(Phys.org)—Using a biomass-derived solvent, University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical and biological engineers have streamlined the process for converting lignocellulosic biomass into high-demand chemicals or energy-dense ...
Materials Science
Nov 13, 2012
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The formation of self-organizing molecular patterns in cells is a critical component of many biological processes. Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have proposed a new theory to explain how ...
General Physics
Feb 19, 2018
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An international team of physicists have revealed insights into how the very first life-forms made the jump from the non-living to the living world, by mathematically modelling biological states using energy waves called ...
General Physics
Mar 11, 2013
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Ageing in worms mainly results from the direct action of genes and not from random wear and tear or loss of function, and the same is likely to be true in humans, according to research by UCL, Lancaster University and Queen ...
Biotechnology
Aug 9, 2018
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In a development that could accelerate the discovery of new diagnostics and treatments, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a versatile and low-cost technology for targeted sequencing ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 15, 2023
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Biomass refers to biological organisms, including plants, that synthesize organic matter utilizing solar energy and animals that use these plants as food. Biomass also includes resources that can be converted into chemical ...
Biochemistry
Mar 3, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the super-small world of nanostructures, a team of polymer scientists and engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered how to make nano-scale repairs to a damaged surface equivalent ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 12, 2012
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Hydrogen is a highly attractive, but also highly explosive energy carrier, which requires safe, lightweight and cheap storage as well as transportation systems. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, have ...
Materials Science
Mar 7, 2019
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Thinking about sex and gender would help scientists improve their research, a new article published today argues.
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2019
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Although many Americans deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics, are not recyclable using conventional ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 11, 2023
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