Little bacterium may make big impact on rare-earth processing
A tiny, hard-working bacterium—which weighs one-trillionth of a gram—may soon have a large influence on processing rare earth elements in an eco-friendly way.
A tiny, hard-working bacterium—which weighs one-trillionth of a gram—may soon have a large influence on processing rare earth elements in an eco-friendly way.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2023
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Though the changing climate threatens the world's vegetation, a type of peat moss has surprised scientists with its resilience: Sphagnum divinum is actively evolving in response to hot, dry conditions.
Ecology
Nov 2, 2023
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Microplastics are tiny, barely visible plastic particles that can harm the environment, for example, if they are eaten by animals. However, it has been difficult to assess the effect of even smaller particles, which can hardly ...
Nanophysics
Jul 18, 2023
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Many Americans can trace some lines of their family tree back to the 1600s. However, African Americans descended from enslaved Africans, who began arriving in North America in 1619, lack ancestral information spanning several ...
Biotechnology
Jul 6, 2023
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Many researchers dream of deciphering the amazing ability of spiders to create super strong, super light, and super flexible silk threads—but so far, no one has been able to replicate the spiders' work.
Biochemistry
Jun 20, 2023
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Engineering organs to replace damaged hearts or kidneys in the human body may seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, but the building blocks for this technology are already in place. In the burgeoning field of tissue ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 5, 2023
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Artificial intelligence can generate poems and essays, create responsive game characters, analyze vast amounts of data and detect patterns that the human eye might miss. Imagine what AI could do for drug discovery, traditionally ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 27, 2023
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A biological method that produces metal nanoclusters using the electroactive bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens could provide a cheap and sustainable solution to high-performance catalyst synthesis for various applications ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 16, 2023
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet are introducing a new gold standard quality-control tool for counting of mRNA molecules in single cell sequencing. The new method is described in the journal Nature Methods.
Biotechnology
Jun 3, 2022
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a novel strategy for identifying potent miniature antibodies, so-called nanobodies, against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. The approach led to the discovery of ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 25, 2022
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