The deep sea is home to fish species that can detect various wavelengths of light in near-total darkness. Unlike other vertebrates, they have several genes for the light-sensitive photopigment rhodopsin, …read more Source:: Science
Day: May 9, 2019
Methane-consuming bacteria could be the future of fuel
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•Researchers have found that the enzyme responsible for the methane-methanol conversion in methanotrophic bacteria catalyzes the reaction at a site that contains just one copper ion. This finding could lead …read more Source:: Science
Climate change is giving old trees a growth spurt
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•Larch trees in the permafrost forests of northeastern China — the northernmost tree species on Earth — are growing faster as a result of climate change. A new study of …read more Source:: Science
Discovery may lead to new materials for next-generation data storage
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•New research has identified properties in materials that could one day lead to applications such as more powerful data storage devices that continue to hold information even after a device …read more Source:: Science
Gravitational forces in protoplanetary disks may push super-Earths close to their stars
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•Astronomers found that as planets form out of the chaotic churn of gravitational, hydrodynamic — or, drag — and magnetic forces and collisions within the dusty, gaseous protoplanetary disk that …read more Source:: Science