Before taking effect, pharmaceuticals that target cell function must cross a crucial barrier: the complex assembly of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates that make up biological membranes. Recently, scientists realized that ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 19, 2012
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A new microscope to be built at the University of Houston (UH) will give scientists a better way to study the chemical properties of an array of surfaces, running the gamut from plastics and metals to cells and water. Researchers ...
Nanophysics
Aug 15, 2012
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Seeing details from a new angle can lead to game-changing discoveries. Using polarization-resolved sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (PS-SFG-VS) and a newly constructed sub-wavenumber high-resolution broadband ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 29, 2012
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