. Scientific Frontline
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Habitat mapping data can fill gaps in knowledge on biodiversity

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Dry sand heaths are also among the biotopes found in Hamburg. Photo Credit: Christiane Buchwald Data gathered by habitat mapping programs ca...

Better understanding of the development of intestinal diseases

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Dr. Bahtiyar Yilmaz, First author Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, and Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, I...

‘A silent killer’ - COVID-19 shown to trigger inflammation in the brain

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A COVID-19 infected mouse brain showing 'angry' microglia in green and SARS-CoV-2 in red. Source/Credit: University of Queensland Re...

Violent supershear earthquakes are more common than previously thought

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A section of the San Andreas Fault between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara, California. UCLA’s Lingsen Meng said the reason relatively few sup...

Durable, Inexpensive Catalyst Reduces Carbon Footprint of Ammonia Production

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To reduce the energy requirements of the Haber-Bosch process, which converts nitrogen and hydrogen to ammonia, researchers from Tokyo Tech h...
Monday, October 31, 2022

New catalyst can turn smelly hydrogen sulfide into a cash cow

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An illustration of the light-powered, one-step remediation process for hydrogen sulfide gas made possible by a gold photocatalyst created at...

Bulking Up to Beat Bacteria

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The inhibitor-binding site of the wild-type MexB pump. (a) The crystal structure of the inhibitor ABI-PP bound to the MexB trimer. Three Mex...

New MicroBooNE analysis takes a closer look at the sterile neutrino

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MicroBooNE features state-of-the-art particle detection techniques and technology. The experiment studies neutrino interactions and is probi...

Reprogramming of immune cells shown to fight off melanoma

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Illustration showing how miniature artificial protocells loaded with anti-microRNA-223 cargo can reprogram cancer-associated macrophages in ...

New Tech Solves Longstanding Challenges for Self-Healing Materials

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3D printed thermoplastic on woven-carbon fiber reinforcement. Credit: North Carolina State University Engineering researchers have developed...

Largest Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Detected in Eight Years

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Twilight observations with the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, ...

Ghost of a giant star

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This image shows a spectacular view of the orange and pink clouds that make up what remains after the explosive death of a massive star — th...

A better way to tell which species are vulnerable

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Intertidal ecosystems containing species of mussels, barnacles, and algae were one of the systems with fluctuating populations analyzed by t...

Just like humans, more intelligent jays have greater self-control

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A study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the ‘marshmallow test’ – and those with the greatest self-control also score the ...

New Material for Perovskite Solar Cells Proposed in Russia

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Scientists have proposed a new type of material for transporting electrons in perovskite solar cells.  Photo Credit: Vladimir Petrov Experts...