Chaos as a matter of direction: Researchers build layered material where order and disorder coexist

Some materials behave unexpectedly. They crack differently than expected, or react in ways that are hard to explain. The ...
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Atomic disorder strategy could help high-capacity batteries last longer

Researchers at UNIST, in collaboration with the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL) and KAIST, have introduced a novel ...
Nature

The atomic structure of a eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase complex

Notably, the transmembrane domain of the OST complex has a triangular shape in which Stt3 is in the centre, surrounded by all other subunits (Extended Data Fig. 5a–c). TMH2–TMH4 of Ost3 pack against ...
Nature

An atomic structure of the human 26S proteasome

The eukaryotic ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) mediates the degradation of polyubiquitinated proteins 1. The UPS comprises three classes of enzymes that collaborate in covalently attaching ubiquitin ...

A New Kind of Atomic Clock Could Redefine the Second

Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future ...