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• New catalyst to convert greenhouse gases into chemicals
• Detailed look at HIV in action: Researchers gain a better understanding of the virus through electron microscopy
• Integration brings quantum computer a step closer
• A simple new way to induce pluripotency: Acid
• Obesity-induced fatty liver disease reversed in mice
• Biggest structure in universe: Large quasar group is 4 billion light years across

New catalyst to convert greenhouse gases into chemicals Posted: 31 Jan 2014 05:32 AM PST Researchers have developed a highly selective catalyst capable of electrochemically converting carbon dioxide -- a greenhouse gas -- to carbon monoxide with 92 percent efficiency. The carbon monoxide then can be used to develop useful chemicals.

Detailed look at HIV in action: Researchers gain a better understanding of the virus through electron microscopy Posted: 30 Jan 2014 04:04 PM PST Researchers reporting today are the first to have utilized high-resolution electron microscopy to look at HIV infection within the actual tissue of an infected organism, providing perhaps the most detailed characterization yet of HIV infection in the gut.

Integration brings quantum computer a step closer Posted: 30 Jan 2014 07:20 AM PST Scientists have made an important advance towards a quantum computer by shrinking down key components and integrating them onto a silicon microchip.

A simple new way to induce pluripotency: Acid Posted: 29 Jan 2014 03:44 PM PST An unusual reprogramming phenomenon by which the fate of somatic cells can be drastically altered through changes to the external environment is described in two new articles.

Obesity-induced fatty liver disease reversed in mice Posted: 29 Jan 2014 12:10 PM PST Researchers have discovered that valproic acid, a widely prescribed drug for treating epilepsy, has the additional benefits of reducing fat accumulation in the liver and lowering blood sugar levels in the blood of obese mice.

Biggest structure in universe: Large quasar group is 4 billion light years across Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:25 AM PST Astronomers have found the largest known structure in the universe. The large quasar group (LQG) is so large that it would take a vehicle traveling at the speed of light some 4 billion years to cross it. Quasars are the nuclei of galaxies from the early days of the universe that undergo brief periods of extremely high brightness that make them visible across huge distances. These periods are 'brief' in astrophysics terms but actually last 10-100 million years.

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