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Environment Jul 12, 2024

Methane flux in North Sea varies with tides, study shows

Methane, a strong greenhouse gas that naturally escapes from the bottom of the North Sea, is affected by the pressure of high or low tide. Methane emissions from the sea floor can be just easily three times as much or as ...

General Physics Jul 11, 2024

Oxygen tweaking may be key to accelerator optimization

Particle accelerators are pricey, but their cost comes with good reason: These one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art machines are intricately designed and constructed to help us solve mysteries about what makes up our universe. ...

Agriculture Jul 11, 2024

Report suggests measures to promote phosphorus recovery and recycling in Norway

A new report on phosphorus, an essential element for Norwegian agriculture and aquaculture, suggests measures to ensure the mineral is recovered and reused.

Biochemistry Jul 11, 2024

Nanoplastics and 'forever chemicals' shown to disrupt molecular structures and functionality

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have made significant inroads in understanding how nanoplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—commonly known as forever chemicals—disrupt biomolecular ...

Environment Jul 11, 2024

Climate change may cause lake phytoplankton to become predatory, putting more CO₂ into the atmosphere

Plankton—tiny organisms that are present in salt and freshwater—account for about half of the photosynthesis on the planet. But what scientists have assumed for many years to be plant plankton (phytoplankton) may actually ...

Environment Jul 11, 2024

Paris dream of swimming in the Seine part of its Olympics vision

Going for a dip in the Seine on a hot summer's day has been the pipedream of many a Parisian since swimming in the river was formally banned a century ago.

Plants & Animals Jul 10, 2024

Genomic insights into adaptation to bipedal saltation and desert-like habitats of jerboas

Jerboas are a lineage of small rodents displaying atypical mouse-like morphology with elongated strong hindlimbs and short forelimbs. A research team has recently sequenced and reported the chromosome-scale genome of the ...

Analytical Chemistry Jul 10, 2024

Nanocarbon catalyst design unlocks new avenue for sustainable fuel additive production

Vehicle exhaust from fossil fuel combustion constitutes a main source of air pollutants like carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. To mitigate air pollution, researchers are looking into additives to fuels like dimethoxymethane ...

Earth Sciences Jul 10, 2024

Scientists develop novel model and dataset for ocean dissolved oxygen monitoring

Chinese scientists have recently developed a novel method for measuring dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in the ocean and a new dataset for monitoring dissolved oxygen concentration (DOC) of global oceans.

Plants & Animals Jul 10, 2024

Photosynthesis powers our world, but what fuels this fundamental process?

It's hard to overstate the importance of photosynthesis, the biochemical pathway by which plants, algae, and certain bacteria convert the sun's energy into the organic material that feeds the entire living biosphere. But ...

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