Molecular model (stock image).
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Protein assemblies, designed and built from scratch to carry molecular cargo, are advancing both synthetic life research and engineering efforts for targeted drug delivery.
Scientists have succeeded in developing the...
Heliofungia actiniformis uses pulsed inflation to try to survive coral bleaching.
Credit: Brett Lewis, QUT
Coral researchers have for the first time captured the specific behaviour of a coral as it's bleaching.
The team from QUT in Australia used a clever combination...
Due to its breadth, the Jena experiment proves for the first time that a loss of biodiversity has negative consequences for many individual components and processes in ecosystems.
Credit: Photo: The Jena Experiment
How serious is the loss of species globally?...
Water (stock image). Researchers have used cobalt oxide nanoparticles to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
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Researchers from the University of Houston have found a catalyst that can quickly generate hydrogen from water using sunlight, potentially...
Our brain is especially good at perceiving lines and contours even if they do not actually exist, such as the blue triangle in the foreground of this optical illusion. The pattern of neuronal connections in the brain supports this...
Methane hydrate recovered from ocean sediments off Svalbard dissociates into water and methane gas under surface pressure and temperature conditions, allowing the methane released to be lit on fire.
Credit: Image courtesy of National Oceanography Centre
Methane seeps from seafloor deposits...
Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous, suggests new research.
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Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous. People who act solely out of self-interest are less...
MIT scientists have determined the structure of an enzyme that is found in ocean microbes and can produce a precursor to methane.
Credit: David Born
Industrial and agricultural activities produce large amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global...
The atmospheric superrotation at the upper clouds of Venus. While the superrotation is present in both day and night sides of Venus, it seems more uniform in the day (AKATSUKI-UVI image at 360 nm, right side), while in the...
TWEAK regulates inflammation in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. Left: Normal skin. Middle: Skin inflammation in atopic dermatitis. Right: Blocking TWEAK reduces skin inflammation in atopic dermatitis.
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Daniel Sidler, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
Superficially, psoriasis...
Arrival of a density current made visible by the soil particles it lifts as it progresses, in Hombori, Mali. This phenomenon, which is of a convective nature, is known as a haboob. Photograph taken during the AMMA (African Monsoon...
