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Earth Sciences

Clay Minerals Influence Carbon Dynamics in Ocean Sediments

On its way to the oceans, organic matter in sediments binds with clay minerals to form clay-?humus complexes. Once they reach the sea, these complexes sink to…

Life & Chemistry

Single mutation dramatically changes structure and function of bacteria's transporter proteins

Swapping a single amino acid in a simple bacterial protein changes its structure and function, revealing the effects of complex gene evolution, finds a new…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Enhancing Cultured Meat: Myoglobin Boosts Color and Texture

-A team of Tufts University-led researchers exploring the development of cultured meat found that the addition of the iron-carrying protein myoglobin improves…

Life & Chemistry

Bacterial Lifestyle Shapes Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers repeatedly exposed bacteria to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin to force rapid evolution. As expected, the…

Medical Engineering

3D Printing and Bioinks: New Approach to Implantable Blood Vessels

A biomimetic blood vessel was fabricated using a modified 3D cell printing technique and bioinks, which were formulated from smooth muscle cells from a human…

Materials Sciences

Kirigami-Inspired Method Transforms Wearable Sensors

Similar to origami, the more well-known art of paper-folding, kirigami involves cutting in addition to folding. The team led by SungWoo Nam, associate…

Physics & Astronomy

Deuteron-like heavy dibaryons — a step towards finding exotic nuclei

Perhaps you know that this is due to fusion reactions where four nuclei of hydrogen join together to produce a helium nucleus. Such nucleosynthesis processes…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ionic Channels Boost Carbon Electrodes for Energy Storage

Electrochemical energy storage, mainly based on ionic intercalation/motion or adsorption/diffusion in electrodes, has been utilized in last two centuries….

Life & Chemistry

Münster University chemists create new types of Lewis acids on the basis of phosphorus

Researchers at the University of Münster have developed a method which makes it possible to create three-coordinate Lewis superacids on the basis of…

Life & Chemistry

AI in Lipid Science: New Insights into Obesity Risk

The discovery is that artificial intelligence can assist to design markers composed of a small combination of lipids that allow to provide significantly more…

Architecture & Construction

Corrosion – Slow Decay

The owner of a new Swiss industrial facility for the production of high-tech machinery was faced with a mystery: Kilometres of brand new stainless steel and…

Life & Chemistry

DNA-Reeling Bacteria Insights on Superbug Drug Resistance

A new study from Indiana University has revealed a previously unknown role a protein plays in helping bacteria reel in DNA in their environment — like a…

Life & Chemistry

New Deep-Water Coral Discovered in Coiba National Park

Psammogorgia pax, collected at a depth of 63 meters (207 feet) in Hannibal Bank –a flat-topped seamount located in Coiba National Park, a biodiversity hotspot…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers at Münster University gain new insights into the evolution of proteins

How do bacteria manage to adapt to synthetic environmental toxins and, for example, to even develop strategies for using a pesticide and chemical warfare agent…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Heat Pumps Using Eco-Friendly Refrigerant for Indoor Use

Another advantage is that the new brine-to-water prototype requires only one fourth of the refrigerant compared to conventional heat pumps available on the…

Earth Sciences

"Airlift" facility: TU Freiberg tests new mining technology in research and training mine

On the new six-metre-high test rig, researchers at the Technische Universiät Bergakademie Freiberg are testing the transport of the crushed material to the…

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