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Cell & Microbiology 9 hours ago

Algae-powered soft robot arm uses light to grasp and lift small objects

Tiny underwater algae sway gently in the current. All of a sudden, a light shines on them and they form robotlike arms that start to pick up small rocks and put them in floating baskets. Sounds like science fiction, but researchers ...

Biochemistry Oct 16, 2026

Light and ultrasound reveal renewable routes to compounds for pharmaceutical research

Sustainable packaging is only the beginning. What a medicine is made from—and how its ingredients are produced—matters just as much. Yet the synthesis of compounds for pharmaceutical research can still depend on fossil feedstocks, ...

Earth Sciences Oct 9, 2026

Global wildfires decreased during the COVID-19 lockdown, but some fires intensified without human intervention

When the COVID-19 pandemic brought human activity to a standstill around the world in the first half of 2020, wildfire incidents also declined by more than 12%. A new study published in Cell Reports Sustainability reveals ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 8, 2026

Real-time oxygen measurements expose hidden losses in solar water splitting

A new technique developed at Imperial College London measures oxygen production in real time, revealing hidden losses in solar water splitting. The researchers found that electrical current did not always correspond to oxygen ...

Biotechnology Oct 8, 2026

Nitrogen fixation 'off switch' discovery could one day help crops make their own fertilizer

Nitrogen is essential for life. It's needed to build proteins, DNA and many other components of cells. Although nitrogen gas makes up almost 80% of Earth's atmosphere, most organisms cannot use it directly. Certain microbes ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 8, 2026

New electrode design breaks key barrier to greener ammonia production

A new approach to producing ammonia using renewable electricity has overcome a fundamental energy limitation of the technology, opening new possibilities for cleaner and potentially more cost-effective production of one of ...

Earth Sciences Oct 7, 2026

Penguin poop is melting Antarctic snow by keeping algae green

Penguin poop is fertilizing snow algae blooms along the Antarctic Peninsula, feeding dense green algae patches along the coastline, a new study shows. These expanding stretches of green snow melt faster than clean, white ...

Biotechnology Oct 6, 2026

From food to fuel, AI helps pinpoint how to grow 'microalgae' at scale

Microalgae (microscopic organisms that use light and carbon dioxide to grow) can be used to make ingredients and food for animals, pigments and potentially renewable fuels. But growing microalgae efficiently at an industrial ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 30, 2026

Unlocking the cell's supply chain: How cholesterol keeps cellular recycling centers running

Mention cholesterol, and most people will think of clogged arteries or health warnings. But inside the microscopic universe of the human cell, cholesterol has a drastically different job description as an indispensable cellular ...

Analytical Chemistry Sep 29, 2026

A new family of materials for efficiently converting sunlight into clean energy

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new family of materials that use light to produce hydrogen from water, opening the door to new ways of converting the sun's rays into clean energy.

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