Storability of vegetable carotene severely affected by oxygen in air

The shelf life of vegetable carotenoids when stored in powdered form is severely affected by oxygen…

Toxic chemicals hindering the recovery of Britain's rivers

Welsh rivers in urban locations still have damaged food chains and fewer species of invertebrates in…

How bacteria swim against the flow

It is well known that bacteria can swim against the current, which often causes serious problems—for…

SPEX project gets wings: first measurements SPEX airborne published

Researchers from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research have published the first results of SPEX airborne,…

Researchers enrich silver chemistry

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have teamed up with colleagues in Russia…

Excitonic insulators: Experimental observation of a new class of materials

A University of Wollongong / Monash University collaboration has found evidence of a new phase of…

Food quality control made faster and easier

Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology have…

Skin in balance: Joint forces of polarity and cell mechanics

The cell polarity protein Par3 controls mechanical changes in the skin and plays an important role…

Scientists say 10 warmest UK years have all been since 2002

Britain’s weather service says the country’s 10 hottest years since the 19th century have all occurred…

First pictures of enzyme that drives new class of antibiotics

Understanding how antibiotic scaffolds are constructed in nature can help scientists prospect for new classes of…