Hydrogen extraction breakthrough could be game-changer
Researchers have successfully tested a new material that can be used for cheap and large-scale production of hydrogen – a promising alternative to fossil...
Photosynthetic microalgae as biocatalysts
Biotechnological production of chemicals using enzymes coupled with the photosynthesis of microalgae is the topic of the new project.
World’s largest ivory burn delivered a strong message — but who received it?
Media coverage of the torching of huge caches of ivory presented a strong message against elephant poaching and ivory trade, but many of those...
Materials ‘sandwich’ breaks barrier for flexible solar cell efficiency
Nanomaterials researchers have devised a method to significantly improve the efficiency of organic solar cells. They used a squaraine molecule to both donate electrons...
Scenarios towards limiting global mean temperature increase below 1.5 °C
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How extremophiles flourish in stressful environments
Thousands of molecules of ribonucleic acid make salt-loving microbes known as "extremophiles" highly resistant to the phenomenon oxidative stress -- the uncontrollable production of...
Snowpack levels show dramatic decline in western states, U.S.
A new study of long-term snow monitoring sites in the western United States found declines in snowpack at more than 90 percent of those...
Thawing permafrost causing the ‘browning’ of northern lakes
As ice the melts, the organic carbon found in permafrost is being released once again after ages of confinement in the soil. It is...
Tracking changes in fish communities
In a study spanning twelve years, researchers have developed a method to calculate the fluctuating stability of a natural ecological community in Maizuru Bay.
Tiny bubbles of oxygen got trapped 1.6 billion years ago
Take a good look at these photos: They show you 1.6 billion years old fossilized oxygen bubbles, created by tiny microbes in what was...
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