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The functions of proteins are critically coupled to their interplay with water, but determining the dynamics of most water molecules at protein surfaces hasn't been possible. A new spectroscopic method promises to change that.

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Figure 1: Crystallographic versus NMR views of protein hydration.

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  1. Vincent J. Hilser is in the Departments of Biology and of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. hilser@jhu.edu,

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Hilser, V. Finding the wet spots. Nature 469, 166–167 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/469166a

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