Macromolecular crystallography is the most successful technique for high-resolution protein structure determination; however, obtaining sufficiently large crystals that are capable of sustaining ...

Microcrystals take the form of tiny grains, so small that they resemble a powder. How can we determine their structure? For the first time, researchers have used X-ray diffraction to determine the ...

Rapid bending of the platelike microcrystals (about 525 µm long) of trans-4-(dimethylamino)azobenzene takes place when the sample is irradiated with 365 nm light. The microcrystals whip forward in the ...

In a collaborative study, scientists from MIPT and JINR (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research) have increased the accuracy of detecting valuable protein crystals measuring just a few microns. These ...

The largest meteorite observed so far this century entered the Earth’s atmosphere above Chelyabinsk in the Southern Urals, Russia on February 15, 2013. Unusually, dust from the surface of this ...

Many molecules in the pharmaceutical pipeline suffer from poor aqueous solubility in their crystalline form. To deal with this problem, pharma companies formulate such drugs as amorphous-solid ...

What do you see in these images? A palm-frond jungle? Bright bird feathers? Taking the Rorschach test that is Peter Woitschikowski’s photomicrography, viewers often compare the shapes with the natural ...

A group of researchers including Dr Atikur Rahman from the physics department at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, (IISER-Pune), along with collaborators, reported a new way to grow ...