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August 3, 2017Water splitting, which generates hydrogen and oxygen gas, plays a key role in renewable energy technologies by producing molecules that can be usedBasic Energy Sciences
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August 3, 2017Positron emission tomography (PET) typically relies on relatively short-lived positron emitters, i.e., radioisotopes that decay with the emissionNuclear Physics
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BulletinJuly 21, 2017Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a wholly suitable pathway for the large-scale production of quantum logic gates.Basic Energy Sciences
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July 21, 2017The research team from the Rockefeller University and Caltech, along with collaborators working in Pau da Lima, Brazil and Santa Maria Mixtequilla,Basic Energy Sciences
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July 12, 2017Climate warming is expected to promote upslope shifts in forests. However, researchers working with common gardens sown with seeds collected fromBiological and Environmental Research
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July 12, 2017Soil organic carbon harbors three times as much carbon as Earth’s atmosphere, more than half of that below the 20-centimeter (0.66-foot)Biological and Environmental Research
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July 12, 2017The researchers used a mathematical model to identify the bottlenecks in the production of oil in the industrial yeast Yarrowia lipolyticaBiological and Environmental Research
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BulletinJuly 12, 2017Millions of tons of nylon is produced annually requiring harsh conditions. Manufacturing nylon involves making five- and six-member ring compoundBiological and Environmental Research
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July 12, 2017The plant cell wall is primarily made up of three biopolymers: lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose. Lignin’s complex architecture providesBiological and Environmental Research
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July 11, 2017As the highest performance mass spectrometry technique, the FTICR MS has become increasingly valuable in recent years for research applications.Biological and Environmental Research