Green Chemistry and Biofuel: Mechanism of a Key Photoenzyme Decrypted
The functioning of the enzyme FAP, useful for producing biofuels and for green chemistry, has been decrypted. This result mobilized an international team of scientists,…
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Ancient Writing Practices Unveiled by Red and Black Ink From Egyptian Papyri
Scientists led by the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, have discovered the composition of red and black inks…
Dinosaur ‘Easter Eggs’ Reveal Their Secrets in 3D Thanks to X-Rays and High-Powered Computers
Synchrotron X-ray sheds light on some of the world’s oldest dinosaur eggs. An international team of scientists led by the University of the Witwatersrand in…
“Impossible!” Chemists Said – But They Had Discovered New Stable Form of Plutonium
An international team of scientists, led by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), have found a new compound of plutonium with an unexpected, pentavalent oxidation state, using…
CFP mTurquoise2 Shines Bright
By first uncovering how CFPs store incoming energy and retransmit it as fluorescent light, scientists were able to understand the function of individual atoms within…