
Polar Microbes Make Fat to Keep Warm
A polar alga with lipid metabolism enzymes may prove useful harnessing algae for biodiesel production.
A polar alga with lipid metabolism enzymes may prove useful harnessing algae for biodiesel production.
Recent findings reveal that existing climate models overestimate scattering and absorption of sunlight by aerosols at altitudes between 6-10 kilometers.
Complex aerosol processes accurately captured in climate models with a new, minimal aerosol module.
Understanding how chemical vapors interact leads to better production equipment and increased lighting efficiency.
New insights into the effect of light quality on bacterial metabolism and respiration.
NERSC helps researchers design new desalination technology.
Novel material for purifying gases could significantly lower industrial energy costs.
Cloud-resolving models have difficulty representing the array of processes and scales in tropical storms.
Microbial communities solve environmental contamination.
Snow reflects less solar radiation when contaminated with black carbon.
A single reversible catalyst enables energy to be both stored and released on demand.
Does polar ice erosion come from atmospheric heating or from oceanic advection of warm waters?