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Researchers Characterise New Class of Materials Known as Protein Crystalline Frameworks

A new class of materials, known as protein crystalline frameworks (PCFs), have been discovered by a team of researchers from Helmholtz Center Berlin (HZB) and the Fudan University in China.

26 Aug 2014

New Book on Solid State Physics

Modern technology is based heavily on solid state devices such as semiconductors and lasers.

5 Aug 2014

Reconstructed Energy-Selective Neutron Tomography Enables 3D Representation of Phase Fractions

The method overcomes limitations of existing techniques which are limited to the surface or small-sized specimens, and allows a 3-D representation of the phase fractions within the sample volume. The work has just been published in the journal "Advanced Materials".

1 Aug 2014

International Union of Crystallography Meeting to Take Place August 5–12, 2014 in Montreal

Some 2,500 scientists and experts from around the world will gather next month in Montreal for the largest international meeting of the year devoted to crystallography -- a discipline that draws researchers from fields as far flung as genomics and geology who help solve problems as diverse as designing new manufacturing processes to creating life-saving drugs.

29 Jul 2014

E. coli Cells Join Salt Crystallisation and Modulate Growth of Sodium Chloride Crystals

For the first time, Spanish researchers have detected an unknown interaction between microorganisms and salt. When Escherichia coli cells are introduced into a droplet of salt water and is left to dry, bacteria manipulate the sodium chloride crystallisation to create biomineralogical biosaline 3D morphologically complex formations, where they hibernate.

26 Jul 2014

Armourglass Offers Tritium-Illuminated Watches with Shatterproof Crystal Glass

Where will your watch take you? Climb higher, go further, dive deeper, and see brighter! No more limitations with your watch!

14 Jul 2014

Neutron Crystallography Helps Solve Mystery of Ferryl Heme Compound I Structure

The controversy centres around a family of enzymes known as heme enzymes, due to the presence of a heme group in their active site. At the centre of the heme cofactor is an iron (Fe) atom, which becomes oxidised (ferryl) when a reacting heme is in an intermediate state called Compound I.

14 Jul 2014

Anticrystal Concept Offers New Approach to Understanding Materials

For the last century, the concept of crystals has been a mainstay of solid-state physics. Crystals are paragons of order; crystalline materials are defined by the repeating patterns their constituent atoms and molecules make.

9 Jul 2014

Simple, Direct Study of Crystals Inside Cells Performed Using X-Ray Analysis

Anyone involved in macromolecular crystallography will know that for many years scientists have had to rely on a multi-stage process utilizing protein, usually expressed in engineered cells, which is then extracted and purified before crystallization in vitro and finally prepared for analysis.

4 Jun 2014

BBSRC, MRC and Wellcome Trust Contribute Funds for the European X-ray Free Electron Lasers Project

The UK's structural biology community will have access to the most advanced crystallography technology in the world thanks to a £5.64M investment from UK research funders.

3 Jun 2014

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