First successful protein structural analysis in a levitating drop of liquid

Knowledge of the exact structure of proteins – those biological molecules that perform multifaceted and essential functions in the organism – is crucial, for example, in producing new active ingredients for drugs. This protein structure is normally deciphered by means of X-radiation through so-called X-ray structural analysis. Soichiro Tsujino and Takashi Tomizaki, two scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, have used a clever trick to advance this method further: They have su