Hands-off approach to silicon chips
The possibility of looking inside silicon chips to see their tiny working parts, without damaging the chips, is a step closer thanks to an international team led by scientists at the LCN.
The possibility of looking inside silicon chips to see their tiny working parts, without damaging the chips, is a step closer thanks to an international team led by scientists at the LCN.
Nanophysics
Jul 3, 2017
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Uncovering the essential building blocks which bacteria use to make long, hair-like filaments could lead to new drugs to fight infection.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 19, 2017
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The diverse 'coats' which protect a deadly microbe from our immune cells are generated by a 'hotspot' of rapidly evolving genes, a study has found.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 9, 2017
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Chemical reactions could be probed in even greater detail using a method invented by Imperial researchers that better characterises ultrafast X-rays.
General Physics
Jun 5, 2017
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Scientists have watched a cell's genetic machinery in the first stages of 'reading' genes, giving a potential way to stop the process in bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 2, 2017
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Researchers have developed an AI algorithm to accurately predict the gender of pre-paid mobile phone users, which could be useful in crises.
Computer Sciences
May 22, 2017
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Researchers have uncovered how a virus uses a two-pronged attack against a single protein to kill bacteria.
Biochemistry
May 19, 2017
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42
Researchers have uncovered the exact mechanism that causes new solar cells to break down in air, paving the way for a solution.
Condensed Matter
May 11, 2017
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The synthetic biologists from Imperial College London have re-engineered yeast cells to manufacture the nonribosomal peptide antibiotic penicillin. In laboratory experiments, they were able to demonstrate that this yeast ...
Biotechnology
May 4, 2017
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Scientists have re-examined an overlooked museum fossil and discovered that it is the earliest member of the titanosauriform family of dinosaurs.
Archaeology
May 2, 2017
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