New Sapphire Wire, Could Transform, Aviation and Fusion Power. 'The Independent' reports that a new "sapphire fiber" could transform aircraft technology and potentially lead to breakthroughs in fusion power. 'The Independent' reports that a new "sapphire fiber" could transform aircraft technology and potentially lead to breakthroughs in fusion power.

An integrated multiprotein nanopore has been fabricated using components from all three domains of life. This molecular machine opens the door to two approaches in single-molecule protein analysis, in which selected substrate proteins are unfolded, fed to into the proteasomal chamber and then processed either as fragmented peptides or intact polypeptides.