3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (100+ words) A decade-long field experiment in northeastern China compares how two agricultural amendments reshape dissolved organic carbon, microbial residues, and soil carbon accumulation image: Divergent carbon sequestration pathways: biochar and maize stover mediate DOC properties and soil carbon accumulation view more…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (187+ words) Credit: Zhang Yi, Wang Jinxin, Zhu Yiqing, et al Then came the functional audition: testing each recombinant protein against three triterpene substrates (phytolaccagenin, jaligonic acid, and bayogenin) with UDP-glucose. Only one enzyme passed: PamUGT, converting all three substrates at 30%–40%. Mass…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (63+ words) EurekAlert! Schematic overview of the study showing the fast deposition process of the organic twisted vertical heterostructure achieved by modulating the diffusion distance, along with color-tunable emission capability the vertical structure. More on this News Release Assembly of 2D organic crystals…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (539+ words) Groundwater contamination is a growing global challenge, but predicting how pollutants behave underground remains difficult. A new review suggests that an often overlooked property of sediments, their ability to donate and accept electrons, could provide scientists and engineers with a…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (102+ words) image: Electron transfer kinetics and molecular structural basis of dissolved black carbon as an electron shuttle view more Credit: Image Credit: Yufei Wu, Peng Zhang, Hanxue Li, Ting He, Wenmei Tao, Zhaofeng Chang & Bo Pan Tracking a Missing Kinetic Dimension…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (890+ words) SimuScan uses realistic synthetic data to train AI to identify important nanoscale features and guide atomic force microscopes toward the most informative regions of a sample image: AI-assisted atomic force microscopy identifies tiny surface structures such as nanostructures, DNA assemblies…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (627+ words) Why This Electrolyte Matters KCl is introduced into a 2 M ZnCl2 aqueous electrolyte. The high concentration of KCl not only provides additional Cl⁻ ions but also fundamentally reorganizes the Zn2+ solvation environment and the hydrogen-bonding network of water. In the conventional ZnCl2 electrolyte,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (224+ words) EurekAlert! A working model illustrating how red and blue light promote isoflavonoid biosynthesis in the roots of A. mongholicus. Astragalus mongholicus, a cornerstone of traditional Chinese medicine, produces isoflavonoids—bioactive compounds with anti-inflammatory, immune-boosting, and antiviral properties. However, the molecular machinery…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (638+ words) image: With support from a prestigious NSF CAREER award, Subhasish Mandal, an assistant professor in the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy, is working to discover new materials that can make high-speed quantum computing…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (538+ words) Researchers from Shenzhen University and collaborating institutions have provided a comprehensive review of viologen-linked covalent organic frameworks (Vio-COFs) as an emerging class of charged and redox-active porous materials. With their unique combination of permanent positive charges, reversible viologen redox chemistry,…...