New method takes snapshots of proteins as they fold
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 21:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Using a sophisticated version of the stroboscopic photography Eadweard Muybridge used to prove in 1877 that a horse takes all four hooves off the ground when it gallops, scientists have now caught proteins in the act of folding, a process that can take less than thousandths of a second.