Oxford Diffraction has launched a new dual wavelength X-ray diffractometer that promises to determine the structure of molecules in even the most challenging of crystal samples.
You'll be unlikely to see them at your local cinema, but molecular
animations created using highly accurate information from X-ray
scattering images, will help explain how proteins and organic
molecules behave in a solution.
An $8.8m collaboration between two pharma companies and a leading
university has resulted in a project that uses fragment-based
crystallography and in silico fragment screening for lead
identification.
Researchers have developed a miniature synchrotron that could
enable researchers to conduct protein crystallography experiments
in their own university and 'revolutionise the way science is
done'.
A new X-ray microscopy technique will enable scientists to view
materials less than a nanometre in size. The development will help
scientists visualise reactions at surfaces, such as corrosion and
catalytic reactions, in real-time.