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Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide over palladium catalysts supported on glucose-derived amorphous carbons
Untreated and sulfonated biomass-derived amorphous carbons were prepared by the pyrolysis of D-glucose at different temperatures, followed by...
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Raman imaging of microbial colonization in rock—some analytical aspects
Raman imaging allows one to obtain spatially resolved chemical information in a nondestructive manner. Herein, we present analytical aspects of...
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Functional Microbial Pigments Isolated from Chryseobacterium and Deinococcus species for Bio-paint Application
In this study, bioproduction and application of a microbial pigment from Chryseobacterium and Deinococcus species screened from soil were...
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Hydrogen abstraction of methanimine by X12N12 (X = B, Al) nanoclusters: a DFT study
In this work, dissociative adsorption of methanimine (CH 2 NH) on the surface of B 12 N 12 and Al 12 N 12 nanoclusters is studied at wB97XD/6-31G(d)...
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Degradation pathways of amino acids during thermal utilization of biomass: a review
Amino acids are important nitrogen carriers in biomass and entail a broad spectrum of industrial uses, most notably as food additives, pharmaceutical...
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Free-Range Humans: Permaculture Farming as a Biosemiosic Model for Political Organization
Modern agricultural approaches attempt to substitute biological self-reinforcing networks, which naturally sustain healthy food economies, with...
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Qualitative Classification of Biological Materials
The advantages of LIBS, such as micro-destructivity, high sample throughput and large amount of acquired information, make the technique attractive...
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Rotational spectrum simulations of asymmetric tops in an astrochemical context
Rotational spectroscopy plays a major role in the field of observational astrochemistry, enabling the detection of more than 200 species including a...
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Building a Better World with Science and Technology: Curious Future Insight
Merck, the world’s oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company and a vibrant leader in science and technology, celebrated its 350th anniversary in...
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Coexisting properties of thermostability and ultraviolet radiation resistance in the main S-layer complex of Deinococcus radiodurans
Deinococcus radiodurans is well known for its unusual resistance to different environmental stresses. Recently, we have described a novel complex...
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Science and Religion
In the previous chapters of this book, we have gone through a thorough analysis of what science is, its history, and methods. Apart from science,...
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Using a portable Raman spectrometer to detect carotenoids of halophilic prokaryotes in synthetic inclusions in NaCl, KCl, and sulfates
Cell suspensions of the haloarchaea Halorubrum sodomense and Halobacterium salinarum and the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber ...
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Simple prebiotic synthesis of high diversity dynamic combinatorial polyester libraries
It is widely believed that the origin of life depended on environmentally driven complexification of abiotically produced organic compounds....
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Response of extreme haloarchaeon Haloarcula argentinensis RR10 to simulated microgravity in clinorotation
Gravity is the fundamental force that may have operated during the evolution of life on Earth. It is thus important to understand as to what the...
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Biocrystallization of bacterial nucleoid under stress
Structural, biochemical, and genetic changes caused by stress factors are known to be largely similar for cells of all modern organisms, which...
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Flow Chemistry in Space-A Unique Opportunity to Perform Extraterrestrial Research
For successful deep space exploration, a vast amount of chemistry-related challenges has to be overcome. In the last two decades, flow chemistry has...
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Xenobiology: State-of-the-Art, Ethics, and Philosophy of New-to-Nature Organisms
The basic chemical constitution of all living organisms in the context of carbon-based chemistry consists of a limited number of small molecules and...
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Linkages between stratospheric ozone, UV radiation and climate change and their implications for terrestrial ecosystems
Exposure of plants and animals to ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B; 280–315 nm) is modified by stratospheric ozone dynamics and climate change. Even...
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Raman imaging in geomicrobiology: endolithic phototrophic microorganisms in gypsum from the extreme sun irradiation area in the Atacama Desert
The Raman imaging method was successfully applied for map** the distribution of biomolecules (e.g., pigments) associated with cryptoendolithic and...
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Characteristic features of the hydrocarbon composition of Spiridonovskoe (Tatarstan) and Pitch Lake (Trinidad and Tobago) asphaltites
A comparative study of the composition of natural asphaltites from surface deposits of oil-and-gas territories of the republics of Tatarstan and...