April issue
This month we discover how light scattering can measure material time, review the prospects for drug design on quantum computers, and examine the links between flat bands and strange metals.
This month we discover how light scattering can measure material time, review the prospects for drug design on quantum computers, and examine the links between flat bands and strange metals.
The nuclear pore complex of eukaryotic cells senses the mechanical directionality of translocating proteins, favouring the passage of those that have a leading mechanically labile region. Adding an unstructured, mechanically weak peptide tag to a translocating protein increases its rate of nuclear import and accumulation, suggesting a biotechnological strategy to enhance the delivery of molecular cargos into the cell nucleus.