There is a dictum to "never change a running system." New methods can however be far superior to older ones. While to date chemical reactions are mainly accelerated by catalytic materials that comprise several hundreds of ...
Nanomaterials
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Hood River, long an agricultural center for Oregon, faces an uncertain future of climate impacts, but a new Portland State University study lays out strategies that the watershed can adapt to become more resilient to the ...
Environment
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Getting into the right mindset for work can set the tone for the rest of your day—and it's an especially beneficial practice for managers, a new Portland State University study found.
Economics & Business
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Researchers from the technical universities of Delft and Munich have invented a new type of molecular trap that can hold a single protein in place for hours to study its natural behavior—a million times longer than before. ...
Bio & Medicine
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Clear indicators and evaluation criteria are essential to save the environment. Two Sweden-based researchers hence introduce a new indicator, eco-balance, and a new criterion that takes into account both human and environmental ...
Ecology
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Researchers led by Prof. Xu Wen from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with their collaborators from Chongqing Medical University, recently investigated the influence ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 31, 2021
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Non-edible biomass, a prime, renewable and abundant carbon-based alternative, can serve as a viable substitute for sustainable production of fuels, chemicals and materials.
Materials Science
Aug 31, 2021
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Public health is coming under increasing pressure worldwide due to the antibiotic crisis: the rapid increase in resistance of bacterial pathogens could mean that in the near future bacterial infections that are usually harmless ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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In modern organisms, the hereditary material DNA encodes the instructions for the synthesis of proteins—the versatile nanomachines that enable modern cells to function and replicate. But how was this functional linkage ...
Biochemistry
Aug 31, 2021
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Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest assessment report laying out the accumulating evidence of the climate crisis. The report identifies Earth observing satellites ...
Earth Sciences
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