China dominates in high-quality natural-science research (asiatimes.com)
Genetically Modified Bacteria Break Down Plastics in Saltwater (news.ncsu.edu)
Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts (www.bbc.com)
Synthesis of sustainable sulfur-containing polycarbonates from xylose and carbonyl sulfide (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
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Genetically modified bacteria may eat up ocean plastic waste (interestingengineering.com)
The research team conducted experiments involving two bacterial species: Vibrio natriegens and Ideonella sakaiensis....
Green hydrogen successfully produced from plastic waste (interestingengineering.us9.list-manage.com)
Low-emissions strategy that could pay for itself helps scientists achieve high-yield hydrogen gas and high-value graphene.
World Community Grid passes 820,000 years of donated computation time towards finding new genetic predictors of cancer (www.worldcommunitygrid.org)
World Community Grid is a volunteer computing project where people can donate their computer’s spare computational power to science (similar to folding@home). This week they announced some results of their research and having passed the 800,000 CPU-year mark which is pretty incredible....
A novel approach for removing microplastics from water (phys.org)
Chinese scientists have developed a gene-editing tool that doesn’t use CRISPR (www.scmp.com)
New Study Highlights Feasibility and Optimization of Ammonia-Based Power Generation for Carbon Neutrality (news.unist.ac.kr)
CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the lab (www.livescience.com)
Research paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2303859120
90% Reduction: Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Eradicates Plaques and Cavities (scitechdaily.com)
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Most bees live underground. X-ray images reveal how they build their nests (www.science.org)
Research paper: www.sciencedirect.com/…/S0016706123003324
Evidence for and projection of multi-breadbasket failure caused by climate change (www.sciencedirect.com)
Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg (www.bbc.co.uk)
Global trends in incidence, death, burden and risk factors of early-onset cancer from 1990 to 2019 (bmjoncology.bmj.com)
Zhao J, Xu L, Sun J, et al Global trends in incidence, death, burden and risk factors of early-onset cancer from 1990 to 2019 BMJ Oncology 2023;2:e000049. doi: 10.1136/bmjonc-2023-000049...
Observation of an Alice ring in a Bose–Einstein condensate - Nature Communications (www.nature.com)
Workplace Wellness Programs Are a Total Sham (slate.com)
New Genes and Natural Toxins Offer Hope for Cancer Patients Unresponsive to Chemotherapy (www.qmul.ac.uk)
VFX Artist Reveals the TRUE Scale of NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS (yewtu.be)
Discovery Opens Possibility of New Ion Channel-Targeting Drugs (news.weill.cornell.edu)
Blood Clotting Proteins Might Help Predict Long COVID Brain Fog (www.scientificamerican.com)
Using Evidence From Last Ice Age, Scientists Predict Effects of Rising Seas on Coastal Habitats (www.rutgers.edu)
From the lab to the World Cup: meet footballer–scientist Michelle Alozie (www.nature.com)
The professional athlete and research technician explains why focus, collaboration and teamwork are important on and off the pitch.