Category: Science and Nature

  • Researchers uncover cause of a rapidly changing remote water system

    Researchers uncover cause of a rapidly changing remote water system

    Katrina Moser collects a sediment core from Upper Coffin Lake in the Uinta Mountains. Credit: Chad Dickson/Western Social Science Nestled in the Uinta Mountains of northern Utah, a series of pristine lakes are facing a new threat—humans. Geography professor and chair Katrina Moser led a team of researchers in the region this summer to better…

  • Researchers uncover cause of a rapidly changing remote water system

    Researchers uncover cause of a rapidly changing remote water system

    Katrina Moser collects a sediment core from Upper Coffin Lake in the Uinta Mountains. Credit: Chad Dickson/Western Social Science Nestled in the Uinta Mountains of northern Utah, a series of pristine lakes are facing a new threat—humans. Geography professor and chair Katrina Moser led a team of researchers in the region this summer to better…

  • Researchers uncover cause of a rapidly changing remote water system

    Researchers uncover cause of a rapidly changing remote water system

    Katrina Moser collects a sediment core from Upper Coffin Lake in the Uinta Mountains. Credit: Chad Dickson/Western Social Science Nestled in the Uinta Mountains of northern Utah, a series of pristine lakes are facing a new threat—humans. Geography professor and chair Katrina Moser led a team of researchers in the region this summer to better…

  • Team develops gene editing strategy for macroalgae Neopyropia

    Team develops gene editing strategy for macroalgae Neopyropia

    Construction of DNA vectors for promotor verification and gene editing in Neopyropia yezoensis. Credit: IOCAS Neopyropia is an important economic macroalga and is one of the main macroalgae cultivation species in China, Japan, South Korea and other countries. As a critical juncture in the evolution of photosynthetic organisms, red algae to which Neopyropia belongs is…

  • Team develops gene editing strategy for macroalgae Neopyropia

    Team develops gene editing strategy for macroalgae Neopyropia

    Construction of DNA vectors for promotor verification and gene editing in Neopyropia yezoensis. Credit: IOCAS Neopyropia is an important economic macroalga and is one of the main macroalgae cultivation species in China, Japan, South Korea and other countries. As a critical juncture in the evolution of photosynthetic organisms, red algae to which Neopyropia belongs is…

  • Team develops gene editing strategy for macroalgae Neopyropia

    Team develops gene editing strategy for macroalgae Neopyropia

    Construction of DNA vectors for promotor verification and gene editing in Neopyropia yezoensis. Credit: IOCAS Neopyropia is an important economic macroalga and is one of the main macroalgae cultivation species in China, Japan, South Korea and other countries. As a critical juncture in the evolution of photosynthetic organisms, red algae to which Neopyropia belongs is…

  • Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years

    Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years

    This schematic shows the relationship between the different physical and chemical processes that make up the carbonate-silicate cycle. In the upper panel, the specific processes are identified, and in the lower panel, the feedbacks associated are shown; green arrows indicate positive coupling, while yellow arrows indicate negative coupling. Credit: Gretashum—Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79674633…

  • Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years

    Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years

    This schematic shows the relationship between the different physical and chemical processes that make up the carbonate-silicate cycle. In the upper panel, the specific processes are identified, and in the lower panel, the feedbacks associated are shown; green arrows indicate positive coupling, while yellow arrows indicate negative coupling. Credit: Gretashum—Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79674633…

  • Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years

    Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years

    This schematic shows the relationship between the different physical and chemical processes that make up the carbonate-silicate cycle. In the upper panel, the specific processes are identified, and in the lower panel, the feedbacks associated are shown; green arrows indicate positive coupling, while yellow arrows indicate negative coupling. Credit: Gretashum—Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79674633…

  • Plants could still grow well under alien skies

    Plants could still grow well under alien skies

    <div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/plants-would-still-gro.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2024/plants-would-still-gro.jpg" data-sub-html="These figures from the article show the spectra for both the Sun and a K-dwarf star, and the simulated spectra for both. Credit: International Journal of Astrobiology (2024). DOI: 10.1017/S1473550424000132″> These figures from the article show the spectra for both the Sun and a K-dwarf star, and the simulated spectra for both.…