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Optimizing building performance at Pushpawati Singhania research institute

• Author(s) : NANTHAGOPALAN T. K.
• Publication date: 2016/11
• Languages : English
• Source: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Journal - vol. 19 - n. 6
• Formats : PDF

9^th World congress of cryosurgery. Abstracts.

• Organiser : IIF-IIR, ISC, International Society of Cryosurgery
• Publication date: 1995
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Urology, Proctology, Cryotherapy, Cryobiology, Cancer, Measurement, Skin, Eye, Equipment, Cryopreservation, Cryosurgery
• Formats : Hard copy, PDF

IIR document

Cryosurgery: Mechanism and Applications.

• Author(s) : IIF-IIR
• Publication date: 1995
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Veterinary medicine, Urology, Proctology, Cryotherapy, Cryobiology, Skin, Respiratory system, Eye, Cryopreservation, Cryosurgery
• Formats : Hard copy

World’s most powerful MRI machines push the limits of human imaging

Latest MRI machines, developed in the US and in France and designed to operate under ultra-high magnetic strength thanks to giant superconducting magnets, should notably allow major advances in the understanding of neurological diseases.

• Publication date : 2019/02/28

Montreal Protocol news

- Malaysia expects to phase-out HCFCs by 2030 "Malaysia is expected to completely phase out the consumption of HCFCs by 2030 as scheduled", Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas said recently. He presented a...

• Publication date : 2009/02/25

Refrigeration, a key player in the fight against cancer

Refrigeration technologies are an essential part of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of several cancers.

• Publication date : 2024/02/02
• Subjects: General information

Fallstreak holes

Fallstreak holes are a stunning and very rare natural phenomenon. Last November, a Reddit user shared an incredible picture showing one of these wonders of nature in the skies over eastern Victoria, Australia.

• Publication date : 2016/05/10

Smart standard for smart labels

There are currently no official standards to assess smart labels

• Publication date : 2012/09/07

Vending machine dispenses fresh foods via RFID

The startup PantryLabs has created refrigerated kiosks which can identify sandwiches and other perishable products stored within, and can track sales and inventory levels.

• Publication date : 2014/09/24

Time-temperature indicator materials given green light by EFSA

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) validates active materials used to create time-temperature indicators on chilled food packaging.

• Publication date : 2013/09/03

Tracking drugs and life-sciences goods thanks to RFID temperature tag

DHL Global Forwarding has commercialized DHL Thermonet, an RFID-based air-freight service allowing customers to track the temperatures of their goods throughout the shipping process.

• Publication date : 2013/09/08

A new software to track and analyze cold chain performance

ShockWatch, a provider of supply chain monitoring, introduced the web-hosted TrekView Data Management System (DMS) to make monitoring temperature-sensitive products easier.

• Publication date : 2013/12/03

Food cold chain: improving temperature control to reduce loss

Recent review articles provide an update on technologies to monitor temperature in the food cold chain, in order to avoid food loss during transport and...

• Publication date : 2022/04/29
• Subjects: Figures, economy, Technology

Taiwanese fruit distributor tracks fresh produce via RFID

Je-Nong Cooperative Farm has reduced labor costs by adopting plastic crates with embedded passive UHF EPC tags to track its products.

• Publication date : 2013/11/19

Check the cold chain from a smartphone.

A startup has developed a NFC temperature logger, easily usable and as small as a credit-card.

• Publication date : 2015/07/08
• Subjects: Technology

A project aimaing at improving fresh produce exports from Dominican Republic

The United States Department of Agriculture is currently working to strengthen the DR’s ability to export high quality fruit and vegetable products.

• Publication date : 2017/07/18
• Subjects: Developing country

Fish packaging with built-in nose

PhD candidate Jenneke Heising is working on packaging with a built-in nose that tells your smartphone how fresh fish is before you buy it.

• Publication date : 2013/12/27

Cryo-electron microscopy wins the 2017 chemistry Nobel Prize

On October 2017, Jacques Dubochet (Switzerland), Joachim Frank (USA) and Richard Henderson (UK) were awarded the chemistry Nobel Prize for cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM).

• Publication date : 2017/12/18

News from IIR members: AFF

2es Journées - Chaîne du froid des produits de santé (2nd Symposium on the cold chain and medicines) is to be held in Lyons, France, on November 24-25, 2010. Organized by the French Refrigeration Association (AFF) and SFSTP (French Society...

• Publication date : 2011/02/04

IGO meeting

The IIR is an intergovernmental organization based in Paris, like of course several agencies of the United Nations Organization or OECD, but also like other small specialized organizations: the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection...

• Publication date : 2005/06/14

The IIR is taking part in standardization work for TTIIs in France

Gérald Cavalier, President of Section D of the IIR’s Science and Technology Council was appointed President of the new E18A Commission of AFNOR (Association Française de Normalisation, the French Standardization Agency): “Cold chain control -...

• Publication date : 2012/08/22

Call for abstracts now open: Cryogenics Conference 2021

The Programme Committee of the 16th IIR Conference on Cryogenics kindly invites authors to submit their abstracts by February 10, 2021!

• Publication date : 2020/12/14
• Subjects: Technology

Download the latest technical papers from the IIR Cryogenics Conference

Held on 8-11 April this year, the 15th IIR Cryogenics Conference welcomed over 120 guests from more than 22 countries.

• Publication date : 2019/07/02

Liquefied Natural Gas: production process and cold energy recovery

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas that has been cooled to about -160 °C and turned into a liquid to facilitate transportation and storage. A typical LNG supply chain...

• Last update : 2023/06/23
• Langues : English, French
• Themes : LNG and LPG