Better materials, better devices
18 Feb 2010
Extending our knowledge of how magnetic materials behave on an atomic scale has led to considerable technological advances, particularly in the area of information storage. University of Leeds scientists More ...

Of Beeswax and Synchrotrons
04 Jan 2010
MX beamlines are extremely powerful instruments for solving the structure of proteins. There are nearly 100 operational Macromolecular Crystallography (MX) beamlines around the world, and being able to More ...

The DNA-damage response
17 Dec 2009
Breaks in DNA cause a cascade of intercellular responses including the activation of the Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 (MRN) complex. This complex attaches itself to the strand break point and holds the broken ends More ...

Studying the processes underlying cancer metastasis
17 Dec 2009
In Brief A critical step involved in regulating the cytoskeleton and cell signalling is the activation of Rho guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases), initiated by the exchange of guanine diphosphate (GDP) More ...

High pressure orthovanadates
17 Nov 2009
Orthovanadates have recently emerged as promising optical materials for birefringent solid-state laser applications. They can be also used in a number of applications including cathodoluminescent materials, More ...

Porous Organic Cages
17 Nov 2009
Porous materials are important in a wide range of applications including catalysis and storage of gases such as carbon dioxide, a major contributor to climate change. Finding new ways to synthesise these More ...

Rotaxanes – Molecular Machines
02 Nov 2009
Rotaxanes are tiny molecular structures where a central straight molecule passes through a macrocycle, making a molecular machine in the shape of an axle inside a wheel. Bulky stoppers at either end of More ...