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Getting the Ice Right in Global Models
Aircraft data show that ice particles are smaller and fall faster than models had assumed; correcting this issue in models improves simulation of deep, raining cloud systems.
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New Software Tools Streamline DNA Sequence Design-and-Build Process
These enhanced tools will accelerate gene discovery and characterization, vital for new forms of fuel production.
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Turning Waste into Fuels, Microbial Style
A newly discovered metabolic process linking different bacteria in a community could enhance bioenergy production.
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If a Tree Falls in the Amazon
For the first time, scientists pinpointed how often storms topple trees, helping to predict how changes in Amazonia affect the world.
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New Perspectives into Arctic Cloud Phases
Teamwork provides insight into complicated cloud processes that are important to potential environmental changes in the Arctic.
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Mountaintop Plants and Soils to Become Out of Sync
Plants and soil microbes may be altered by climate warming at different rates and in different ways, meaning vital nutrient patterns could be misaligned.
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Grasses: The Secrets behind Their Success
Researchers find a grass gene affecting how plants manage water and carbon dioxide that could be useful to growing biofuel crops on marginal land.
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The Rise of Giant Viruses
Research reveals that giant viruses acquire genes piecemeal from others, with implications for bioenergy production and environmental cleanup.
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Speeding Up Catalysts for Energy Storage
Researchers develop the fastest synthetic catalyst for producing hydrogen gas, potentially leading to a new environmentally friendly, affordable fuel.
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Unraveling the Molecular Complexity of Cellular Machines and Environmental...
State-of-the-art mass spectrometer delivers unprecedented capability to scientists.
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Loosening of Lignocellulose: Switchgrass and Success in Sugar Release
Introduced traits remain stable, improving biofuel production in a field setting.
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Weaving a Fermented Path to Nylons
Microbial enzymes create precursors of nylon while avoiding harsh chemicals and energy-demanding heat.
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Scientists Program Yeast to Turn Plant Sugars into Biodiesel
Redox metabolism was engineered in Yarrowia lipolytica to increase the availability of reducing molecules needed for lipid production.
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Soils Could Release Much More Carbon than Expected as Climate Warms
Deeper soil layers are more sensitive to warming than previously thought.
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Seedlings Face Uphill Battle with Climate Change
Some pine trees may have trouble gaining a foothold above the treeline.
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Bacterial Cell Wall Changes Produce More Fatty Molecules
New strategy significantly increases the production and secretion of biofuel building block lipids in bacteria able to grow at industrial scales.
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Carbon in Floodplain Unlikely to Cycle into the Atmosphere
Microbes leave a large fraction of carbon in anoxic sediments untouched, a key finding for understanding how watersheds influence Earth’s ecosystem.
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Vitamin B12 Fuels Microbial Growth
Scarce compound is key for cellular metabolism and may help shape microbial communities that affect environmental cycles and bioenergy production.
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Crystals Grow by Twisting, Aligning and Snapping Together
The force that enables nanosize crystals to grow could be used to design new materials.
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Tundra Loses Carbon with Rapid Permafrost Thaw
Seven-year-study shows plant growth does not sustainably balance carbon losses from solar warming and permafrost thaw.
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Clay Minerals and Metal Oxides Change How Uranium Travels Through Sediments
Common constituents prevent uranium from precipitating from liquids, letting it travel with groundwater.
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Consequences of Drought Stress on Biofuels
Switchgrass cultivated during a year of severe drought inhibited microbial fermentation and resulting biofuel production.
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High Yield Biomass Conversion Strategy Ready for Commercialization
Researchers convert 80 percent of biomass into high-value products.
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First Look at a Living Cell Membrane
Neutrons provide the solution to nanoscale examination of living cell membrane and confirm the existence of lipid rafts.
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Fungi: Gene Activator Role Discovered
Specific modifications to fungi DNA may hold the secret to turning common plant degradation agents into biofuel producers
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Understanding the Rice Genome for Bioenergy Research
Genome-wide rice studies yield first major, large-scale collection of mutations for grass model crops, vital to boosting biofuel production.
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A Complex Little Alga that Lives by the Sea
The genetic material of Porphyra umbilicalis reveals the mechanisms by which it thrives in the stressful intertidal zone at the edge of the ocean.
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Tiny Green Algae Reveal Large Genomic Variation
First complete picture of genetic variations in a natural algal population could help explain how environmental changes affect global carbon cycles.
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New Technology Illuminates Microbial Dark Matter
Demonstrating the microfluidic-based, mini-metagenomics approach on samples from hot springs shows how scientists can delve into microbes that can’t be cultivated in a laboratory.
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Discovering the Genetic Timekeepers in Bioenergy Crops
A new class of plant-specific genes required for flowering control in temperate grasses is found.
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Tree Mortality and Droughts: A Global Perspective
Stress-induced embolisms that interrupt water transport are a universal component of tree mortality.
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Where a Leaf Lands and Lies Influences Carbon Levels in Soil for Years to Come
Whether carbon comes from leaves or needles affects how fast it decomposes, but where it ends up determines how long it’s available.
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A Chemical Thermometer for Tropical Forests
Monoterpene measures how certain forests respond to heat stress.
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The Effect of Hurricanes on Puerto Rico’s Dry Forests
More frequent storms turn forests from carbon source to sink.
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How Fungal Enzymes Break Down Plant Cell Walls
Lignocellulose-degrading enzyme complexes could improve biofuel production.
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Unplugging the Cellulose Biofuel Bottleneck
Molecular-level understanding of cellulose structure reveals why it resists degradation and could lead to cost-effective biofuels.
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The Challenge of Estimating Alaska’s Soil Carbon Stocks
A geospatial analysis determined the optimal distribution of sites needed to reliably estimate Alaska’s vast soil carbon.
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El Niño and Liquid Water Clouds Contribute to Antarctic Melt in 2015-2016
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) observations provide clues on atmospheric contributions to an Antarctic melt event.
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Building Confidence in Hydrologic Models
Scientists evaluate seven models to understand how each model agrees and differs.
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How Grasslands Regulate Their Productivity in Response to Droughts
Scientists show that grasslands are more sensitive to changes in the amount of moisture in the air than to changes in precipitation.
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Energy, Economy, and the Earth: The Benefits of Creating Feedback Loops
Scientists reduce uncertainties in future climate prediction by directly coupling an energy-economy model to an Earth system model.
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Designer Yeast Consumes Plant Matter and Spits Out Fatty Alcohols for...
Highest concentration and yield of valuable chemicals reported in industrial yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Underappreciated Microbes Now Get Credit for Holding Down Two Jobs in Soil
Soil microbes work as both decomposers and synthesizers of carbon compounds in soil, offering new answers with impacts to crops and eco-health.
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Remotely Predicting Leaf Age in Tropical Forests
New approach offers data across species, sites, and canopies, providing insights into carbon uptake by forests.
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DRIFTing to Fast, Precise Data
Non-destructive technique identifies key variations in Alaskan soils, quickly providing insights into carbon levels.
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Arctic Photosynthetic Capacity and Carbon Dioxide Assimilation Underestimated...
New measurements offer data vital to projecting plant response to environmental changes.
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Exploring Past, Present, and Future Water Availability Regionally, Globally
New open-source software simulates river and runoff resources.
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Putting the P in Photosynthesis of Tropical Forests
Including phosphorus (P) in predictions of photosynthesis may improve models of tropical forests where the supply of the nutrient is limited.
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From 100,000 to 8: Representing Complex Aerosol Patterns with Far Fewer...
Study shows how aerosols interacting with clouds can be accurately captured by sparse set of representative particles.
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How Bacteria Produce Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles
Multiple techniques to characterize an enzyme complex shed light on how bacteria create particles and contribute to global cycles.
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