Photoautotroph: Definition And Examples
A photoautotroph is an organism that can synthesize its own food source via sunlight and carbon dioxide. Photoautotrophs utilize energy captured from photons to convert…
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Yearly Archive: 2018
What Is STP In Chemistry?
Standard temperature and pressure (STP) refers to the internationally agreed-upon standard of measurement for experiments in chemistry. According to the International Union of Pure and…
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Chaperone Protein AdDJSKI Of A.diogoi Potentiates Biotic As Well As Abiotic Stress Tolerance In Tobacco
Arachis diogoi, a wild diploid species related to the cultivated peanut, is resistant to the late leaf spot pathogen Phaeoisariopsis personata, which is one of…
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Investigating Shear Margins And Temperate Ice In The Antarctic Ice Sheet
Ice streams and outlet glaciers are relatively fast-flowing regions of ice that are adjacent to nearly stagnant ice or mountains. These ice streams are visible…
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Tropical Temperatures At The Cretaceous Poles
Evidence that the polar regions were much warmer during the Cretaceous Period (145-66 million years ago) compared to today has accumulated during the past century…
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Diphosphorus Pentoxide: Formula And Molar Mass
Diphosphorus Pentoxide is a covalent compound that has an empirical formula of P2O5 and a chemical formula of P4O10. The molar mass of diphosphorus pentoxide is the…
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Sequence-Defined Molecules Can Be Used To Create 2D Nanomaterials
The unique sequence-defined property endows materials scientists with the ability to precisely tailor and adjust the combination of functional groups at an atomic level, making…
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Examining Weak Bonds In Huadian Kerogen With Supercritical Ethanolysis
Oil shale is a potential alternative fossil energy source whose kerogen’s chemical structure makes up the basis of its application, presently for pyrolysis or retorting…
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Towards The Engineering Of Living Cells That Mimic Computers
Synthetic biology is challenging our current conception at multiple levels with an unprecedented potential. The aim is the (re)engineering of gene regulatory circuits to end…
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On The Shoulders Of Giants, Part 2: Stewart Wolf And The Pharmacology Of Placebos
In comparison to Henry Beecher’s much-cited paper, “The Powerful placebo,” of 1955 (1), Stewart Wolf’s paper, “The pharmacology of placebos,” of 1959 (2) is today almost…
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Life Without Light – Traces Of Chemosynthesis In Microbially-Formed Minerals And Rocks
Approximately 4 billion years ago, the first life on Earth used energy from the oxidation of reduced chemical compounds – a mode of biomass production…
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