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As part of a virtual festival that begins Wednesday, families can catch a ride on the International Space Station (sort of), watch hot lava form (kind of), and take a 360-degree tour of a futuristic research lab for plants (definitely) — all to illustrate principles of science. While a little imagination will be needed for Friday's expedition to space, presenters at the 1:30 p.m. virtual trip will discuss the station's National Lab and some of the amazing science that happens beyond Earth's atmosphere. It's one of the many virtual events in the third annual COSI Science Festival, which...

Ohio’s COSI Science Festival Staying Virtual This Year Running this week through Saturday, the third annual COSI Science Festival, hosted by the Center of Science and Industry, will involve free programming from universities, nonprofits, museums and other community groups. May 05, 2021 •  (TNS) — As part of a virtual festival that begins Wednesday, families can catch a ride on the International Space Station (sort of), watch hot lava form (kind of), and take a 360-degree tour of a futuristic research lab for plants (definitely) — all to illustrate...

Increasing Drought Tolerance University of Nevada, Reno research addressing future population growth and food shortages   After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the effects of drought. The tissue succulence engineering method devised for this small flowering plant can be used in other plants to improve drought and salinity tolerance with the goal of moving this approach into food and bioenergy crops.   “Water-storing tissue is one of...

(AZO CleanTech) Scientists have figured out a cheaper, more efficient way to conduct a chemical reaction at the heart of many biological processes, which may lead to better ways to create biofuels from plants. Scientists around the world have been trying for years to create biofuels and other bioproducts more cheaply; this study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests that it is possible to do so. “The process of converting sugar to alcohol has to be very efficient if you want to have the end product be competitive with fossil fuels,” said Venkat Gopalan, a senior au...

Scientists develop a cheaper method to create biofuels from plants Credit: Science in HD/Unsplash. Scientists have figured out a cheaper, more efficient way to conduct a chemical reaction at the heart of many biological processes, which may lead to better ways to create biofuels from plants. Scientists around the world have been trying for years to create biofuels and other bioproducts more cheaply; this study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests that it is possible to do so. “The process of converting sugar to alcohol has to be very efficient if you want to have the end ...