Samples of Prato cheese produced with the three strains of Lactobacillus studied at ITAL. Credit: Cristian Mauricio Barreto and Leila Spadoti/ITAL Research conducted at the Center for Dairy Technology (Tecnolat) in Campinas, São Paulo state, Brazil, has identified lactic acid bacteria (LAB) that have probiotic properties and are beneficial to human health in samples of … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Wildfires can damage crops, even if flames come nowhere near the plants. One outcome can be an unpleasant flavor and smell of wine that is made from grapes exposed to smoke. But researchers report in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that they have developed a way to lessen this … Read more
Credit: Chen Xueshun A recent study led by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences sheds new light on how human activities have altered the composition of the atmosphere over time, particularly focusing on secondary organic aerosols (SOA). These aerosols play a significant role in air quality and climate change, making … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Households in low-income areas face significantly higher increases in petrol prices when rival fuel stations close compared to high-income areas, according to new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA). At the same time, low-income areas do not benefit from a higher drop in prices when new stations open. … Read more
Plasmon-assisted electrocatalysis provides a powerful strategy in efficient conversion of solar energy to chemical energy by combining solar light with an electrochemical bias on the plasmonic metal nanostructures. Herein, the plasmon excitation on Cu photoelectrode generated photoelectric and photothermal effects, both of which concertedly promoted the rate-determining NH3 desorption, inhibited the poison of Cu surfaces, … Read more
Credit: Science Bulletin (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2024.07.041 Chloroplast, which is a double-membrane-bounded organelle, is the main site for CO2 fixation via photosynthesis in green plants. The double-membrane configuration can regulate the transport of substances into and out of the chloroplasts with the aid of functional units like lipid bilayer and transmembrane proteins. Inspired by the ingenious … Read more
Distinct roles of H3K27me3 and H3K36me3 in vernalization response, maintenance, and resetting in winter wheat. Credit: Science China Press Vernalization is the phenomenon whereby plants require prolonged exposure to low temperatures to flower. This ensures that overwintering plants undergo reproductive growth under suitable light and temperature conditions, thereby securing yield. Wheat is primarily classified into … Read more
Non-Abelian and Abelian exchange statistics. (a) Non-Abelian exchange statistics of MZMs, the final state differs if the order of two pair-wise exchange operations is interchanged. (b) Abelian exchange statistics of ordinary particles such as electrons and photons, swapping the order of the exchange operations will not affect the final state. U23U12 means exchange particles 1 … Read more
Structure of Thermonuclease from Staphylococcus aureus predicted by AlphaFold2. Change in stability upon mutation, ∆∆G (positive values are destabilizing), is plotted as a function of effective strain measured at the mutated site, and in a spherical region near the mutated site, for 491 mutants. The black line shows the median. Statistical correlations are shown for … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Crowds flocking to rivers and streams over Labor Day weekend are doing more than cooling off and having fun. They’re temporarily introducing chemicals and microscopic organisms into their local waterways, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University. The research, published in ACS ES&T Water, is the first holistic assessment of … Read more
