Architecture of a bacterial power plant decrypted
Credit: Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum / University of Würzburg Both humans and many other creatures need oxygen for survival. In the conversion of nutrients into energy, the oxygen...
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FEFU scientists obtained new compounds with potential antitumor effect from sea sponge
Credit: FEFU press office Chemists from Far Eastern Federal University's School of Natural Sciences (SNS FEFU) developed a new method to synthesize biologically active derivatives...
Tailor-made carbon helps pinpoint hereditary diseases and correct medication dosage
A new method of analysis is speeding up the researchCredit: Anja Aarva / Aalto University Sensors manufactured with carbon-based materials can provide uniquely accurate and...
Observing changes in the chirality of molecules in real time
Credit: ETH Zurich / Joachim Schnabl Some molecules can exist in two mirror-image forms, similar to our hands. Although such so-called enantiomers have almost identical...
Simulation reveals how bacterial organelle converts sunlight to chemical energy
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have simulated every atom of a light-harvesting structure in a photosynthetic bacterium that generates energy...
Typhoons and marine eutrophication are probably the missing source of organic nitrogen in ecosystems
Credit: Ming Chang Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has a significant impact on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and alterations in its level will significantly affect the...
Research award for project on heart transplantation
Credit: Steven Kohl Heart failure is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the most severe cases, heart transplantation is the...
Bacteria in the gut may alter ageing process, finds NTU Singapore study
Credit: NTU Singapore An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that microorganisms living in the gut may alter...
Crystal coatings could help solve mystery of fracture patterns
Credit: Lander et al. Fractures are everywhere. They are the cracks in the sidewalk. The rifts in roadcuts. The spidery textures in brick and boulders....
New study casts doubt on China’s organ donation data
Credit: Benjamin John Keough, ANU The Chinese government may have been systematically misreporting the number of organs it claims it has voluntarily collected since 2010,...
Turning waste heat into hydrogen fuel
Using waste heat helps cut cost of producing hydrogenCredit: Illustration: NTNU In June, the International Energy Agency confirmed what most experts already know: that the...
Gallium-based solvating agent efficiently analyzes optically active alcohols
Credit: KAIST A KAIST research team has developed a gallium-based metal complex enabling the rapid chiral analysis of alcohols. A team working under Professor Hyunwoo...
Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to ’17 Hiroshimas’
Credit: ESA / ATG medialab North Korea withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003. It subsequently developed nuclear weapons, with...
Scientist receives $3.5 million NIH grant to study pain-relief and cannabis
Credit: UCLA Health Ziva Cooper, research director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative, has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of...
Salk Institute receives Charity Navigator’s highest rating for ninth consecutive time
Status achieved by only three percent of nonprofitsCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(November 14, 2019) For the ninth consecutive time, the Salk Institute has earned the...
