An experiment on the Wentian module, on Chinese space station, produced rice seedlings. Opening the possibility to produce food in space.
Category: Biology
Robotic fish made with cells
Researchers have built a biohybrid robotic fish, made with heart human cells to study the organ’s operation.
Phosphorus cycle: what is it and how does it work?
Phosphorus is one of the most important elements for living beings. The operation and importance of the phosphorus cycle are explained in this post.
pH: definition and importance
This post shows the concept of pH and its influence on the nitrogen cycle. This is a continuation of the previous post about Environment.
Nitrogen cycle: what is it and how it works?
This post subject is the nitrogen cycle, an important geochemical process for the survival of living beings inland and aquatic ecosystems.
Synthetic starch from carbon dioxide
Chinese scientists produced synthetic starch from carbon dioxide () for the first time. Making possible industrial production.
What is Raman spectroscopy?
Today’s subject is Raman spectroscopy. A very used technique in physics, chemistry, and biology to analyze materials’ molecular structure.
Amazonia-1: the Brazilian observation satellite
The Amazonia-1 is the first Earth observation satellite totally developed in Brazil. Its mission is to detect and monitor deforestation in the Amazon.
Carbon-14 for dating (Part 2)
In this part, are explained the methods to measure the quantity of carbon-14 in organic material, allowing to determine a fossil’s age.
Carbon 14 for dating (Part 1)
This post’s subject is carbon 14. A radioactive isotope which allows determining the age of an artifact or living being from thousand of years ago.