- h ist am ines , ▁specific ▁dru gs ▁effective ▁against ▁various ▁all erg ies ▁without ▁causing ▁ad verse ▁side - effect s . ▁Pub lished ▁in ▁the ▁Pro ceed ings ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁a ▁five ▁institution ▁collaboration ▁including ▁scient ists ▁from ▁Diam ond ▁used ▁three ▁of ▁Diam ond ' s ▁Mac rom ole cular ▁be aml ines ▁( I 0 3 , ▁I 0 4 ▁and ▁I 2 3 ) ▁to ▁discover ▁the ▁ability ▁of ▁a ▁b acter ium ▁to ▁use ▁pl astic ▁as ▁an ▁energy . ▁High ▁resolution ▁data ▁obtained ▁at ▁Diam ond , ▁allowed ▁the ▁research ers ▁determine ▁the ▁work ings ▁of ▁the ▁en zym e ▁that ▁g ri ps ▁the ▁pl astic ▁( P ET ) ▁and ▁subsequently ▁computational ▁mod elling ▁could ▁be ▁carried ▁out ▁to ▁investigate ▁and ▁thus ▁improve ▁this ▁mechanism . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁in ▁Nature ▁it ▁was ▁published ▁that ▁a ▁world wide ▁scientific ▁collaboration ▁created ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁simple ▁ways ▁to ▁control ▁metal ▁n ano - part icles ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁substantial ly ▁reduce ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁making ▁catal yst s ▁for ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁every day ▁goods ▁This ▁research ▁was ▁carried ▁out ▁via ▁a ▁mult id is cipl inary ▁team ▁and ▁included ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁B 1 8 . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁syn ch ro tr on ▁radiation ▁facilities ▁Syn ch ro tr on ▁Rad iation ▁Source ▁( S RS ) ▁ ▁European ▁Syn ch ro