New method boosts syngas generation from biopolyols
Credit: DICP a Photocatalytic biomass conversion is an ideal way of generating syngas (H2 and CO) via C-C bond cleavage, which is initiated by hydrogen...
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Worth 1000 words: How the world saw Australia’s black summer
The world media reported on Australia's bushfire crisis very differently to the local media, with a greater focus on the impact of climate change.Credit: QUT...
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial results show efficacy against the B.1.351 variant in SA study
Results from the initial primary analysis of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine trial conducted by Wits VIDA in SA have been published.Credit: Wits University The published...
Strange isotopes: Scientists explain a methane isotope paradox of the seafloor
Why methane carbon isotopes in the deep sea behave so differently than expectedCredit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Methane, a chemical compound with the molecular formula...
Significant progress in lithium-air battery development
Credit: University of Liverpool Research led by the University of Liverpool, in partnership with Johnson Matthey PLC and Loughborough University is making significant progress in...
Slender-snouted Besanosaurus was an 8 m long marine snapper
Paleontologists working in museum collections in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany have identified five additional specimens of a 240-million-year-old ichthyosaur, named Besanosaurus leptorhynchus, which was previously...
New podcast to highlight science and natural history in Alaska
Credit: Vicki Daniels, Geophysical Institute The Alaska Science Pod was created to give voice to the people tackling big scientific questions in the Last Frontier....
Phonon imaging in 3D with a fiber probe
Credit: by La Cavera, S., Pérez-Cota, F., Smith, R.J. et al. Ultrasound is an indispensable tool for the life sciences and various industrial applications due...
Researchers find the secret behind maintaining a healthy weight loss
Credit: Karina Kjærgård Kranker. Half of the Danish population have overweight, while 17 percent live with obesity. Worldwide, almost 40 procent have overweight and 13...
Microalgae biofuels: Changing carbohydrates into lipids
Credit: Kato et al. (2021) A cross-institutional collaboration has developed a technique to repartition carbon resources from carbohydrates to lipids in microalgae. It is hoped...
Realization of the highest laser intensity ever reached
The record-breaking laser intensity over 1023 W/cm2 enables us to explore novel physical phenomena occurring under extreme physical conditionsCredit: Institute for Basic Science Recently, laser...
T-GPS processes a graph with trillion edges on a single computer?
Trillion-scale graph processing simulation on a single computer presents a new concept of graph processingCredit: KAIST A KAIST research team has developed a new technology...
Researchers discover novel non-coding RNAs regulating blood vessel formation
Credit: UEF/ Raija Törrönen Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have discovered previously unknown non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) involved in regulating the gene expression of...
WHO ‘needs to act’ on suicides caused by pesticides
Researchers call for stricter regulationCredit: Photo by Knut-Erik Helle Scientists are calling for more stringent pesticide bans to lower deaths caused by deliberately ingesting toxic...
Diversity and universality of jamming
Credit: Osaka University Researchers at Chinese Academy of Science and Osaka University show that, unlike the crystalline close packing of spheres, random close packing or...
