2+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (509+ words) Read Time: 8 minutes Nitrogen is an essential building block of proteins, amino acids, and DNA. Without nitrogen, cells can’t function or reproduce. Nitrogen is abundant in the atmosphere as dinitrogen gas, but plants and animals can’t access atmospheric nitrogen. Instead,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (130+ words) Read Time: 7 minutes In M. fructicola, a biosynthesis gene named MfCYP51 encodes a major protein critical to the fungi’s survival. Certain fungicides, called demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides, stop M. fructicola from growing by targeting this protein. Over the last 20 years, DMI fungicides…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (70+ words) Read Time: 7 minutes Original study: Vegetation changes the trajectory of river bends Study was published on: June 23, 2025 Study author(s): Michael Hasson, Alvise Finotello, Alessandro Ielpi, Mathieu G. A. Lapotre The study was done at: Stanford University (USA), University of Padova (Italy), University…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (159+ words) Read Time: 8 minutes To determine how much anaerobic versus aerobic methane oxidation occurred during the PETM, the team extracted data from sediments retrieved from the Arctic Ocean floor. As sediment piles up on the seafloor, it compacts. Scientists can drill…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (173+ words) Read Time: 7 minutes Taking it a step further, the researchers tested their method on real-world polystyrene wastes, including food packaging, cup lids, and foamed plastics. They successfully produced chemicals D and T from these materials, demonstrating that their process works…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (237+ words) Read Time: 8 minutes A special group of soil bacteria, called Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPBs), helps plants grow and remain healthy. PGPBs typically live in the narrow zone of soil immediately around plant roots, called the rhizosphere, or within plant…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (264+ words) Read Time: 8 minutes The researchers placed between 80,000 and 100,000 cells onto tiny gold-coated platforms designed for high-resolution imaging. To preserve cellular structures in their native state, the team rapidly froze the cells to lock their membranes in place. Then they examined…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (228+ words) Read Time: 7 minutes Since 2000, the standard human reference genome of choice has been incomplete because the scientific community lacked the technology to access some challenging regions. This meant that some variants scientists detected were false alarms, or false positives, which…...

5+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (148+ words) Read Time: 7 minutes The team mixed the Bi-ZIF-8 powder with a glue-like chemical and coated the mixture onto conductive carbon paper to provide a supported surface for the electrocatalyst. Then they loaded the coated carbon paper into a specialized air-tight…...