Linus Pauling's lifelong fascination with chemistry ... and determined the structure of proteins. The activism. During WWII, Pauling's laser-like focus on his work shifted for the first time ...

It is now ~50 years since the discovery of the atomic structure of the α-helix by Linus Pauling. Like the other ... the X-ray analysis of protein fibers. Two years later he moved to Leeds ...

A protein molecule is composed of thousands of atoms. How are they arranged? Progress has been made toward answering the question for fibrous proteins such as hair, horn, fingernail and porcupine ...