#Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry

“#Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Many substances that we use every day only work in the right 3-D structure. Natural enzymes could produce these in an environmentally friendly way—if they didn’t need a co-substrate that is expensive to produce to date. A research team at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)…

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#New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer

“#New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer” Tilman Lamparter is Professor of General Botany at the KIT. Credit: Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms—often incorrectly called “blue-green algae”—as they often occur in waters. A group of researchers at the…

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#Researchers uncover an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed

“#Researchers uncover an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed” by Jonathan Benjamin, Geoff Bailey, Jo McDonald, Michael O’leary and Sean Ulm, The Conversation </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/47-researchersu.jpg” data-sub-html=”Credit: S Wright, Author provided” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/47-researchersu.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”Researchers uncover an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed” height=”480″ src=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800/2020/47-researchersu.jpg” title=”Credit: S Wright, Author provided” width=”800″></img><figcaption>…

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#Unprecedented ground-based discovery of two strongly interacting exoplanets

“#Unprecedented ground-based discovery of two strongly interacting exoplanets” Artistic view of the strongly interacting exoplanetary system WASP-148. The planet WASP-148c is shown in front. On the back, one can see the planet WASP-148b transiting the host star around which the two planets are in orbit. Credit: Institut d’astrophysique de Paris, Mark A. Garlick Several interacting…

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#Keep an eye on slippery Ghislaine Maxwell

“#Keep an eye on slippery Ghislaine Maxwell” July 2, 2020 | 12:41pm | Updated July 2, 2020 | 1:52pm Lock her in a glass cage. Put a camera in the cell, hook it up to the internet, livestream it to the world. Double the guard. Double their pay. Make sure they can’t be bribed, don’t…

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#New technique in which drugs make bacteria glow could help fight antibiotic resistance

“#New technique in which drugs make bacteria glow could help fight antibiotic resistance” Drug uptake in bacteria before and after. Credit: Dr Stefano Pagliara, University of Exeter A new technique could help reduce antibiotic prescribing by predicting which drugs could be effective in fighting bacteria within minutes. Scientists at the University of Exeter have developed…

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#Moss protein corrects genetic defects of other plants

“#Moss protein corrects genetic defects of other plants” (here called RNA editor) with its target site. RNA editors correct specific errors in the mitochondria and chloroplasts. Credit: © Bastian Oldenkott/Uni Bonn Almost all land plants employ an army of molecular editors who correct errors in their genetic information. Together with colleagues from Hanover, Ulm and…

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#New method measures temperature within 3-D objects

“#New method measures temperature within 3-D objects” An infrared image of the fused silica window used to test the depth thermography concept. For the project, the team heated the silica, a type of glass, and analyzed it using a spectrometer. They then measured temperature readings from various depths of the sample. Credit: Mikhail Kats University…

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