An international research team led by the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna has discovered that comammox bacteria, first identified by them in 2015, can grow using guanidine, a nitrogen-rich organic compound, as their sole energy and nitrogen source.
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Mizzou Scientists Achieve More than 98% Efficiency Removing Nanoplastics from Water
University of Missouri scientists are battling against an emerging enemy of human health: nanoplastics. Much smaller in size than the diameter of an average human hair, nanoplastics are invisible to the naked eye.
Mature Forests Vital in Frontline Fight Against Climate Change
Older trees have important carbon capture role – countering existing theories that mature woodland has no capacity to respond to elevated carbon dioxide levels.
Climate Change More Than Tripled Odds of Severe Wildfires in Canada Last Year
Warming loaded the dice for fire weather — hot, dry conditions that leave forests ripe for burning — in Canada and in part of the Amazon last year, according to a new report.
Scientists Find Oceans of Water on Mars. It’s Just Too Deep to Tap
Using seismic activity to probe the interior of Mars, geophysicists have found evidence for a large underground reservoir of liquid water — enough to fill oceans on the planet’s surface.
Innovative Study from the Fritz Haber Institute Unveils a New Path in Green Chemistry
A recent publication in Nature Communications by researchers from the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute introduces a new advancement in the fight against climate change.