nanotechnologies

After two and a half years of intensive work, scientists from the Laboratory of Biophysics of the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, led by Oleg Lunov, have presented a breakthrough DNA nanostructure based platform, which allows for the targeted influence of lysosomal functions in cells.

A new diamond-titanium nanocomposite may help decompose dangerous chemical warfare agents such as Soman in much more effective manner. It was developed in cooperation of scientists from the Czech Academy of Sciences including the FZU, Czech Technical University, Military Resarch Institute and Uppsala University.

Recently scientists all over the world have been examining components of ever smaller, virtually molecular dimensions. An international team from the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Tokyo Institute of Technology has developed a new method which will contribute to the miniaturization of electric circuits in electronics. They have published their discovery in the prestigious scientific journal Chemical Science.

Authors extended the application of the method further to the fields where the knowledge of the so-called absolute configuration of molecules is indispensable, such as pharmaceutical research or molecular biology. The new method will be used in laboratories and the development of drugs will become faster, simpler and more effective.