Unusual Microbial Community And Impact Of Iron And Sulfate On Microbial Fuel Cell Ecology And Performance

The present energy and the waste accumulation crisis make the development of bioelectrochemical systems each day more important as a technology for coupled waste-treatment, electricity production, and biorefinement, whilst closing the circular economy loop. However, its application is still hampered by the complexity of its biocatalysts. This study evaluated, from an ecological and metabolic point…

Tiny Animal Carcasses Found In Buried Antarctica Lake

Scientists drilling into a buried Antarctic lake 600 kilometres from the South Pole have found surprising signs of ancient life: the carcasses of tiny animals preserved under a kilometre of ice. The crustaceans and a tardigrade, or ‘water bear’ — all smaller than poppy seeds — were found in Subglacial Lake Mercer, a body of…

#FACT CHECK:- Genetic Variant staves off Alzheimer’s in some people

People with a gene variant that puts them at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease are protected from its debilitating effects if they also carry a variant of a completely different gene, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators report in a large new study. Their findings, to be published Apr. 13 in JAMA Neurology, suggest that…

Stretchy Artificial ‘Skin’ Could Give Robots a Sense of Touch

Rubber electronics and sensors that operate normally even when stretched to up to 50 percent of their length could work as artificial skin on robots, according to a new study. They could also give flexible sensing capabilities to a range of electronic devices, the researchers said Like human skin, the material is able to sense…

Graviton : A Theory Of Physics

In theories of quantum gravity, the graviton is the hypothetical quantum of gravity, an elementary particle that mediates the force of gravity. There is no complete quantum field theory of gravitons due to an outstanding mathematical problem with renormalization in general relativity. In string theory, believed to be a consistent theory of quantum gravity, the…

Bubbles go with the flow: Simulating behavior of fluids moving through pipes

Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, used a sophisticated physical model to simulate the behavior of fluids moving through pipes. By including the possibility of shear-induced bubble formation, they find that, contrary to the assumptions of many previous works, fluids can experience significant slippage when in contact with fixed boundaries….

Researchers catch light in a funnel

Professor Ronny Thomale holds a chair for theoretical condensed matter physics, the TP1, at the Julius-Maximilian University of Würzburg. The discovery and theoretical description of new quantum states of matter is a prime objective of his research. “Developing a theory for a new physical phenomenon which then inspires new experiments seeking after this effect is…