Weighing single molecules with light
Scientists at Oxford University have developed a light-based measuring technique that could transform our ability to characterise biomolecules.
Scientists at Oxford University have developed a light-based measuring technique that could transform our ability to characterise biomolecules.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 26, 2018
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A coupled system of two miniature detectors called nanopores improves detection of biological molecules, including DNA and markers of early disease.
Nanophysics
Mar 27, 2018
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Gold nanoparticles give us a better understanding of enzymes and other molecules. Biswajit Pradhan, Ph.D. candidate at the Leiden Institute of Physics, uses gold nanorods to study individual molecules that would be challenging ...
Biochemistry
Mar 27, 2018
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Two Waterloo chemists have made it easier for manufacturers to produce a new class of faster and cheaper semiconductors.
Nanomaterials
Feb 9, 2018
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Chemists have measured the effects of nanoconfinement in catalysis by tracking single molecules as they dive down "nanowells" and react with catalysts at the bottom.
Nanophysics
Jan 31, 2018
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Technological progress is often driven by materials science. High-tech devices require "smart" materials that combine a range of properties. An impressive current example is carbon nanotubes (CNTs)—single sheets of carbon ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 28, 2017
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An important aspect of pharmacology is understanding how active drug ingredients cross-react with endogenous molecules. But until now, such reactions could only be determined after the event. The precise details of the interacting ...
Engineering
Nov 2, 2017
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes act like tiny straws that are so narrow that water confined within cannot freeze into its normal crystal-like structure. In particular, in very thin nanotubes, water molecules align in a single-file ...
Nanophysics
Oct 3, 2017
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Research at the University of York has revealed that genes are controlled by 'nano footballs' - structures that look like footballs but 10 million times smaller than the average ball.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 25, 2017
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Researchers have designed a system that rapidly recognises the specific biological molecules that can indicate disease.
Nanomaterials
Sep 19, 2017
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