Using electron microscopy, Columbia University Medical Center biologists have captured the first detailed images of a calcium membrane pore in action, revealing a potential target for treating cancer.
The design is the first practical floating solar hydrogen-generating device to perform water electrolysis without pumps or membranes and could lead to low-cost, sustainable hydrogen production.
Columbia’s Joachim Frank, one of this year’s Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, received his Nobel Medal on December 10 in Stockholm and described his work in electron microscopy in his Nobel lecture.
Research co-authored by Brian Metzger, an astrophysicist in the Columbia University Department of Physics and member of Columbia’s LIGO team, is featured on the cover of the November 2 issue of Nature.
Columbia scientists have determined why excess saturated fats, such as those released from lard, are toxic to cells and cause a wide variety of lipid-related diseases, while unsaturated fats, such as those from fish and olive oil, can be protective.