Jul 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Over the past decade, organic luminescent materials have been recognized by academia and industry alike as promising components for light, flexible and versatile optoelectronic devices such as OLED displays. However, it is a challenge to find suitably efficient materials. To address this challenge, a joint...
More evidence key building block of life were on Mars
Jul 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Evidence for diverse types of organic molecules have been detected by the Perseverance rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars, according to a paper in Nature ("Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars"). The findings suggest that a more complex geochemical cycle than previously thought...
Researchers visualize activity of CRISPR genetic scissors
Jul 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Scientists at Leipzig University, in collaboration with colleagues at Vilnius University in Lithuania, have developed a new method to measure the smallest twists and torques of molecules within milliseconds. The method makes it possible to track the gene recognition of CRISPR-Cas protein complexes, also known...
Scientists discover extensive array of protein folds unexplored in nature
Jul 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A groundbreaking study has shed new light on the astonishing diversity of protein structures and their folds in nature. Researchers set out to reveal the extent to which nature has explored the vast landscape of possible protein topologies. The results have unveiled an astounding array...