Bioscientists at the Kaust University have revealed that changes in batch cultures could lead to a significant impact on cell processes and research reproducibility as the cells grow. In this background, there is a need for enhanced procedures and more monitoring.

In freshwater lakes, large amounts of the greenhouse gas methane are oxidized by bacteria before it can be emitted into the atmosphere. A study in Lakes Rotsee and Zug has now shown that the bulk of this work is done, not by “classical” methane consumers, but by filamentous bacteria previously known only as contaminants of water supplies.

Evacuated space is a good place for research and manufacture. It has been a long journey though from a philosophical question in ancient times to today’s significance of the vacuum. It was Wolfgang Gaede who in the early 20th century laid the foundation for modern vacuum technology with his molecular pump.

Dxcover has secured US patents for its game-changing Autosampler and Brain Cancer Liquid Biopsy. The unique devices help for the early detection of cancer which leads to earlier diagnosis for the patients.

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.

Scientists at the University of Warwick in England have developed a unique process that can mimic the manner in which plants produce compounds. The new process uses enzymes to break down molecules and synthesize them into compounds such as indolic amides, carboxylic acids and auxins which are used for numerous agrochemical and pharmaceutical applications.

Researchers from Harvard University have developed an electronic chip that can perform high-sensitivity intracellular recording from thousands of connected neurons simultaneously. This breakthrough allowed them to map synaptic connectivity at an unprecedented level, identifying hundreds of synaptic connections.

Fruit-eating monkeys show a preference for concentrations of alcohol found in fermenting fruit, but do not seem to use alcohol as a source of supplementary calories, according to a study from Linköping University in Sweden and the Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico. The findings do not support the idea that human alcoholism originated from a predilection of primates for alcohol-containing overripe fruit.

A research team led by Nagoya University has created a fluorescent marker molecule that does not degrade under a Sted microscope. Images of living cells can now be captured over relatively long periods by an optical microscope with a resolution below the diffraction limit, optimally down to 60 nanometres.

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire focused on the role of carbon dioxide emissions in global warming and found that a reduction in emissions could preserve almost three weeks of snow cover and below freezing temperatures.