Environment

Ice formation

Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?

14.03.2019

Chemistry, Climate

New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both

biofuel feedstock

Breakdance of the Cohesins: Revealing a Breakdown Structure’s Flexible Side

28.02.2019

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Energy, Biotechnology

Deconstructing the enzymes that deconstruct plant biomass

electron flow in quantum system

Wrong Way in Oncoming Traffic

14.02.2019

Space & Physics, Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Environment

A Weizmann lab gets particles to move against the direction of an electric current

bacteria attacking algae

Smelling Sulfur in the Sea

07.02.2019

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Fertility, Genetics, Environment, Environment

How do sulfur-loving bacteria contribute to the rapid death of algal blooms?

arabidopsis

Plants Blink: Proceeding with Caution in Sunlight

22.01.2019

Plants and Agriculture

Like eye’s adjustment to sudden changes in light, plants have sensitive mechanisms to protect their leaves from rapid changes in radiation

Yatir station

Standing up to the Heat

10.01.2019

Plants and Agriculture, Climate

A new method of measuring how forests moderate the climate gets tested under extreme conditions

satellites

CT for Clouds: A Fleet of Micro-Satellites Will See into the Smallest Clouds

17.12.2018

Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Environment, Climate

An Israeli-German mission to launch a formation of ten tiny satellites that use medically-inspired CT algorithms to answer climate questions wins a €...

Fragments of phytoplankton outer shell

In Passing, Plankton Reach the Clouds

25.10.2018

Planetary Science, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate

When viral infection wipes out an algal bloom, fragments may turn airborne, increasing clouds and cooling the surface below

ants looking for the exit

Recalculating the Route: The Ant Version

14.06.2018

Theoretical Physics, Life Sciences, Evolution and Development, Environment, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A simple mathematical model explains how ants overcome obstacles in their path

gigatons of carbon

In a New Biomass Census, Trees Rule the Planet

22.05.2018

Planetary Science, Evolution and Development, Environment, Plants and Agriculture

The study reveals, among other things, our impact on the Earth’s biosphere

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