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Understanding Ice Loss in Earth’s Coldest Regions
Glaciers in cold, dry ecosystems respond differently to changes in climate than glaciers in warmer climates.
Glaciers in cold, dry ecosystems respond differently to changes in climate than glaciers in warmer climates.
Study reports first significant alcohol production by an archaeon.
Researchers use engineered bacteria to simplify biofuels production, potentially lowering cost.
Microbes often evolve and work together to thrive in no oxygen situations, hinting at how carbon and energy flow just below soils and sediments.
Findings could aid contaminant management efforts at former weapons production and industrial processing sites.
Discovery of a new enzyme system sheds further light on a microbe’s ability to efficiently break down inedible plant matter for conversion to biofuels and biobased chemicals.
Understanding how iron minerals accelerate collaborative metabolism will expand insights into the global carbon cycle.
Predictable assembly of protein building blocks result in a new class of porous materials, with potential uses ranging from efficient fuel storage to practical carbon capture and conversion.
A low-cost, stable oxide film is highly conductive and transparent, rivaling its predecessors.
Hollow shape-selected platinum nanocages represent a new class of highly active catalysts.
A new approach to investigating green fluorescent protein provides a vital tool for unraveling molecular-level details of processes important in biology and light harvesting for energy use.
Herbivore digestion involves a large variety of enzymes that break woody plants into biofuel building blocks.