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    Understanding a protein that fuels bowel cancer

    Understanding a protein that fuels bowel cancer May 31, 2024

    Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research in London used cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM) at eBIC to investigate the architecture of tankyrase filaments.

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    New research on energy storage at Diamond

    New research on energy storage at Diamond May 24, 2024

    Using different synchrotron science techniques to uncover new insights into batteries

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    Highlighting Cubosome Research at Diamond

    Highlighting Cubosome Research at Diamond May 17, 2024

    Multiple beamlines at Diamond reveal different insights into the pioneering research area of nanomedicine

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    Surface Secrets: Understanding Stainless Steel's Resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement

    Surface Secrets: Understanding Stainless Steel's Resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement May 10, 2024

    Synchrotron studies will help build safe hydrogen energy infrastructure

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    70 Years in the Making: A Historical Virus Sample Reveals a Novel Protein Structure

    70 Years in the Making: A Historical Virus Sample Reveals a Novel Protein Structure May 3, 2024

    State-of-the-art synchrotron techniques probe the secrets of viral occlusion bodies

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    Exploring the Dynamics of Catalysis: Single Atoms vs. Nanoparticles

    Exploring the Dynamics of Catalysis: Single Atoms vs. Nanoparticles Apr 19, 2024

    Synchrotron studies that small clusters of atoms may be the most active species for some catalytic reactions

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    From Greenhouse Gas to Green Synthesis: CO<sub>2</sub> as a Raw Material for Next-Generation Polymers

    From Greenhouse Gas to Green Synthesis: CO2 as a Raw Material for Next-Generation Polymers Apr 10, 2024

    Offline SAXS studies explore the morphology of new CO2-derived thermoplastic elastomers

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    Capturing sulphur dioxide in zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)

    Capturing sulphur dioxide in zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) Apr 4, 2024

    Researchers from the University of Manchester used Diamond's B22 and I11 beamlines to enable the visualisation of Zr-MOFs at the atomic level

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    Understanding the Power of Movement in Plants

    Understanding the Power of Movement in Plants Feb 29, 2024

    Researchers have used single particle cryo-EM at eBIC to provide the first structural basis of auxin transport by PIN proteins

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    From Theory to Confidence: Building Trust in Twistronics Models

    From Theory to Confidence: Building Trust in Twistronics Models Feb 23, 2024

    A UK collaboration explored the transformative impact of twist angles on the electronic structure of 2D materials

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    Control of zeolite microenvironment for biomass conversion

    Control of zeolite microenvironment for biomass conversion Feb 20, 2024

    The sustainable production of pentadienes from renewable resources is a vitally important and urgent task

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    Taking candid shots of radical proteins

    Taking candid shots of radical proteins Feb 9, 2024

    Scientists capture how radical electrons influence protein structure before they have time to react

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    Fragment screening offers new leads in the search for Alzheimer's treatments

    Fragment screening offers new leads in the search for Alzheimer's treatments Jan 30, 2024

    Experiments were carried out using XChem, built around I04-1

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    Strain could have massive potential to squeeze new information out of quantum materials

    Strain could have massive potential to squeeze new information out of quantum materials Jan 23, 2024

    A collaborative effort has resulted in a new technique to investigate quantum materials, combining strain tuning with neutron and X-ray scattering

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    Illuminating the Future: A Game-Changing Approach to Quantum Dot Production

    Illuminating the Future: A Game-Changing Approach to Quantum Dot Production Jan 17, 2024

    State-of-the-art microscopy reveals quantum dot structures and informs novel synthesis techniques

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