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rssAnthrax killer: It's sedimentary
Date: Jul 15, 2013
Author: David Bradley
X-ray crystallography and other techniques have been used to study an unusual antibiotic from a marine actinomycete that has demonstrable efficacy against the lethal microbe anthrax.
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Magnetic insights: Playing the percentages
Date: Jul 15, 2013
Author: David Bradley
An international research team has shown that one-dimensional molecular conducting wires can be switched to an insulating state using a weak magnetic field even at room temperature. The finding might offer new insights into the innate navigation systems of migratory birds as well as leading to new technology for magnetic field sensors, inexpensive touch screen displays and high-density magnetic storage for smartphones and other portable devices.
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Laser life: Astatine inspected
Date: Jul 15, 2013
Author: David Bradley
Laser spectroscopy has been used by scientists at CERN and Mainz to investigate the nature of the rare and artificially produced radioactive element astatine for the first time.
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Fluid findings: Smoke gets in your lungs
Date: Jul 15, 2013
Author: David Bradley
A multivariate analysis of data on the chemical composition of exhaled particles in the breath of smokers and non-smokers reflects another factor in how smoking can be detrimental to lung function by revealing the shift in composition of respiratory tract lining fluid.
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Journal Highlight: Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of directly labelled DNA: from microscopy standards to living cells
Date: Jul 8, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
This minireview provides an update of recent progress in super-resolution fluorescence imaging methods for DNA.
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Journal Highlight: Towards first principles calculation of electron impact mass spectra of molecules
Date: Jul 8, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
The routine calculation of EI mass spectra is based on a combination of fast quantum chemical methods, molecular dynamics, and the stochastic preparation of "hot" primary ions.
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Journal Highlight: Influence of the antiscatter grid on dose and image quality in pediatric interventional cardiology X-ray systems
Date: Jul 8, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
A methodology and experimental results are presented to assess the influence, in terms of dose and image quality, of the antiscatter grid in a pediatric cardiology X-ray system.
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Tissue repair: Antioxidant influences processes in rainbow trout
Date: Jul 3, 2013
Author: Steve Down
The proteins involved in tissue damage and repair in the rainbow trout have been identified as an example of a lower vertebrate used in food production, those fish fed on the antioxidant astaxanthin having a different cellular response.
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New use for old spice: Curcumin as MALDI imaging matrix
Date: Jul 2, 2013
Author: Steve Down
Curcumin, the spice normally used in cooking, has been used successfully as a matrix for MALDI imaging studies of a variety of samples, including fingermarks and tissue, performing at least as well as the classical matrix compound.
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Journal Highlight: Does aluminium bind to histidine? An NMR investigation of amyloid β12 and amyloid β16 fragments
Date: Jul 2, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
In an NMR study of the N-terminal amyloid peptide fragments Aβ12 and (Aβ16), non-histidine residues were found to be involved in aluminium binding.
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