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Under control to the very end – how our cells kill themselves
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. Researchers at the…/ News, Research
Electron beam lithography also possible on uneven surfaces
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a new method for applying electron beam lithography to uneven surfaces. They are working with a floating resist that enables uniform coating. The work was recently published in the scientific…
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Promising combination
Researchers from the SNI network have fabricated a tiny optomechanical device consisting of a two-dimensional, free-hanging hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) layer suspended above holes in a silicon nitride membrane. The tiny hBN drum can be…
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Method to improve the yeast cell display
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a method to improve the so-called yeast surface display. Yeast surface display is a fundamental tool for protein engineering and targeted protein evolution. In this process, yeast cells are…
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Nano-heating enables enzymes to work at sub-zero temperatures
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a strategy to enable the activity of a natural biocatalyst at low temperatures, down to -10°C. Professor Patrick Shahgaldian’s group from the FHNW School of Life Sciences immobilized enzymes…
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Electrospray method expands range of different graphene ribbons
Researchers from the SNI network have accessed various graphene nanoribbons using high-vacuum electrospray deposition. They succeeded in investigating longer graphene nanoribbons with properties that are difficult or impossible to achieve…/ News, Research
Floating thanks to sound waves
Researchers from the SNI network are investigating methods to keep particles in the air using sound waves (acoustic levitation) – for example for crystallographic studies of proteins. In a recent paper in Applied Physics Letters, they…
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Laser light of any wavelength
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a platform for the resonant enhancement for so-called nonlinear optical processes which could aid to produce laser light of any wavelength. They combine a wedge-shaped diamond membrane with…/ News, Research
Laser light of any wavelength
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a platform for the resonant enhancement for so-called nonlinear optical processes which could aid to produce laser light of any wavelength. They combine a wedge-shaped diamond membrane with…