The international team, including researchers from the University of Bristol, in the UK, and led by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), in Japan, used a key evolutionary turning ...

A key turning point was when oxygen accumulated in the atmosphere around 2.3 billion years ago. Scientists have used this oxygen surge and how microbes adapted to it to map out bacterial evolution.

Theoretical Molecular Science Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University ...

This contrast is based on a simple kinetic challenge: the energy temporarily stored in an electronically excited state is very quickly converted into molecular vibrations and heat if no measures are ...

Biochemistry is the molecular basis of life. It applies chemical principles to some of the most exciting problems in the life sciences industry. Biochemistry explains how drugs work, helps us ...

Nitrogen is indispensable for all living species. The Earth atmosphere mainly consists of nitrogen, but in the form of dinitrogen (N 2) which is not available for living organisms. Only some Bacteria ...