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A new technique for following chemical reactions in real time makes a virtue of necessity, by using the radiation from non-reacting molecules as part of the detection method. As reported in Nature, this implementation of “high-harmonic interferometry” can be used to monitor both molecular structure and electron dynamics, the latter with attosecond time resolution.

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How did Leonardo Da Vinci manage to paint such perfect faces? XRF analysis has shown the composition and thickness of each layer of material laid down by the painter. The results reveal that, in the case of glazes, thin layers of 1–2 µm have been applied.

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The new Jean Jeener Bio-NMR Centre at the VIB Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, has already played a role in a scientific breakthrough that has been published Cell. Thanks to NMR, it is possible to determine the dynamic structure of proteins, and it was used to find out how the activity of certain proteins involved in the stress physiology of bacteria is regulated.

Read more: NMR at new research centre makes important discovery in protein regulation