Homeostatic synaptic plasticity remains an enigmatic form of synaptic plasticity. Increasing
interest on the topic has fuelled a surge of recent studies that have identified key molecular …

The infectious hepatitis B virus represents 42 nm spherical double‐shelled particles. However,
analysis of blood from hepatitis B virus carriers revealed the presence of smaller 22 nm …

Microwave energy has been developed recently for the extraction of organic compounds
from environmental matrices after its use in inorganic chemistry for trace metal analysis. The …

Background The rhomboid family of polytopic membrane proteins shows a level of evolutionary
conservation unique among membrane proteins. They are present in nearly all the …

Amorphous thin solid films of lithium phosphorus oxynitride (LiPON) were prepared by radio-frequency
sputtering from a Li 3 PO 4 target by varying nitrogen flow rate. The aim of this …

The nanoscale organization of neurotransmitter receptors regarding pre-synaptic release
sites is a fundamental determinant of the synaptic transmission amplitude and reliability. How …

We show a continuous, in situ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiment on a lithium/graphite
electrochemical cell. The objective is to study a commercial graphite currently used …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) are efficient catalysts for transesterification/acylation
reactions involving secondary alcohols. The catalytic transformations are carried out …

The advent of super-resolution imaging (SRI) has created a need for optimized labelling
strategies. We present a new method relying on fluorophore-conjugated monomeric streptavidin …

The behavior of water in suspensions of swelling smectites (hectorite and laponite) or of a
non-swelling phyllosilicate (kaolinite) was studied over a large range of concentrations of the …