In a recent study, researchers at Wuhan Polytechnic University in China have developed a new methodology for detecting inorganic chromium in environmental water samples. The study, published in Talanta, proposes a novel separation and preconcentration method of direct immersion dual-drop microextraction for the speciation of Cr and Cr followed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry detection. Cr and Cr are recognized as chromium’s two most stable species.

Various faba beans. The genome of the faba bean, which boasts a massive 13 billion bases, surpassing the human genome by fourfold, has finally been sequenced. Faba beans with faba bean flour and bread fortified with faba bean. The study was funded by UK Research and Innovation.

The faba bean genome, which at 13 billion bases is more than four times the size of the human genome, has been sequenced for the first time and is published 8 March 2023 in Nature. “We want to produce beans that are higher in essential amino acids as well as lower in antinutrients, such as phytate, which binds micronutrients and reduces absorption. Faba beans are naturally high in protein, fibre, and iron – all nutrients that many people in the UK need more of. They grow well in the UK but are mostly fed to animals to produce meat and milk.

In the case of climate science it's climate scientists who bear costs. Benjamin Beurle covers the human nature aspects in From continuity to change: Soviet and Russian government attitudes on climate change, while Climate change and challenges to sustainable development in the Russian Arctic is reported by Stepanov, Makarov, Makarova & Smolovik and is notably bluff about policy successes given the authors' location. While rural communities realize that climate change is a threat to their way of life, they are looking for solutions that would address today’s problems first.

Home – Salk News – AI chatbot ChatGPT mirrors its users to appear intelligent Salk neuroscientist explores how artificial intelligence language models, like the popular ChatGPT chatbot, can further our understanding of the human brain LA JOLLA—The artificial intelligence language model ChatGPT has captured the world’s attention in recent months.

More recently an important new function has emerged with saponins obtained from the tree’s bark used as potent adjuvants in the production of vaccines. The team is already using this instruction manual to attempt to produce other valuable saponins including QS-21, a potent adjuvant and key component in human vaccines. Elucidation of the pathway for biosynthesis of saponin adjuvants from the soapbark tree appears in Science. A vaccine containing a saponin-based adjuvant has been approved for use in humans.

More recently an important new function has emerged with saponins obtained from the tree's bark used as potent adjuvants in the production of vaccines. Researchers at the John Innes Centre have taken a major step forward in addressing this problem, by using a combination of genome mining and bioengineering techniques to produce saponin-based vaccine adjuvants in the laboratory without harvesting material directly from trees. The team is already using this instruction manual to attempt to produce other valuable saponins including QS-21, a potent adjuvant and key component in human vaccines.

The new study was published in the journal Science. The research, published in the journal Science Advances, describes the innovation of a plasmonic paint, which utilises a nanoscale structural arrangement of colourless materials — aluminium and aluminium oxide — instead of pigments to create colours. While pigment colourants control light absorption based on the electronic property of the pigmenting material, and hence, every colour needs a new molecule, structural colourants control the way light is reflected, scattered or absorbed based purely on the geometrical arrangement of nanostructures.