NMR Spectroscopy – News and Features

Using new NMR methods and previously unavailable analytical tools, a team of researchers has finally solved the structure of boron monoxide.

Scientists have discovered an alternative, novel source of the important anticoagulant heparin, extracted from the mucus of the giant African snail.

A new approach has been developed to harvest detailed chemical information on radioactive and/or enriched stable isotopes. The approach is much more efficient, requiring 1,000 times less material than previous methods, with no loss of data quality.

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.