#High-performance large area electrode system developed for artificial photosynthesis

“#High-performance large area electrode system developed for artificial photosynthesis” (Right) Coral shape silver nano-catalyst electrode with high-performance, large-area developed by KIST researchers (electrode size 50 cm) (Left) Catalyst electrode for synthetic photosynthesis in existing gas state (electrode size 2cm) Credit: Korea Institue of Science and Technology(KIST) A research team, led by Dr. Hyung-Suk Oh and…

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#Physicists take stop-action images of light-driven molecular reaction

“#Physicists take stop-action images of light-driven molecular reaction” This illustration shows the light-induced ring opening reaction across multiple femtoseconds. This work by Kansas State University researchers has just been published in Nature Chemistry. Credit: Lea-Maria Ibele Kansas State University physicists have taken extremely fast snapshots of light-induced molecular ring-opening reactions—similar to those that help a human…

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#Exhaled biomarkers can reveal lung disease

“#Exhaled biomarkers can reveal lung disease” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Using specialized nanoparticles, MIT engineers have developed a way to monitor pneumonia or other lung diseases by analyzing the breath exhaled by the patient. In a study of mice, the researchers showed that they could use this system to monitor bacterial pneumonia, as well as…

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#Neanderthals of the Western Mediterranean did not become extinct because of changes in climate

“#Neanderthals of the Western Mediterranean did not become extinct because of changes in climate” Researchers sampled this 50-cm long stalagmite in the Pozzo Cucù cave, in the Castellana Grotte area (Bari) and they carried out 27 high-precision datings and 2,700 analyses of carbon and oxygen stable isotopes. Credit: O. Lacarbonara Homo Neanderthaliensis did not become…

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#European sea bass absorb virtually no microplastic in their muscle tissue

“#European sea bass absorb virtually no microplastic in their muscle tissue” Round fluorescent microplastic under a manual fluorescent microscope. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Sinem Zeytin. In a new laboratory study, experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) investigated how many microplastic particles would be absorbed in the muscle tissue of…

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#Cheese making relies on milk proteins to form structure

“#Cheese making relies on milk proteins to form structure” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cheese production relies on coagulation of milk proteins into a gel matrix after addition of rennet. Milk that does not coagulate (NC) under optimal conditions affects the manufacturing process, requiring a longer processing time and lowering the cheese yield, which, in turn,…

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#Arizona rock core sheds light on triassic dark ages

“#Arizona rock core sheds light on triassic dark ages” Before the rock core was recovered, most of what was known about the Late Triassic came from searching for signs of the Chinle Formation on rocky outcrops such as this one, found throughout Petrified Forest National Park. The rock layers that make up the formation were…

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