Novel framework to infer microbial interactions
Inferring the underlying ecological networks of microbial communities is important to understanding their structure and responses to external stimuli. But it can be very...
Producing hydrogen from methane in a cleaner, cheaper way
A ceramic membrane makes it possible to produce compressed hydrogen from methane with near-zero energy loss.
Guiding decisions about Spirit Lake and Toutle River at Mount St. Helens
A new report offers a framework to guide federal, tribal, state and local agencies, community groups, and other interested and affected parties in making...
Extreme fieldwork, climate modeling yields new insight into predicting Greenland’s melt
A new study brings together scientists from land hydrology, glaciology and climate modeling to unravel a meltwater mystery. Researchers discovered that some meltwater from...
Many more bacteria have electrically conducting filaments
The microbiologists who have discovered electrically conducting microfilaments or 'nanowires' in the bacterium Geobacter, announce in a new article that they have discovered the...
Marine mammal beachings not likely due to space weather
After a collaboration between NASA scientists and marine biologists, new research rules out space weather as a primary cause of animal beachings.
Guanidinium stabilizes perovskite solar cells at 19 percent efficiency
Incorporating guanidinium into perovskite solar cells stabilizes their efficiency at 19 percent for 1,000 hours under full-sunlight testing conditions, report scientists.
Transformation to wind and solar achievable with low indirect GHG emissions
Different low carbon technologies from wind or solar energy to fossil carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) differ greatly when it comes to indirect GHG...
First study to measure the carbon footprint of surgery suggests where emissions reductions are...
Choice of anaesthetic gas is a significant contributor to emissions, particularly in North American hospitals using desflurane, instead of cheaper, low-carbon alternatives. The first...
Study finds ways to avoid hidden dangers of accumulated stresses on seagrass
A new study has found ways to detect hidden dangers of repeated stresses on seagrass using statistical modelling. The research found cumulative maintenance dredging...
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