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Two coats are better than one to bring nanomagnetism out of its shell.
Diamond Light Source has been used to determine that at least two ...
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Copper ions form an important part of everyday life, as they are incorporated into a number of proteins and enzymes, amongst which are some that ...
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Much as some materials exhibit ferromagnetic properties, meaning they form permanent magnets, some are known to exhibit ferroelectric properties, ...
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T-cells are a key component of our immune systems, patrolling the body, interacting with proteins on the surface of cells which display small ...
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The mis-folding of proteins within our bodies has been linked to a number of wide ranging effects, from common allergies to neurodegenerative ...
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Building bodies is a complicated business. Thousands of growing cell types, which all need to end up in the right place, doing the right job. Even ...
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All cells have a cell membrane, made up of a lipid bilayer. Through this membrane sit the membrane proteins; a vital family of proteins which ...
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Scientists have been using both I13 and ID17 at the ESRF, Grenoble, France to develop a new quantitative x-ray phase-contrast imaging method, ...
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Scientists from the University of Sheffield have used Diamond's I22 beamline to develop intensely coloured iridescent materials by mixing block ...
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Transition metal oxides (TMO’s) containing a 5d element are increasingly attracting attention in the quest to discover and exploit novel ...
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The 2001 Foot and Mouth disease virus (FMDV) outbreak in the UK caused the deaths of over 7 million livestock and cost the economy in the region ...
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Chalk and other sediments found at the bottom of the ocean are largely made up of microscopic shells. These shells contain important chemical ...
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Since the middle of the 20th century, infrared (IR) spectroscopy coupled to microscopy has been used as a non destructive, label free, highly ...
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Accurate detection and classification of materials, such as diseased tissues or illicit substances, is critical and misclassification can ...
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The high energy and short wavelength of X-rays make them ideal for imaging inner features of samples at the sub-micrometer scale. Over the past ...
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Micro-beam Laue diffraction is a versatile probe for orientation and elastic strain in individual grains of metallic polycrystals. It can help ...
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Aluminium hydroxide, Al(OH)3, is a lamellar material with octahedral vacancies in its layers. It has long been known that it can ‘imbibe’ LiX ...
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To date, the development of inert anode materials has relied on the characterisation of samples which have been removed from their operational ...
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Orthopaedic implants improve the quality of life of thousands of people every year, reducing pain and increasing mobility and function. In the ...
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Nanoparticles (NP) are used in different applications such as cosmetics and medicine. To assess potential toxic effects and to design NP-based ...