North Carolina State University researchers have used satellite imagery and field sensors to estimate worldwide changes in plant leaf growth due to global warming. The researchers found that changes in "greening," or the ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 2, 2023
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We often think that our world is an infinite realm comprising great plains, jungles and oceans, teeming with wild animals featured in memorable nature shows like the BBC's Planet Earth. But the first global census of wild ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2023
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Hydrogen (H2), as a clean energy vector, can be produced via biomass photo-reforming powered by solar light. For future biomass refining, biomass photo-reforming deserves a high decomposition extent of biomass to maximize ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 10, 2023
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A team of scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered the gene in agave that governs when the plant goes dormant and used it to create poplar trees that nearly doubled in size, increasing biomass yield for ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2023
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Single-atom catalysts are prized because of the way they maximize the use of active sites and because they have easy tunability. However, in most conventional single-atom catalysts, the active sites are buried in the thick ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 12, 2023
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Lignin is the complex polymer that gives plants their structural integrity. It also makes them difficult to break down. This complexity creates opportunities for scientists to make a diverse array of biochemicals and bioproducts ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2023
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Filamentous fungi have long been a good friend of sake brewers, but they might soon also be a sidekick for environmentalists. Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have revealed the regulatory mechanisms of enzyme production ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 10, 2023
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The chemical industry faces the challenge of replacing fossil-based building blocks with green alternatives. Biomass is an interesting source of carbon-based molecules. It is also underused because some 25 percent of all ...
Biochemistry
Nov 29, 2022
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Biodegradable microplastic particles in soils can lead to an increased rise in CO2 emissions to the Earth's atmosphere. This is shown by an interdisciplinary study published in Applied Soil Ecology by the Collaborative Research ...
Ecology
Nov 8, 2022
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Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant feedstock in production of bio-based fuels and materials. The enzyme "cocktail" is considered as a powerful tool to allocate diverse specific activities in one matrix.
Biochemistry
Oct 14, 2022
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