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Measuring reaction kinetics in protein crystals with confocal microscopy
Confocal microscopy is a powerful tool for imaging a variety of biological samples, including protein crystals.
New air-free glovebox facility
New Specimen Prep Capability: CHESS has added an MBraun Labmaster glovebox to its suite of sample preparation facilities.
GISAXS/GIWAXS furnace ready for action
Two user groups have used a new, custom-built glass tube furnace (Absolute Nano, Plymouth, MI), now available for general use at G1, for in situ studies of thermal behavior in thin films.
Hollow metal oxide nanoparticles produced from hot air
Facile synthesis of novel energy materials is necessary to tackle ever growing global energy demands.
Creating real-world conditions in the laboratory for studying material behavior
Even though a metal seems like a strong material, everyone knows a metal paper clip can be broken quite easily by bending it back and forth ten or twenty times.
Nobel laureate talks life expectancy, antibiotics
One hundred may one day be the new 80, but it may be some time before living past 80 is a global standard for life expectancy, said Nobel laureate Ada Yonath, who delivered the 21st Efraim Racker Lecture in Biology and Medicine Nov. 14.
