German researchers figure out how lager first developed in Bavaria

A new paper in FEMS Yeast Research reveals the possible origin story of lager beers. Using…

Using microbes to get more out of mining waste

Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon…

Climate change is already impacting stream flows across the US

Climate change is here, and scientists continue to discover new ways that the world around us…

A high-throughput AI method for leaf counting

In cereal crops, the number of new leaves each plant produces is used to study the…

Backwashing affects the removal of micropollutants and the dynamic changes in the microbial community in sand filters

Sand filters are commonly applied in drinking water treatment and can efficiently remove suspended solids, organic…

Type VI secretion systems: Weapons of bacterial destruction

Bacteria can be quite aggressive. Armed with an impressive array of mechanical and biochemical weapons, they…

Predicting changes in microbial food webs

Increasing either temperature or nutrients can hurt ecosystems by destabilizing food webs, which are all of…

Framework for NASA's Roman spacecraft moves to Goddard clean room

The primary structure that will serve as the “bones” of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope…

Unraveling the mechanism of green emission peaks in single polyfluorene chains

Molecular aggregates are clusters of small molecules held together by relatively weak forces believed to be…

New study explores human cultural learning and evolution

A George Washington University study offers new insights into why human cultures become more complex over…