaluating the performance of plasma RAS mutation testing with OncoBEAM RAS CRC as compared to standard of care ...
