Synthetic ‘virus’ to kill bacteria
A synthetic ‘virus’ that kills bacteria on first contact has been developed by LCN and National Physical Laboratory researchers (NPL). The study, published in Nature Communications, shows how newly designed proteins can be used to build tiny hollow shells that emulate...
Promising new technology for diagnosing immunity to Ebola
New research from i-sense at Imperial College London and UCL, encompassing LCN researchers, provides a promising new approach to detecting immunity to Ebola virus infection. Since the major Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014, a wide number of diagnostic tools have...
Atomically Controlled Gas Sensing
An international team of scientists, including those from the LCN at UCL, have solved the stucture of a gas sensing surface of tin dioxide, opening the way to advanced device design. The basis for the gas sensing as well other applications of tin oxide is the...