Astronomers have discovered a vast reservoir of cold molecular gas — the raw material for star formation — in REBELS-25, a massive galaxy seen just 700 million years after the Big Bang. The team, led…
Novel intermolecular surface force reveals actomyosin driving mechanism
The actin and myosin complex (actomyosin) generates contraction force of a muscle utilizing the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis reaction. Many attempts have thus been made to explain the molecular origin of the actomyosin motility. The…
Vega Launches Earth observation satellite for Morocco
[caption id="attachment_13568" align="alignright" width="305"] Vega lifts off[/caption] Arianespace has launched a Vega rocket to deliver an Earth observation satellite into orbit for the Kingdom of Morocco. Liftoff of Vega’s 11th mission from Europe’s Spaceport in…
Cool idea: Magma held in ‘cold storage’ before…
[caption id="attachment_13557" align="alignnone" width="775"] A new study looks at rock from the titanic eruption that formed Long Valley Caldera in California 765,000 years ago. Calderas occur when a volcano collapses after an eruption. The study…
Briny pool bacteria can clean up and power…
Promising electrochemical technologies for cleaning wastewater are boosted by discovery of extremophilic microbes in the Red Sea. [caption id="attachment_13554" align="alignnone" width="685"] An outline of the MEC system being tested at KAUST. Bacteria from briny pools…