Conventional aerobic methanotrophs have metabolic versatility under anoxia
Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 28 –34 times that of carbon dioxide on a centennial time scale. Microbial CH4 oxidation acts as a biofilter, preventing more than 90% of CH4 from entering the atmosphere......»»
UK electric van startup Arrival to build North Carolina "microfactory"
The plant in Charlotte will be the company's second small factory in the U.S. after one in South Carolina. The scaled-down plants take up far less space and require lower investments than conventional vehicle factories......»»
The Voter Formation Project puts an experimental spin on reaching Black and brown first-time voters
Victories notwithstanding, the 2020 election blew up many of the assumptions Democrats have long held about the American electorate. In Florida, Arizona and elsewhere, Latino voters broke for Trump in unexpected numbers, upending conventional wisdom.....»»
This Dell gaming laptop is unbelievably cheap — save over $400
The way this gaming laptop can offer such versatility is through its glorious guts. We’re talking Intel here......»»
Hyperpolarized proton MRI used to observe metabolic processes in real time
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is already widely used in medicine for diagnostic purposes. Hyperpolarized MRI is a more recent development and its research and application potential has yet to be fully explored. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg Un.....»»
An ultra-degree-of-freedom structured vector beam
Optics Express recently published research demonstrating a laser that is able to produce a new type of vector beam. This so-called vector-ray-wave beam with 5 degrees of freedom breaks the paradigm of the conventional vector vortex beam, which opens.....»»
Most Life on Earth Will Be Killed by Lack of Oxygen in a Billion Years
One billion years from now, Earth's atmosphere will contain very little oxygen, making it uninhabitable for complex aerobic life. From a report: Today, oxygen makes up around 21 per cent of Earth's atmosphere. Its oxygen-rich nature is ideal for larg.....»»
Division of labor within regenerating liver maintains metabolism, mouse study finds
The liver has a rare superpower among body organs - the ability to regenerate. It also keeps up its metabolic and toxin-removing work while regenerating, thanks to a subset of cells that expand their workload while the rest focus on multiplication, a.....»»
Single cell sequencing opens new avenues for eradicating leukemia at its source
Cancer stem cells that elude conventional treatments like chemotherapy drive long-term cancer growth and relapse. These cells are difficult to isolate and study because of their low abundance and similarity to other stem cells. Researchers have creat.....»»
Plants set a "bedtime" alarm to ensure their survival, new study shows
Plants have a metabolic signal that adjusts their circadian clock in the evening to ensure they store enough energy to survive the night, a new study reveals......»»
Genes identified that increase the risk of obesity but also protect against disease
Scientists have identified 62 genes that lead to both higher levels of body fat but a lower risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. These genes may help to keep body fat healthy, and open a new avenue for developing drugs that lower the risk o.....»»
Automated weed and feed: Developing a smart crop sprayer
Conventional crop-spraying with herbicide to kill weeds among a crop wastes a lot of the herbicide and raises environmental concerns. A smart crop sprayer might identify weeds growing through the crop and spot spray only the unwanted plants. Work fro.....»»
Aging, entropy and waste: Flushing out damaged cells
One theory of aging invokes the Second Law of Thermodynamics and suggests that in the long-term, the heat energy generated by metabolic changes causes damage to living systems that accumulates as repair mechanisms cannot keep pace with the damage, en.....»»
New study suggests supermassive black holes could form from dark matter
A new theoretical study has proposed a novel mechanism for the creation of supermassive black holes from dark matter. The international team find that rather than the conventional formation scenarios involving 'normal' matter, supermassive black hole.....»»
L3Harris Technologies to Launch Industry’s Smallest Multi-Channel, Multi-Mission Vehicular Radio
Highlights: Three times smaller than any other multi-channel vehicular radio Offers low SWaP, full-spectrum versatility Provides interoperability across every echelon of the battlefield ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)–[IDE.....»»
Metabolic mutations help bacteria resist drug treatment
Researchers have identified a new class of mutations that help bacteria develop antibiotic resistance. In a study of E. coli, they discovered that mutations to genes involved in metabolism can help bacteria to evade the toxic effects of several diffe.....»»
Radioactive bone cement may be safer in treating spinal tumors
A radioactive bone cement that's injected into bone to provide support and local irradiation is proving to be a safer alternative to conventional radiation therapy for bone tumors, according to a new study......»»
Metabolic mutations help bacteria resist drug treatment
Bacteria have many ways to evade the antibiotics that we use against them. Each year, at least 2.8 million people in the United States develop an antibiotic-resistant infection, and more than 35,000 people die from such infections, according to the U.....»»
Blueprint for fault-tolerant qubits
Building a universal quantum computer is a challenging task because of the fragility of quantum bits, or qubits for short. To deal with this problem, various types of error correction have been developed. Conventional methods do this by active correc.....»»
Photosynthetic bacteria-based cancer optotheranostics
Cancer is one of the most thought-provoking healthcare problems throughout the world. The development of therapeutic agents with highly selective anti-cancer activities is increasingly attractive due to the lack of tumor selectivity of conventional t.....»»
International study reveals exceptional property of next generation optical fibres
Researchers from the University of Southampton and Université Laval, Canada, have successfully measured for the first time back reflection in cutting-edge hollow-core fibres that is around 10,000 times lower than conventional optical fibres......»»