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Wed, 20.09.2023
At the Forefront of Crystallography
Electron diffraction was again the hot topic on IUCR2023, the global gathering of the crystallographic community, and ELDICO provides powerful…
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Mon, 21.08.2023
Experimental results on ELDICO ED-1
Experimental results on ELDICO ED-1 Na2Ca3Al2F14 Sample:Sodium calcium aluminium fluoride, Na2Ca3Al2F14 Goal:ED-1 functional proof of c…
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Wed, 16.08.2023
Most recent scientific results produced on an ELDICO ED-1
Apart from the very precise and fast goniometer and the radically simplified electron beam and optical column, the ELDICO ED-1 shines with a uniqu…
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Sun, 07.05.2023
“Especially impressed by the highly precise goniometer”
It is planned that the department for Chemical Crystallography and Electron Microscopy, which today offers as a service a wide range of techniques…
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Wed, 22.02.2023
Great prospects for ELDICO ED-1 at Stockholm University: Interview with Dr. Hongyi Xu
We are excited to host Dr. Hongyi Xu as a speaker at Eldico’s next webinar the 2nd of March. He is not only a valuable and distinguished member of…
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Fri, 09.12.2022
10 advantages of ED-based approaches to crystallography
During the past years, every relevant congress or conference dedicated to crystallography, chemistry, material sciences, geology, biomolecules and…
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Thu, 08.12.2022
Stockholm University signs up for ELDICO’s ED-1
ELDICO’s electron diffractometer, ELDICO ED-1, will be installed at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (MMK) at Stockholm Uni…
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Wed, 30.11.2022
MOFs could accelerate cancer research. And more
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been gaining popularity in the scientific circles in the last couple of years given to the extended array of …
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Thu, 27.10.2022
Scientific applications services can make a difference in your research
Push your research beyond boundaries: With electron diffraction services from ELDICO Scientific, a faster and more efficient drug development is i…
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Fri, 23.09.2022
Crystallography beyond boundaries
ECM33 Versailles in a nutshell: Over 400 visitors at the ELDICO booth informing themselves and discussing the potential of our technology – and we…
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Fri, 08.07.2022
We keep growing (unlike our crystals)
We are excited to welcome two new members in the ELDICO team who are strengthening our know-how and help our organization strive. ELDICO is com…
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Thu, 23.06.2022
Organic chemistry can find new horizons at the nanoscale
Ahead of the great Biannual RSEQ Conference in Granada, where around 1.800 scientists from the vast field of chemistry are expected, we at ELDICO …
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Tue, 03.05.2022
Quality breakthrough: R1<10% on Triphenylbenzene
Triphenylbenzene experiments on ELDICO ED-1 brought our continuous R&D to a significant milestone: R values as low as 9% were achieved with a …
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Mon, 02.05.2022
Electron Diffraction Experience Center Inaugural event: highlights
On 30th of March in Allschwil (Basel), next to the headquarters of several world leading pharmaceutical companies, ELDICO hosted the inauguration …
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Fri, 01.04.2022
Finally here: World’s first experience centre for electron diffraction launched in Basel
As an application lab for electron crystallography starts operations for users from industry and science, the world’s first electron diffractomete…
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Thu, 10.03.2022
ELDICO’s scientific ranks get a boost
Electron diffraction has still many more chapters to be written. The technique gets more and more attention with time – and for obvious reasons. I…
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Thu, 10.03.2022
5 biggest misconceptions about electron diffraction
Back in the summer of 2021, together with the IUCr, we asked 150 crystallographers what they think about the future of the field and what is their…
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Tue, 25.01.2022
ELDICO ED-1: first unit starts operation in Basel
Basel is certainly Europe’s life sciences centre. The Swiss border city is home to countless world-renowned companies and research institutions in…
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Thu, 23.12.2021
Season’s greeting from ELDICO
An extraordinary – and for most of us equally arduous – year is drawing to a close. However, we will also remember 2021 as the year in which …
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Tue, 30.11.2021
The Advent of electron diffraction
Countdown the days till Christmas with ELDICO! What do crystal-producing spiders, Netflix, the city of Basel, Spotify and Johannes Kepler have …
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Fri, 12.11.2021
ELDICO is where the future of pharma is: Meet us in Basel at SIF 2021
Swiss Innovation Forum 2021, Switzerland’s biggest Innovation event, takes place in Basel on the 18th of November. ELDICO presents its brand new e…
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Thu, 28.10.2021
From proof-of-concept to a market-ready product: ELDICO ED-1
Paracetamol was the beginning of ELDICO’s story. With SCIENCE’s “Scientific Breakthrough of the Year 2018” nomination and Tim Gruene’s paper (to w…
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Thu, 07.10.2021
Nobel prize for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis
Congratulations to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan who are joining the most honourable team of Nobel Prize for Chemistry recipients! The…
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Mon, 27.09.2021
Instrumentation and applications for ED: a paper from Tim Gruene and Enrico Mugnaioli
Tim Gruene and Enrico Mugnaioli have co-published an insightful analysis on the latest developments in electron diffraction, both technique and in…
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Tue, 03.08.2021
ELDICO’s booth at the IUCr congress awaits you with lots of electron diffraction
The ELDICO team is looking forward to meet you at the IUCr 25th congress in Prague. Our booth will feature our new disruptive electron diffractome…
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Tue, 03.08.2021
Crystallography now and then: a talk with Professor Gautam Desiraju
Professor Gautam Desiraju needs no introduction. With a lifetime spent between crystals of all sizes and shapes, he has seen the many scientific m…
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Tue, 03.08.2021
ED-1: ELDICO’s novel electron diffractometer
With the revolutionary ED-1, ELDICO Scientific is pleased to introduce its brand-new electron diffractometer. The novel instrument combines an ele…
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Tue, 06.07.2021
Electron diffraction in geology, petrography and space: an interview
Dr. Enrico Mugnaioli is one of the first developers and users of the Automated Diffraction Tomography (ADT) for the acquisition of 3D electron dif…
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Thu, 24.06.2021
Nature’s own crystallography: guanine
A SPIDER GROWING CRYSTALS? There are many surprising applications for electron diffraction (ED), and we at ELDICO Scientific could not have bee…
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Tue, 01.06.2021
First crystal structure from an electron diffractometer
ELDICO’s unique and worldwide first dedicated electron diffractometer delivers proof-of-concept on real samples by solving its first structure ab-…
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Tue, 01.06.2021
Why a dedicated device for ED matters: interview with ELDICO’s CEO
With over 40 years of experience in crystallography, 30 of which were dedicated to selling X-ray devices, Eric Hovestreydt does not shy away from …
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Tue, 04.05.2021
ELDICO hires Application Scientist and Sales Manager
Happy to have Arianna and Danny on board! ELDICO will be thriving on its exciting journey with the enthusiasm and know-how of our new two team mem…
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Tue, 20.04.2021
ELDICO recognized as a top solution provider for laboratory instrumentation
ELDICO’s novel electron diffractometer was recently recognized by Pharma Tech Outlook as a disruptive innovation in the field of laboratory automa…
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Tue, 23.03.2021
Stepping up the game: ELDICO joins Swiss scaling programme
Our company is preparing for big things in 2021: unveiling our long-awaited innovative electron diffractometer, first of its own in the market – s…
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Wed, 10.03.2021
Where can you e-meet us?
While the world still traverses the pandemic, we are adjusting to a new modus operandi in almost every aspect of our lives. The vivid spring and s…
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Thu, 04.02.2021
Must-have resources on electron diffraction
Electron diffraction is not only one of the most rapidly evolving fields in chemistry and crystallography, but it is also here to stay, as researc…
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Thu, 04.02.2021
A new member for ELDICO’s scientific advisory board
ELDICO Scientific has appointed a first-class Scientific Advisory Board, consisting of pioneers in crystallography and electron microscopy from sc…
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Tue, 02.02.2021
A glimpse in the chemical industry and electron diffraction
Riding the wave of newness and disruption is definitely exciting when it comes novel technologies and fresh perspectives on crystallography. Howev…
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Tue, 19.01.2021
Another eminent recognition for ELDICO’s disruptive innovation
We are proud to have been granted the European Commission’s Seal of Excellence: an award aimed at recognizing the disruptive innovations that can …
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Wed, 30.12.2020
On snowflakes and crystallography
There is no better time to be thinking about crystals and symmetries – many of us have already experienced the first snowfall of this winter and p…
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Wed, 23.12.2020
Season’s greetings from ELDICO
In 2020, the project of developing an electron diffractometer has continued to spark a lot of interest in the scientific community. Quite rightly …
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Tue, 24.11.2020
Passionate about crystallography? We are hiring!
To start on February 1st 2021 as a permanent assignment, we are looking for an experienced small molecule crystallographer, with knowledge of X-ra…
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Tue, 24.11.2020
Five fields where electron diffraction will make a difference
Electron diffraction is indeed a game-changer for many fields of research and diverse industries. Needless to say, the emergence of the dedicated …
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Mon, 23.11.2020
Structure determination with ED: summary of a compelling argument
As part of a series of five sessions on electron diffraction, our first webinar with Tim Grüne sparked interesting discussions. We were more than …
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Tue, 17.11.2020
Partner spotlight: detecting the future with DECTRIS
ELDICO Scientific AG, manufacturer of novel electron diffractometers and DECTRIS AG, based in Baden, Switzerland, the world’s leading manufacturer…
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Thu, 05.11.2020
Electron diffraction: concept, instrumentation and practical aspects
To showcase the enormous benefits of electron diffraction, ELDICO, in collaboration with internationally outstanding experts in the field of elect…
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Wed, 21.10.2020
Novel approach to a rapid cure for COVID-19, supported by ED
The Covid-19 crisis seems to never end, with a potential second lockdown in sight and infection rates on the rise. The world needs a rapid solutio…
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Wed, 21.10.2020
New webinar on electron diffraction
We thought there is no better time to introduce an intriguing webinar on an even more intriguing subject: electron diffraction. Electron diffracti…
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Wed, 21.10.2020
All things crystallography: introducing the ED glossary
With a dedicated electron diffractometer, ELDICO presents a highly innovative instrumentation for nano-crystallography. New approaches demand new …
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Thu, 24.09.2020
The Electron Diffractometer that is powered by key beamline technologies
AXILON’s experts have decades of experience in engineering, design and delivery of a broad variety of scientific instruments. The team combines ma…
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Wed, 23.09.2020
A comprehensive analysis of electron diffraction limitations
Nanocrystalline materials are common in different fields of both materials and life science nowadays. The minimal crystal size can either be obtai…
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Tue, 08.09.2020
Electron diffraction: a cost-efficient approach
A total cost of operations analysis reveals significant cost advantages of an electron diffractometer over X-ray and TEM instrumentation. We compi…
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Wed, 02.09.2020
Experiments on alpha-Glycine: getting data on a beam sensitive sample
Electron Diffraction (ED) opens new perspectives for crystallographic research. Our team carried out a comparative experiment of alpha-Glycine wit…
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Tue, 01.09.2020
Eldico is growing: meet our two new members
Warm welcome to our two new members who will help materializing a dream: bringing Eldico’s disruptive instrument to the market. Eldico was foun…
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Thu, 06.08.2020
The Electron Diffractometer that changes nano-crystallography
ELDICO’s novel electron diffractometer effortlessly enters the sub-μm regime, eliminating the obstacle posed by the crystal sizes in measuring nan…
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Thu, 30.07.2020
Another big win for ELDICO and its electron diffractometer
ELDICO secures a further 100,000 Swiss francs thanks to a successful pitch in the third and final round of the start-up support programme Venture …
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Tue, 21.07.2020
Scientific workshop: The Future of Structural Elucidation
In cooperation with the Innovation Office of the University of Basel, ELDICO conducted a cross-institute workshop with the theme “The Future of St…
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Mon, 13.07.2020
ELDICO´s Top 7 Papers on Electron Diffraction
Electron diffraction (ED) is currently one of the most rapidly developing and exciting fields of crystallography. Over the past two years, every r…
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Tue, 16.06.2020
Do you want to be part of ELDICO’s success story?
Join us as hands-on marketing professional and visionary storyteller and help to bring a disruptive technology to the market. Last year, Dr. Gu…
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Thu, 11.06.2020
ELDICO appoints former CEO of Bruker AXS to the board
ELDICO Scientific will now be supported on its board of directors by Dr. Martin Haase, an experienced top manager in the high-tech industry. “E…
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Mon, 08.06.2020
«Electron diffraction could make a difference in fighting viruses»
Could structural elucidation help support scientists in the pandemic scenarios we are facing today? Dr. Gustavo Santiso-Quinones, Chief Scientific…
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Fri, 29.05.2020
Familiar with Electron Diffraction? Take our Quiz & win a 50€ giftcard
ELDICO Scientific (the Electron Diffraction Company) will be launching the first dedicated electron diffractometer specially designed for electron…
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Fri, 29.05.2020
Electron diffraction: after the bottleneck is before the bottleneck
In an article on crystallography and – in particular – electron diffraction for Nachrichten aus der Chemie[1], Klaus Merz (University of Bochum, G…
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Tue, 26.05.2020
Future of electron diffraction: why detectors make the difference
Seven questions about the future of electron diffraction for Sacha De Carlo, Business Development Manager EM, DECTRIS Ltd. Sacha De Carlo…
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Thu, 07.05.2020
Electron diffraction to differentiate C from N and locate protons
Electron Diffraction (ED) is gaining world-wide attention in the crystallography community. As part of our efforts to demonstrate the power of ED,…
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Thu, 07.05.2020
More Money for a faster product development
With additional funding of almost CHF 1.5 million, raised from private and institutional investors, ELDICO’s product development will be…
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Thu, 30.04.2020
ELDICO awarded 2nd place in Pionierpreis
ELDICO Scientific takes second place in the Pionierpreis. We have thus prevailed over more than 30 competitors from the Swiss start-up commun…
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Tue, 07.04.2020
Electron Diffraction: A Hot Topic in Crystallography
What are electron diffraction and nano-crystallography and why are they so important for scientists, researchers and industry? A comprehensive rou…
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Fri, 03.04.2020
Scientific Advisory Board: Leading pioneers of modern electron diffraction
The academic-industrial board met online to start work. ELDICO will benefit from the extensive hands-on experience of som…
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Thu, 19.03.2020
ELDICO one of the ten Engineering Start-ups to Watch in 2020
Less than a year after incorporation, ELDICO has made it to the 2020 selection of the most promising Swiss engineering start-ups. This was announc…
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Thu, 12.09.2019
The making of ELDICO: SNI/Nano Argovia helped to create the prototype
This week SNI Insight, the publication of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute featured ELDICO in a 4 page report. It is entitled “With a lot o…
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Thu, 29.08.2019
ECM32: The unstoppable raise of electron diffraction
After 5 days of intensive discussion at our booth and several dozens of leads richer the ELDICO team leaves full of confidence from ECM32, Eu…
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Mon, 19.08.2019
Innovative hardware concept for ED instrumentation
ELDICO Scientific, a Swiss manufacturer of electron diffraction instrumentation, is presenting its new product concept on the 32nd European Crysta…
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Tue, 07.05.2019
Derek Lowe in his blog on Science Translational Medicine
In October 2018 Derek Lowe in his blog on Science Translational Medicine (see also https://blogs.sciencemag.org) commented on new findings re…
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