Researchers have used cryo-electron microscopy to elucidate for the first time the structure and function of a very small enzyme embedded in cell membranes. This enzyme builds complex sugar trees that are subsequently attached ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 27, 2020
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NASA has selected a new space-based instrument as an innovative and cost-effective approach to maintaining the 40-year data record of the balance between the solar radiation entering Earth's atmosphere and the amount absorbed, ...
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2020
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Transportation produces a sizable amount of greenhouse gas emissions, largely by using petroleum to power internal combustion engines. Alternatives –- for example, organic materials such as grasses to produce fuels or electricity ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2020
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Humans have been studying electric charge for thousands of years, and the results have shaped modern civilization. Our daily lives depend on electric lighting, smartphones, cars, and computers, in ways that the first individuals ...
Nanophysics
Feb 27, 2020
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Bees—both honey bees and less famous native bees—are critical for agriculture, especially for pollinating fruits and vegetables.
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2020
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After decades of speculation, researchers have demonstrated that a classical DNA repair enzyme also binds to RNA, affecting blood cell development.
Biotechnology
Feb 27, 2020
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The ocean can store much more heat than the atmosphere. The deep sea around Antarctica stores thermal energy that is the equivalent of heating the air above the continent by 400 degrees.
Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2020
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The debate has raged in the world of paleo-climate research for years: When did the land bridge that once connected Asia and North America flood?
Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2020
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Scientists around the world are interested in developing new materials to help people live more sustainable and healthy lives, but the quest to produce these materials requires detailed knowledge of the mysterious structures ...
Materials Science
Feb 27, 2020
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A research group led by Prof. Wang Feng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a photocatalytic method for the conversion of biopolyols and sugars to methanol ...
Biochemistry
Feb 27, 2020
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