NMR Spectroscopy – News and Features

A new way of machining microscale rotors from diamond crystal can enable ultrasensitive NMR devices for probing proteins and other materials.

Researchers have characterized and named the protein domain that is responsible for the recognition of collagen for the first time.

Every day, millions of cells die in our body. Other than generally assumed, cells do not simply burst at the end of their lives but rather, a specific protein serves as a breaking point for cell membrane rupture.

Molecular clocks in our cells synchronize our bodies with the cycle of night and day, cue us for sleep and waking, and drive daily cycles in virtually every aspect of our physiology. Scientists studying the molecular mechanisms of our biological clocks have now identified a key event that controls the timing of the clock.

Science writer Kerry Taylor-Smith takes a deep dive into the persistent problem of microplastics.

The earliest animal likely used chemical signaling to evolve from a single cell to a multicellular organism.

This article will discuss the principles of fragment-based drug discovery and will highlight some examples of recent successes in this area.

Structural biology uses a variety of techniques to determine the 3D structures of biomolecules such as proteins, nucleic acids and their complexes. In this article, we consider the key techniques, their role in structural biology, strengths and limitations.

Researchers have developed a novel method that utilizes nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to detect whether food products have been modified or adulterated with fillers like vegetable oil.

Dr. Adam Crowe sheds light on why a newly discovered reactive impurity is detrimental to mRNA function and how it can be detected more accurately.