Plants can grow with much less light than previously thought, according to a new study on tiny water-based organisms called microalgae that has been published in Nature Communications. The German-led team of researchers lowered ...
Ecology
Sep 12, 2024
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The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map that indicates nearly 44% of the U.S. could potentially experience landslide activity. The new assessment provides a highly detailed, county-by-county ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2024
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Antarctica's rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of miles away from the continent. Most of the world's albatrosses, and their close relatives, petrels, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2024
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Researchers in Germany can harvest protein and vitamin B9 from microbes by feeding them nothing much more than hydrogen, oxygen, and CO2. The technology, published September 12 in the journal Trends in Biotechnology, runs ...
Biotechnology
Sep 12, 2024
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A descendant of Sicilian progenitors, this daisy-family plant appeared in the UK, escaped from a botanical garden, and began its conquest of the region during the Industrial Revolution.
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2024
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Photonic crystals are materials with repeating internal structures that interact with light in unique ways. We can find natural examples in opals and the vibrant colored shells of some insects. Even though these crystals ...
Nanophysics
Sep 12, 2024
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It takes a lot of helpers to build up the protein complexes required for photosynthesis and to constantly repair them in strong light. Photosynthesis takes place before our eyes every day in every single little green leaf—yet ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2024
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Kumamoto University's research team, led by Assistant Professor Kazuto Hatakeyama and Professor Shintaro Ida of Institute of Industrial Nanomaterials, has announced a groundbreaking development in hydrogen ion barrier films ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 12, 2024
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A new software package developed by researchers at Macquarie University can accurately model the way waves—sound, water or light—are scattered when they meet complex configurations of particles.
Condensed Matter
Sep 12, 2024
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Despite their identical composition, molecules that are mirror images can interact differently with light and electrical current depending on their "handedness," which is called chirality. In a study published in Chemical ...
Polymers
Sep 12, 2024
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