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A Sustainable New Material for Carbon Dioxide Capture

December 9, 2019

So far, the materials and processes involved in carbon capture and storage have been associated with significant negative sid...

Innovations in Next-Gen Sequencing

December 9, 2019

Richie Kohman, PhD, discusses in situ RNA sequencing and its emerging applications

Improved pH Probes May Lead to Better Cancer Treatments

December 6, 2019

Despite the growing recognition of the importance of the pH directly surrounding a cell as an indicator of cell health, techn...

A Meteorite-Loving Microorganism

December 4, 2019

Archaeon can crunch meteorite and feed on it

Black Silicon Can Help Detect Explosives

November 28, 2019

New device is able to detect trace amounts of nitroaromatic compounds and can be applied to identify the majority of explosiv...

Scientists Find a Place on Earth Where There Is No Life

November 25, 2019

European researchers have confirmed the absence of microbial life in hot, saline, hyperacid ponds in the Dallol geothermal fi...

Researchers Visualize Bacteria Motor in First Step Toward Human-Produced Electrical Energy

November 22, 2019

The researchers specifically focused on a rotational motor dubbed V1 that functions as part of a pump that moves sodium ions ...

Uncovering the Pathway to Wine's Acidity

November 20, 2019

A team of researchers has uncovered a key step in the synthesis of natural tartaric acid in wine grapes

Artificial Intelligence to Run the Chemical Factories of the Future

November 14, 2019

Previous biofoundry efforts have produced a wide variety of products such as chemicals, fuels, and engineered cells and prote...

Scientists Explore Egyptian Mummy Bones with X-Rays and Infrared Light

November 12, 2019

Researchers from Cairo University work with teams at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source to study soil and bone samples dati...

Scientists Invent Animal-Free Testing of Lethal Neurotoxins

October 29, 2019

A new technique could replace conventional methods of testing paralytic neurotoxins, which previously required euthanasia of ...

The Frostier the Flower, the More Potent the Cannabis

October 28, 2019

Advanced microscopy reveals internal structures of cannabis biochemical factories

DNA Is like Everything Else: It's Not What You Have, but How You Use It

October 28, 2019

Flipons—an instructive Genetic Code

Scientists Identify New Signposts in Blood and Urine to Reflect What We Eat and Drink

October 25, 2019

Recent research addresses a major challenge in assessing diets: studies in nutrition largely rely on participants to rec...

New Organelle That Helps Prevent Cancer Discovered in Our Cells

October 23, 2019

Could lead to better treatments, spare patients ones that won't work

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