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Frogs, foam and fuel: Solar energy converted to sugars (Science Daily)
In natural photosynthesis, plants take in solar energy and carbon dioxide and then convert it to oxygen and sugars. The oxygen is released to the air and the sugars are dispersed throughout the plant — like that sweet corn we look for in the summer. Unfortunately, the allocation of light energy into products we... »
Fake blood 2.0? (The Scientist)
Newly created synthetic particles that mimic red blood cells may one day carry drug molecules and/or oxygen through bloodstreams (get the story…) Related items Video - Magnetic Liquid Separates Blood Cells (Technology Review) Scientists taking closer look at nanoparticles (CTV.ca) Calculations made by physicist Gustav Mie in 1908 put to test on single nanoparticles (Science Daily) Suncreen nanoparticles ‘might be... »
When Glass Develops Into A Shell: New Findings In Diatoms (Science Daily)
Diatoms are microalgae that are responsible for nearly a quarter of the oxygen we breathe, but how does their glass-like skeleton develop? Researchers have solved part of the mystery concerning these organisms, so abundant in our oceans, by discovering several genes that are involved in the storage and transport of silica, the principal constituent... »
