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Researcher studying ways to handle huge quantities of biomass

Researcher studying ways to handle huge quantities of biomass

Technology / Energy

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(PhysOrg.com) -- As scientists scramble to develop ways to generate enormous amounts of energy from cleaner-burning, renewable fuels to replace coal and oil, promising agricultural crops such as switchgrass ...


'Rock-breathing' bacteria could generate electricity and clean up oil spills

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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A discovery by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) could contribute to the development of systems that use domestic or agricultural waste to generate clean electricity.


Nanoprobes hit targets in tumors, could lessen chemo side effects

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created 5 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny nanoprobes have shown to be effective in delivering cancer drugs more directly to tumor cells - mitigating the damage to nearby healthy cells - and Purdue University research has shown that the nanoprobes ...


DNA needs a good editor: Researchers unravel the mysteries of DNA packaging

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 6 hours ago | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Imagine a huge spool of film containing thousands of sequences of random scenes. Without a talented editor, a screening would have no meaning.


Scientists isolate new antifreeze molecule in Alaska beetle

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Scientists have identified a novel antifreeze molecule in a freeze-tolerant Alaska beetle able to survive temperatures below minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Unlike all previously described biological antifreezes that contain ...


Prussian blue linked to the origin of life

Prussian blue linked to the origin of life

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 8 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A team of researchers from the Astrobiology Centre (INTA-CSIC) has shown that hydrogen cyanide, urea and other substances considered essential to the formation of the most basic biological molecules can be ...


Sucker-footed bats don't use suction after all

Sucker-footed bats don't use suction after all (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 9 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

There are approximately 1,200 species of bats worldwide. Of that total, only six are known to roost with their heads pointed upward. Investigators did not know why, because they knew next to nothing about ...


Scientists crack mystery of protein's dual function

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have solved a 10-year-old mystery of how a single protein from an ancient family of enzymes can have two completely distinct roles in the body. In addition to providing guidance ...


New biosensors reveal workings of anti-psychotic drugs in the living brain

New biosensors reveal workings of anti-psychotic drugs in the living brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists have resolved a question about how a popular class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia works using biosensors that reveal previously hidden components of chemical communication in the brain.


'Extreme' genes shed light on origins of photosynthesis

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- While most school children understand that green plants photosynthesize, absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, few people consider the profound global-scale effects that photosynthesis has had on Earth. ...



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