April 3, 2023
Warming Strongly Increases Nutrient Availability in a Nutrient-Limited Bog
Whole-ecosystem warming at SPRUCE exponentially increased available nutrients for plants, but observed responses were not captured by the ELM-SPRUCE model.
March 29, 2023
Particle Errors: Quantifying the Effects of Simulation Mixing State on Aerosol Optical Properties
Researchers use particle-resolved model simulations to quantify errors in simulations’ simplified optical properties.
March 13, 2023
Deep Forest Soils Lose Carbon under Experimental Warming
Experiment shows that even large, old, and presumably stable stores of soil carbon are vulnerable to warming and could amplify climate change.
March 6, 2023
Metal Contamination Causes Metabolic Stress in Environmental Bacteria
The mixed metal waste common to industrial dumping sites causes metabolic stress in bacterial iron metabolism that cannot be explained by additive single metal exposure.
February 9, 2023
Hijacking the Hijackers: Engineering Bacterial Viruses to Genetically Modify their Hosts
Researchers use CRISPR to engineer a bacteriophage to deliver DNA into targeted members of microbial communities for precise genome editing.
January 27, 2023
Discovering Unique Microbes Made Easy with DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase)
New article describes how to extract and analyze genomes from microbiomes using the Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase
January 24, 2023
Online Tool Can Help Researchers Synthesize Millions of Molecules
New improvements to an open-source platform streamline enzyme engineering.
January 19, 2023
It Isn’t the Picky Eaters that Drive Soil Microbial Metabolism
Even microbes that can’t break down a plentiful food source can still be successful by interacting with fellow community members.
January 10, 2023
Engineered Poplar Lignin Has More of a Valuable “Clip-off” Chemical
Scientists introduce a bacterial enzyme into bioenergy poplars to increase the amount of a valuable platform chemical.
January 3, 2023
High-Pressure Systems Favor Sea-Breeze Convection Over Southeastern Texas
AI reveals relationships between weather systems and cloud physics.