2+ week, 2+ day ago  (528+ words) But astronomers have also identified brown dwarfs smaller than 13 Jupiter masses. Xuan and colleagues at UCSD have now found some answers in four enormous gas giant planets that orbit a star called HR 8799, located approximately 133 light-years away in the constellation…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (93+ words) Hydrogen bond design advances solar water oxidation efficiency'Space Daily Hydrogen bond design advances solar water oxidation efficiency Under operating conditions, the researchers observed that the hydrogen bonded system significantly increased the population of useful surface holes, which are the active…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (478+ words) Soil microbe turns carbon dioxide into acetate using electricity'Space Daily Soil microbe turns carbon dioxide into acetate using electricity The team isolated F. terrae from paddy soil and found that it performs bidirectional extracellular electron transfer, moving electrons across the cell…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (350+ words) Engineered biochar harnesses sunlight to speed pollutant breakdown'Space Daily Engineered biochar harnesses sunlight to speed pollutant breakdown The study, published in the journal Biochar, introduces a co-engineering strategy that integrates biochar with artificial humic substances produced via a controlled hydrothermal…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (659+ words) A new study by MIT researchers suggests some early forms of life may have evolved the ability to use oxygen hundreds of millions of years before the GOE. The findings may represent some of the earliest evidence of aerobic respiration…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (964+ words) Salt solvent unlocks lignin for next generation biofuel plants'Space Daily Salt solvent unlocks lignin for next generation biofuel plants The project, led by postdoctoral research associate Tirath Raj and Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory Executive Director Vijay Singh, focused on the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (576+ words) Lab made cosmic dust experiment reveals paths to life chemistry'Space Daily Lab made cosmic dust experiment reveals paths to life chemistry Losurdo and her supervisor, Professor David McKenzie, filled evacuated glass tubes with nitrogen, carbon dioxide and acetylene before applying…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (93+ words) Engineered microbes use light to build new molecules'Space Daily Engineered microbes use light to build new molecules Biomanufacturing relies on microorganisms that naturally excel at synthesizing complex molecules, using enzymes to promote specific reactions in a highly selective way. Because…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (375+ words) The team focused on nitrogenase, an enzyme central to the biological process that converts atmospheric nitrogen into forms that living organisms can use. Study leader Betul Kacar describes nitrogenase as an enzyme that helped set the tone for life on…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (836+ words) Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 - Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, working with colleagues at the Centro de Astrobiologia in Spain, have identified the largest sulfur-bearing molecule yet seen in Sulfur ring molecule in galactic cloud links space…...