Creating Crystals from Gold
Scientists from the LCN have revealed how materials such as gold can help create protein crystals. The team hope their findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports, could aid the discovery of new medicines and treatments. The Lead author; Professor Naomi...
World’s oldest fossils unearthed
Remains of microorganisms at least 3,770 million years old have been discovered by an international team led by UCL scientists, providing direct evidence of one of the oldest life forms on Earth. Tiny filaments and tubes formed by bacteria that lived on iron were...
Characterization of a pentacene-based room-temperature MASER
A paper published in Scientific Reports by LCN researchers based at both UCL and Imperial College, presents the first thorough characterisation of a room temperature, zero-field MASER (a type of laser emitting microwaves); a system that was only discovered in 2012....
Serial killers of the immune system caught on microscopic CCTV
Our life hinges on an army of serial killers that attack virus-infected and cancerous cells in our body. These killers are a type of white blood cell called cytotoxic lymphocytes, which show remarkable efficiency in first perforating their victims and next injecting...