Though humans, along with other vertebrate and invertebrate organisms, don't photosynthesize, we're definitely the downstream beneficiaries of the life forms that do. Phototrophic organisms at the bottom of the food chain ...
Using new super-resolution microscopes, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Pennsylvania have for the first time observed electrical charge and discharge functions inside mitochondria ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 28, 2023
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Researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Harima, Japan, have clarified the crystal structure of quinol dependent nitric oxide reductase (qNOR), a bacterial enzyme that offers clues on the origins of our earliest oxygen-breathing ...
Biochemistry
Jan 22, 2012
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Current carbon cycle models may underestimate the amount of carbon dioxide released from the soil during rainy seasons in temperate forests like those found in the northeast United States, according to Penn State researchers.
Environment
Feb 14, 2020
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Asgard archaea, proposed as a new archaeal superphylum, are currently composed of five phyla: Lokiarchaeota, Thorarchaeota, Odinarchaeota, Heimdallarchaeota, and Helarchaeota. Since Asgard archaea contain abundant eukaryotic ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 11, 2020
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A new study has discovered that not all cockroaches are equal and "super athletes", with larger respiratory systems, are more likely to win physical mating battles.
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2021
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Wine, beer and yogurt are produced when microorganisms convert sugar into alcohol, gases or acids. But this process of fermentation—which is used by bacteria, fungi and other fast-growing cells to generate energy in the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 2, 2015
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The types of bacteria living in and around fiddler crab burrows vary widely between mangroves, but their functional activities are remarkably similar.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2019
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In the model organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, photosynthesis and aerobic respiration take place in chloroplasts and mitochondria, respectively, while anaerobic fermentation can occur independently in the cytoplasm, mitochondria, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 27, 2023
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Around 250 million years ago, terrestrial-bound turtles began to explore the aquatic environments, and with it, a profound, new ability first developed.
Biotechnology
Jun 6, 2017
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