chemistry
Concern over hidden diesel pollutant
Posted in Science on 28th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Atmospheric levels of a little known by-product from diesel engines are up 70 times higher than expected according to a study.
Tiny motors could suck carbon dioxide from the ocean
Posted in Science on 24th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have designed a new form of tiny motor that could be used to rid the sea of carbon dioxide pollution.
Researchers map a protein 'tree of life' for species across the animal kingdom
Posted in Science on 9th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Roughly 20,000 unique proteins are synthesized by our genes, and work together in combination to execute complex processes.
Why we're smarter than chickens
Posted in Science on 23rd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
A single molecular event in our cells could hold the key to how we evolved to become the smartest animal on the planet, scientists report.
Comet impacts may have cooked up a 'soup of life'
Posted in Science on 20th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
New results show how collisions between comets and planets can make molecules that are the essential building blocks of life.