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In a study published in Nature Energy, researchers led by Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) describe how nanodiamond-reinforced composite membranes can purify hydrogen from its humid mixtures, making the hydrogen generation processes more efficient and cost-effective. This image offers an abstract visual representation of graphene oxide sheets...

Nanodiamonds may be tiny, but they can help with one of the biggest problems facing humanity today: Climate change.

An energy-efficient approach has been discovered by Japanese researchers to convert the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful chemicals.

Posted July 15th, 2021 for Kyoto University Researchers have found a way to enhance radiation therapy using novel iodine nanoparticles. When X-rays are irradiated onto tumor tissue containing iodine-carrying nanoparticles, the iodine releases electrons that break DNA and kill the cancer cells. (Ⓒ Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS) Cancer cell death is triggered within three days when X-rays are shone onto tumor tissue containing iodine-carrying nanoparticles...

Product News: ZEISS introduces new lattice light sheet fluorescence microscope 12 Jan 2021 With the release of the ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7, ZEISS places a turn-key lattice light sheet instrument at the disposal of the life science research community. Based on the pioneering research and developments of Ernst H. K. Stelzer while at EMBL, Heidelberg, on light sheet technology and of Nobel laureate Eric Betzig while at the Janelia Research Campus of HHMI on structuring light sheets as optical l...

An atomic switch is bringing us closer to highly effective solid-state batteries for electric vehicles.

Product News: ZEISS introduces new lattice light sheet fluorescence microscope 30 Dec 2020 With the release of ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7, ZEISS places a turn-key lattice light sheet instrument at the disposal of the life science research community. Based on the pioneering research and developments of Ernst H. K. Stelzer while at EMBL, Heidelberg, on light sheet technology and of Nobel laureate Eric Betzig while at the Janelia Research Campus of HHMI on structuring light sheets as optical latti...

Loading video... VIDEO: The ABCB1 protein squeezes fat-soluble compounds out of the cell through a major twist in the protein structure. view more  Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS In 1986, cellular biochemist Kazumitsu Ueda, currently at Kyoto Universitys Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), discovered that a protein called ABCB1 could transport multiple chemotherapeutics out of some cancer cells, making them resistant to treatment. How it did this has remained a myste...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Abnormalities in the cholesterol transport protein ABCA13 have been shown to lead to schizophrenia in a mouse model. view more  Credit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS Scientists have suspected mutations in a cellular cholesterol transport protein are associated with psychiatric disorders, but have found it difficult to prove this and to pinpoint how it happens. Now, Kazumitsu Ueda of Kyoto Universitys Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and co...

Protein employs twist‐and‐squeeze mechanism to expel chemotherapeutics from cancer cells In 1986, cellular biochemist Kazumitsu Ueda, currently at Kyoto Universitys Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), discovered that a protein called ABCB1 could transport multiple chemotherapeutics out of some cancer cells, making them resistant to treatment. How it did this has remained a mystery for the past 35 years. Now, his team has published a review in the journal FEBS Letters, ...