Wetter Climate Likely to Intensify Global Warming Due to Increased CO2 Release by Microbes
Greater tropical rainfall may increase microbes’ release of CO2 from soils into air. A study in the May 6, 2020, issue of Nature indicates the…
Greater tropical rainfall may increase microbes’ release of CO2 from soils into air. A study in the May 6, 2020, issue of Nature indicates the…
Rice University researchers have discovered a hidden symmetry in the chemical kinetic equations scientists have long used to model and study many of the chemical…
Until now, scientists had assumed that there are about 80 so-called open reading frames (ORFs) in the genome of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). These…
Learning and tasting are controlled by the same molecules, animal studies show. The food animals eat can change how they perceive future food. This response…
For more than 40 years, scientists have hypothesized the existence of enzyme clusters, or “metabolons,” in facilitating various processes within cells. Using a novel imaging…
Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for people seeking chronic pain relief. University of Queensland researchers have…
The 1950s and ‘60s poisoning event was long attributed to methylmercury, but studies at SLAC suggest a different compound was to blame. The findings could…
It is a longstanding challenge to be able to control biological systems to perform specific tasks. In a paper published in Nature Physics, researchers at…
Beer stein-shaped distant relative of modern clams captured snapshots of hot days in the late Cretaceous. Earth turned faster at the end of the time…
Researchers have developed a phage capsid that renders influenza viruses harmless. The approach could also be applicable to the coronavirus. A new approach brings the…
The modules that the major space agencies plan to build on the Moon could incorporate an element contributed by the human colonizers themselves: the urea…
As scientists scramble to learn more about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, two recent studies of the virus’ genome reached controversial conclusions: namely, that snakes are intermediate…
Scientists Identify Microbe That Could Help Degrade Polyurethane-Based Plastics A strain of an extremophile group of bacteria is capable of ingesting toxic organic compounds as…
Using a recently developed fluorescent imaging technique, researchers in the United States have developed high-resolution maps of microbial communities on the human tongue. The images,…
University of Cincinnati researchers produce fat-busting proteins in the laboratory. Triglycerides, those fats that seem to be the bane of any diet, remain a mystery…
For the first time, scientists from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and collaborators have described the structure of an endogenously sourced, functioning neuronal amyloid…
Stanford Researchers Program Cells to Carry Out Gene-Guided Construction Projects Stanford researchers have developed a technique that reprograms cells to use synthetic materials, provided by…
Researchers harness photolithography and programmable DNA to rapidly construct arrays of cells and proteins that mimic living conditions. Like humans, cells can be easily influenced…