A Purdue University biochemist has developed a novel method for detecting certain types of proteins that serve as indicators for cancer and other diseases. Glycoproteins are formed when sugars attach to and modify a protein. In some cases, a combination of glycoproteins present in a sample of blood or urine could be an indicator of…
Butterfly Molecule, Once Just a Theory, Observed for First Time
A Purdue University physicist has observed a butterfly Rydberg molecule, a weak pairing of two highly excitable atoms that he predicted would exist more than a decade ago. Rydberg molecules are formed when an electron is kicked far from an atom’s nucleus. Chris Greene, Purdue’s Albert Overhauser Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, along with…