Little big science: high-energy polemics erupt over plans to replace an aging French synchrotron

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French education minister Claude Allegre's plan to collaborate with Britain to build a synchrotron called Diamond rather the the all-French Soleil synchroton has provoked controversy. Scientist at the Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnetique protested by voting against turning on their synchrotron.

France, Science and technology policy, Synchrotron, Synchrotrons, Allegre, Claude

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A simple mimic: water droplets encased in fat simulate cell membranes

Article Abstract:

An attempt to engineer a simple model of the cell's plasma membrane, particularly, the ion channels in the membrane, is presented. The model involves membrane mimicry that uses water droplets enveloped in a layer of fat to form a membrane into which membrane channels are fixed.

United Kingdom, Science & research, Research, University of Oxford, Cell membranes, Ion channels, Fat, Fats, Structure

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