News articles tagged with 'crystallisation'
How do your crystals grow?
— 15 Sep 2010 10:00 | PhysicsBecause one of the main bottlenecks in determining the structure of protein molecules is producing good isolated single crystals, improved crystallisation techniques would be useful…
Researchers apply computing power to crack egg shell problem
— 10 Jul 2010 07:51 | BiologyResearchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Sheffield have applied computing power to crack a problem in egg shell formation. The work may also give a partial answer…
Argonne scientists reveal secret of nanoparticle crystallisation in real time
— 18 May 2010 20:16 | TechnologyA collaboration between the Advanced Photon Source and Centre for Nanoscale Materials at U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has 'seen' the crystallisation…
Experimental explanation of supercooling: Why water does not freeze in the clouds
— 22 Apr 2010 08:47 | TechnologySupercooling, a state where liquids do not solidify even below their normal freezing point, still puzzles scientists today. A good example of this phenomenon is found everyday in meteorology:…
Caltech scientists uncover structure of key protein in common HIV subgroup
— 3 Apr 2010 15:44 | HealthScientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have provided the first-ever glimpse of the structure of a key protein - gp120 - found on the surface of a specific…
Giant 'microscope' trained on glass transition
— 23 Mar 2010 13:09 | TechnologyThe National Science Foundation has awarded $1.65 million to a project led by Washington University in St. Louis physicist Ken Kelton to build an electrostatic levitation chamber that…
Ames Laboratory scientist using low-gravity space station lab to study crystal growth
— 22 Sep 2009 11:19 | TechnologyA research project 10 years in the making is now orbiting the Earth, much to the delight of its creator Rohit Trivedi, a senior metallurgist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames…
Fighting disease atom by atom
— 22 Jul 2009 10:44 | HealthResearchers at Rice University and their international colleagues have for the first time described the atomic structure of the protein shell that carries the genetic code of hepatitis…
Silicon micro-islands and nano-spikes channel water on glass slides
— 27 Mar 2009 14:38 | TechnologyWorking at the nanoscale level, University of Arkansas engineering researchers have created stable superhydrophilic surfaces on a glass substrate. The surfaces, made of randomly placed…
Infra red spotlights crystal growth
— 24 Jan 2009 18:46 | ChemistryThe creation of a reproducible crystallisation process is a fundamental challenge to drug manufacturers, but a technique which provides real time detailed analyses of chemical processes…