Study shows difficulty in finding evidence of life on Mars
In a little more than a decade, samples of rover-scooped Martian soil will rocket to Earth.
Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2020
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Researchers study catastrophic disease events in marine mammals
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, people are beginning to understand, at a very personal level, the ways in which infectious diseases can devastate life. But disease outbreaks are not confined to just humans ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2020
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Salt solution produces better organic electrochemical transistors
Doping is commonly used to improve performance in semiconducting devices but has not previously been successful for electron transporting or n-type, organic electronic materials. Now, an approach developed by KAUST uses a ...
Biochemistry
Jun 15, 2020
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New study reveals life's earliest evolution was more complicated than previously suspected
Biologists have long hoped to understand the nature of the earliest living organisms on Earth. If they could, they might then be able to say something about how, when, and where life arose on Earth, and perhaps by extension, ...
Evolution
Apr 22, 2020
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Global cooling after nuclear war would harm ocean life
A nuclear war that cooled Earth could worsen the impact of ocean acidification on corals, clams, oysters and other marine life with shells or skeletons, according to the first study of its kind.
Earth Sciences
Feb 5, 2020
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Emerging organic contaminant levels greatly influenced by stream flows, seasons
Flow rates and time of year must be taken into account to better understand the potential risks posed by emerging organic contaminants in rivers and streams, according to Penn State researchers who studied contaminant concentrations ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2020
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'Big data' for life sciences—A human protein co-regulation map reveals new insights into protein functions
Proteins are key molecules in living cells. They are responsible for nearly every task of cellular life and are essential for the maintenance of the structure, function, and regulation of tissues and organs in the human body.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 5, 2019
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Study tracks evolutionary history of metabolic networks
By analyzing how metabolic enzymes are built and organized, researchers have reconstructed the evolutionary history of metabolism. Their study shows how metabolic networks—which drive every cellular process from protein ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 28, 2019
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Scientists have first 3-D view of life's processes in liquid
A new liquid-cell technology allows scientists to see living biological materials and systems in three dimensions under an electron microscope, according to researchers at Penn State, Virginia Tech and Protochips Inc.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 14, 2019
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How nitrogen-fixing bacteria sense iron
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have discovered how nitrogen-fixing bacteria sense iron—an essential but deadly micronutrient.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 17, 2019
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