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April 18, 2018 When Ilya Espino de Marotta lifted off in a helicopter to survey her $5.2 billion project, her legs turned to jelly. That's because this civil engineer, whose day job often has her evaluating very, very big things from very, very high concrete platforms, is “petrified” of heights. The flight also served to document oneÃÂ ...
A UK-led international team of researchers has discovered elemental metallic copper and iron in the human brain for the first time. The team, comprised...
Discovery of elemental metals in brain raises hope for Alzheimer’s treatments 09/06/2021, 7:02 pm Scientists using intense X-ray beams at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron facility in Harwell, Oxfordshire, to examine amyloid plaques in brain tissue (Neil Telling/James Everett/Keele University) An “unexpected” discovery of tiny metal deposits in their native form in the human brain has raised hopes of potential new therapies for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. An international team of researchers, led by experts at Keele University, have found nanoparticles – ar...
The spread of 46 human chromosomes measured using X-rays in the study, with colour added. Credit: Archana Bhartiya et al/ Chromosome Research Read Time: The mass of human chromosomes, which contain the instructions for life in nearly every cell of our bodies, has been measured with X-rays for the first time in a new study led by UCL researchers. For the study, published in Chromosome Research, researchers used a powerful X-ray beam at the UK's national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, to determine the number of electrons in a spread of 46 chromosomes which they used to calcula...
The mass of human chromosomes, which contain the instructions for life in nearly every cell of our bodies, has been measured with X-rays for the first time in a new study led by UCL researchers.