New form of ice is like a snapshot of liquid water 02 Feb 2023 A collaboration between scientists at Cambridge and UCL has led to the discovery of a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than... Read more
Method to predict drug stability could lead to more effective medicines 05 Mar 2018 Researchers from the UK and Denmark have developed a new method to predict the physical stability of drug candidates, which could help with the... Read more
Silk “micrococoons” could be used in biotechnology and medicine 19 Jul 2017 Researchers have manufactured microscopic versions of the cocoons spun by silkworms, which could be used to store sensitive proteins and other... Read more
Molecular inhibitor breaks cycle that leads to Alzheimer’s 16 Feb 2015 A molecular chaperone has been found to inhibit a key stage in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and break the toxic chain reaction that leads to... Read more
World’s first artificial enzymes created using synthetic biology 01 Dec 2014 Enzymes made from artificial molecules which do not occur anywhere in nature have been shown to trigger chemical reactions in the lab, challenging... Read more