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Electrically conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for electronic devices, owing to their unique capability
to adsorb guest molecules. Processing them as ultrathin films is one of the key requirements for the development of electronic devices,
and might offer new perspectives in fields of key environmental value such as photovoltaics, photocatalysis or sensing.
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If you imagine a solid bead rolling on a soft cushion, it leaves distortions in the cushion in its wake. Transfer this analogy to the quantummechanical
realm, and the condensed matter physics version of the rolling bead is a polaron.
Holstein polarons are small composite particles composed of an electron dragging a cloud of lattice distortions. Although they were predicted to play a key role in high-temperature superconductivity and solar cells, the spectroscopic signature of Holstein ...
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RNA polymerase (Pol) III is a major determinant of lifespan in eukaryotes (organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes, unlike bacteria). The level of Pol III transcription is tightly linked to the rate of growth, as it is known to play a role in cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. A better understanding of the structure of Pol III could lead to new therapies for these
diseases. However, Pol III is the most complex nuclear RNA polymerase.
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Examining extremophiles can tell us about the nature of early life on Earth, using eBIC
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The work recently published in the journal Science by a team of scientists from Imperial College London featured the structure of the SWR1:nucleosome complex at 3.6 Å resolution, determined using cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM) data collected at the UK national electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC).
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50 years after our first steps on the Moon, samples from the Apollo missions, Mars and Vesta still have a lot to tell us about the formation of the plants and the Earth's volcanoes.
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A new route to hydrogen peroxide synthesis is the first step towards its in situ production.
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Diamond Light Source helped to judge annual competition engaging primary school students.
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XANES tracks the fate of an emerging contaminant released into a river environment
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While climate change has rightly received significant global attention in recent years, we have only just awoken to the sheer magnitude of plastic pollution.
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The worst forms of human sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) are caused by a species of trypanosome (single-celled parasite) known as T. b. rhodesiense.
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A major World Health Organisation objective is to develop vaccines against pathogenic bacteria. However, vaccine development is often hindered by variation in the molecules at the surface of the bacteria, and the manufacturing challenges inherent to working with such molecules.
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Many treatments for human diseases use small-molecule drugs that target protein molecules.
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In stem cells, asymmetric cell division (ACD) generates two distinct cells: a stem cell, and a cell committed to differentiate. Defects in this delicate and extremely coordinated process can cause cell over-proliferation and cancer. How stem cell ACDs are executed remains largely
unclear. The knowledge of the architecture of key ACD players constitutes a remarkable advance in the understanding of the operational principles of asymmetric divisions. An international research group determined ...
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Although Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, current diagnosis is subjective and there is no cure.
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The 8000th publication from Diamond on the future of solar cells; non-traditional materials in solar cells lead to higher efficiencies.
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This June, we hosted 'Inside Diamond' open days, celebrating world-changing science.
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Diamond uncovers unexpected complexity that may aid magnetoelectric data storage devices
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Amazing insights into the elusive potassium ions on bacterial ribosomes.
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Ancient skills meet cutting edge technology in the battle against antibiotic resistance.
