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A technique that adds a polymer to freshwater algae has increased the plant’s ability to convert light into energy, which could lead to more efficient biofuels or help increase crop yields

CRISPR gene editing can turn white fat cells into brown fat that burns energy, a technique that limited weight gain in mice and could potentially be used to treat obesity-related disorders

A statistical analysis of counties that mail out ballots to US voters has found there is little difference in election outcomes compared with counties who vote in person - a find that could be important for the 2020 election

A glue that coats the interior of the gut when swallowed can be enhanced with enzymes to treat lactose intolerance, tests in pigs show – and it could also help treat obesity

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Some shortcuts are being taken in the race to get a coronavirus vaccine approved, but there are also more resources, openness and scrutiny than ever before

Roboticists have produced a million microscopic walking robots on a silicon wafer – in future, similar robot armies could roam inside the human body

Most of the ice shelves buttressing Antarctica’s ice sheets risk fracturing as meltwater trickles into cracks on their surface, which could accelerate sea level rise

The power of a quantum computer is limited by how long it can remain in a certain state, and high-energy particles hurtling from space can destroy those quantum states

Rare people who naturally subdue the virus may weed out cells with active HIV genomes

Extremely Brilliant Source, which took €150 million and 20 months to build, already used for Covid-19 research

Experimenting with better ways to assess researchers

Sodium pyruvate plays a lead role by regenerating the catalyst and scavenging hydrogen peroxide

Cinnabar – named for the red colour of the mineral mercury sulfide Mother of Pearl – resembling the natural composite material nacre. There are lots of “pearls” Silver Y – metallic and migratory Brassy Longhorn – its wings have a metallic sheen Burnished Brass – resembles a glistening chunk of scorched alloy Iron Prominent – patina not unlike the colour and timbre of rusty metal Copper Underwing – copper-coloured hindwings Brimstone – named for the alchemists’ name for yellow sulfur Ruby Tiger –... Читать дальше...

Climate change is affecting these underground partners, as well as the plants they serve

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Regular readers of Chemistry in Pictures will remember Lynn M. Stevens’s funky color-changing dye. But you might not recognize it here after Stevens purified the compound (structure shown). Stevens aims to use this photosensitive dye to shorten the amount of time it takes to 3-D print objects and print them in a biologically compatible way.  — Manny Morone

Submitted by Lynn M. Stevens via Instagram. Follow her @organic_synthesis.

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Solvent-free, rapid, scalable synthesis under mild conditions with high yields