News tagged with abundant organic material


Scientists create new enzymes for biofuel production

Scientists create new enzymes for biofuel production

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have taken an important step toward the development of a cost-efficient process to extract sugars ...





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Scientists uncover miscalculation in geological undersea record

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 10, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (28) | comments 3

The precise timing of the origin of life on Earth and the changes in life during the past 4.5 billion years has been a subject of great controversy for the past century. The principal indicator of the amount of organic carbon ...


Saharan dust storms sustain life in Atlantic Ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 18, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Research at the University of Liverpool has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions of the North Atlantic Ocean.


Little-known marine decomposers attract the attention of genome sequencers

Little-known marine decomposers attract the attention of genome sequencers

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announced today that they will sequence the genomes of four species of labyrinthulomycetes. These little-known marine species were selected for sequencing ...


The Orion Nebula

Michigan Astronomer to Search in Space for Precursors of Life

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Many of the organic molecules that make up life on Earth have also been found in space. A University of Michigan astronomer will use the Herschel Space Observatory to study these chemical compounds in new ...


New material for nanoscale computer chips

New material for nanoscale computer chips

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Nanochemists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nano-Science Center, Department of Chemistry at University of Copenhagen have developed nanoscale electric contacts out of organic and inorganic nanowires. ...


Organic flash memory developed

Organic flash memory developed

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 3 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.


Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor

Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic that conducts electricity holds promise for cheaper, thinner and more flexible electronics. This technology is already available in some gadgets -- the new Sony walkman that was introduced ...


Spectrum AA Tauri

Spitzer Finds Organics and Water Where New Planets May Grow

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 13, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 3

Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered large amounts of simple organic gases and water vapor in a possible planet-forming region around an infant star, along with evidence that these ...


Mendenhall Glacier

Glacier melt adds ancient edibles to marine buffet

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 7

Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source - ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. ...


'Particle soup' discovery will improve climate predictions

'Particle soup' discovery will improve climate predictions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from scientists at The University of Manchester is set to improve predictions about climate and air quality - and make life easier for those suffering from respiratory problems.



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