Researchers have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen.
Thin, lightweight layer provides radiation barrier for perovskites in space, protection from elements on Earth
An ultrathin protective coating proves sufficient to protect a perovskite solar cell from the harmful effects of space and harden it against environmental factors on Earth, according to newly published research.
Silver nanoparticles show promise in fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A new study found that small amounts of silver nanoparticles combined with a low dose of a common antibiotic inhibited the growth of resistant bacteria.
Diversity of viroids and viroid-like agents
A team of researchers has developed a computational pipeline to identify and better understand viroids and viroid-like covalently closed circular RNAs (cccRNAs, also referred to as, simply, circular RNAs).
Biorefinery Uses Microbial Fuel Cell to Upcycle Resistant Plant Waste
When nature designed lignin — the fibrous, woody material that gives plants their rigid structure — it didn’t cut any corners.
Project Aims to Shield Cayman Islands Turtles From Climate Change Threats
The islands’ sea turtles are recovering from over-harvesting – but climate change is causing habitat loss, an increasingly female population (the sex of turtle hatchlings is determined by temperature) and has the potential to reduce egg-hatching success.
New Study Highlights the Impact of Two New Marine Gases on Climate Models’ Accuracy
In addition to oxygen, nitrogen or carbon dioxide, the air we breathe contains small amounts of organic gases, such as benzene and toluene.
When bugs swipe left
A single protein called Gr8a is expressed in different organs in male and female flies and appears to play an inhibitory role in mating decision-making. The findings point to one of the ways that flies could put up behavioral barriers to protect against mating with the wrong kind of partner.
Understanding plants can boost wildland-fire modeling in uncertain future
A new conceptual framework for incorporating the way plants use carbon and water, or plant dynamics, into fine-scale computer models of wildland fire provides a critical first step toward improved global fire forecasting.
Catching the wrongdoers in the act: Chemists develop a novel tool to decipher bacterial infections in real time
A research team has developed a novel chemical tool to reveal how bacteria adapt to the host environment and control host cells. This tool can be used to investigate bacterial interactions with the host in real-time during an infection, which cannot be easily achieved by other methods.