TOKYO, Feb 6 – Japanese and German researchers have independently synthesized a new class of silicon-based compounds that could expand the element’s role beyond semiconductors and industrial materials. A team led by Professor Takeaki Iwamoto…
Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold…
[caption id="attachment_13934" align="alignnone" width="775"] This 2-year-old chimp named Betty succumbed to a human common cold virus in Uganda. The opportunity to retrieve Betty’s body before it decomposed or scavengers set in was critical to making…
Getting functional proteins from A to B
A milk protein contained in gastro-resistant microcapsules could be used to give foods cancer-fighting, immune-boosting properties. [caption id="attachment_13929" align="alignright" width="300"] Microcapsule-protected functional proteins could one-day form a key part of human nutrition. Pictured: Calcium carbonate…
Tracking aerosols from California’s fires
[caption id="attachment_13926" align="alignnone" width="700"] contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by KNMI[/caption] The new Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite captured the presence of elevated absorbing aerosols – caused by fires – in the atmosphere off the…
Planting oxygen
[caption id="attachment_13920" align="alignright" width="335"] Arthrospira microalgae[/caption] When resources are limited, you have to work with what you have – especially in the harsh environment of space. Though the International Space Station is regularly restocked by…