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FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · Apr 24

Hello science world! We're FutureFactual and we want to help you find the next great thing you want to read, watch or listen to. We believe learning about science and technology should be as easy as scrolling on social media, except WAY more trustworthy.

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1h

🔍 Read: The secretory pathway in eukaryotic cells is crucial for maintaining cellular function and physiological activities, as it ensures the accurate transport of proteins to specific subcellular locations or for secretion outside the cell.

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Vesicle proteomics uncover new cargo proteins and accessory factors in cell transport

The secretory pathway in eukaryotic cells is crucial for maintaining cellular function and physiological activities, as it ensures the accurate transport of proteins to specific subcellular locations…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 9h

🔍 Read: As an alternative to single-use plastic wrap and paper cup coatings, researchers in Langmuir report a way to waterproof materials using edible fungus.

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An edible fungus could make paper and fabric liquid-proof

As an alternative to single-use plastic wrap and paper cup coatings, researchers in Langmuir report a way to waterproof materials using edible fungus. Along with fibers made from wood, the fungus…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 11h

🔍 Read: Motor proteins are tiny "machines" inside cells that use chemical energy to move along molecular tracks and carry out essential processes like chromosome segregation during cell division.

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Structural surprise in motor protein may point to new strategies for controlling disease

Motor proteins are tiny "machines" inside cells that use chemical energy to move along molecular tracks and carry out essential processes like chromosome segregation during cell division. When a cell…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 13h

🔍 Read: Modern chemistry is increasingly focused on developing sustainable processes that reduce energy consumption and minimize waste.

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Red light and recyclable catalysts drive sustainable photocatalysis

Modern chemistry is increasingly focused on developing sustainable processes that reduce energy consumption and minimize waste. Photocatalysis, which uses light to promote chemical reactions, offers…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 15h

🔍 Read: Dust from California's drying Salton Sea doesn't just smell bad. Scientists from UC Riverside found that breathing the dust can quickly re-shape the microscopic world inside the lungs.

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Toxic Salton Sea dust triggers changes in lung microbiome after just one week

Dust from California's drying Salton Sea doesn't just smell bad. Scientists from UC Riverside found that breathing the dust can quickly re-shape the microscopic world inside the lungs.

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 17h

🔍 Read: For decades, researchers seeking to understand global climate change have analyzed ice cores drilled deep within the Antarctic ice sheet.

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While searching for the world's oldest ice, scientists find sediment sneaking under the Antarctic ice sheet

For decades, researchers seeking to understand global climate change have analyzed ice cores drilled deep within the Antarctic ice sheet. This ice traps chemicals and bubbles of ancient air that tell…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 18h

🔍 Read: New research demonstrates a simple, eco-friendly method to break down Teflon—one of the world's most durable plastics—into useful chemical building blocks.

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Chemists discover clean and green way to recycle Teflon

New research demonstrates a simple, eco-friendly method to break down Teflon—one of the world's most durable plastics—into useful chemical building blocks.

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 21h

🔍 Read: What happens when electrons leave a solid material? This seemingly simple phenomenon has, until now, eluded accurate theoretical description.

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The quantum door mystery: Electrons that can't find the exit

What happens when electrons leave a solid material? This seemingly simple phenomenon has, until now, eluded accurate theoretical description. In a new study, researchers have found the missing piece…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 23h

🔍 Read: When I first realized the scale of the challenge posed by neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), I felt simultaneously humbled and motivated.

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How nanomedicine and AI are teaming up to tackle neurodegenerative diseases

When I first realized the scale of the challenge posed by neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), I felt simultaneously humbled…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Read: Arsenic is a natural component of Earth's crust and highly toxic in its inorganic form. The element is a cause of a global public health crisis, as it is present in groundwater and the drinking water consumed daily.

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New chemical treatment turns deadly arsenic contaminant into a valuable raw material

Arsenic is a natural component of Earth's crust and highly toxic in its inorganic form. The element is a cause of a global public health crisis, as it is present in groundwater and the drinking water…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Read: A new review led by the MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen—highlights how hydrothermal vents on the seafloor shape iron availability and influence the global oceanic element cycles.

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Hydrothermal plumes as invisible transport pathways for iron

A new review led by the MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen—highlights how hydrothermal vents on the seafloor shape iron availability and influence the global…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Read: Depending on where you live in the United States, the meat you eat each year could be responsible for a level of greenhouse gas emissions that's similar to what's emitted to power your house.

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Revealing the 'carbon hoofprint' of meat consumption for American cities

Depending on where you live in the United States, the meat you eat each year could be responsible for a level of greenhouse gas emissions that's similar to what's emitted to power your house.

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Read: Researchers have found that no matter how much strength and grit the most intense ultra-athletes have, they ultimately cannot exceed the human body’s ‘metabolic ceiling’ over a long period.

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Ultra-endurance athletes push metabolic limits of the body

Researchers have found that no matter how much strength and grit the most intense ultra-athletes have, they ultimately cannot exceed the human body’s

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FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Read: An international team of scientists has unveiled the most comprehensive model yet that explains how cells control the flow of materials in and out of their nuclei.

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Molecular map reveals how cells control traffic between the nucleus and cytoplasm

An international team of scientists has unveiled the most comprehensive model yet that explains how cells control the flow of materials in and out of their nuclei—solving one of biology's oldest…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🗓 ON THIS DAY: At Palomar Observatory, data leading to the discovery of Eris, a dwarf planet beyond Pluto, was collected. This sparked a debate resulting in Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet.

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FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🗓 ON THIS DAY: At Palomar Observatory, data leading to the discovery of Eris, a dwarf planet beyond Pluto, was collected. This sparked a debate resulting in Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet.

🔎 Stay up-to-date on today’s scientific debates: landing.futurefactual.com/IG

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Read: EPFL researchers have discovered that a droplet of liquid can bounce for several minutes—and perhaps indefinitely—over a vibrating solid surface.

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Tiny droplets that bounce for minutes without bursting might be able to do so indefinitely

EPFL researchers have discovered that a droplet of liquid can bounce for several minutes—and perhaps indefinitely—over a vibrating solid surface. The seemingly simple observation has big implications…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Read: Scientists have long noted with interest that in one of nature's crucial chemical reactions—the oxygen evolution reaction—it is manganese.

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Manganese's resilience is key to its use as a catalyst in the oxygen evolution reaction

Scientists have long noted with interest that in one of nature's crucial chemical reactions—the oxygen evolution reaction—it is manganese, rather than more plentiful similar elements such as iron,…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Read: Natural products derived from microorganisms are a promising source of new active ingredients, but are often produced only in very small quantities.

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Enzyme-based system produces versatile active ingredients for drug discovery and testing

Natural products derived from microorganisms are a promising source of new active ingredients, but are often produced only in very small quantities. A research team from the Helmholtz Institute for…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Read: The ocean has helped mitigate global warming by absorbing about a quarter of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, along with more than 90% of the excess heat those emissions generate.

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The Southern Ocean may be building up a massive burp

The ocean has helped mitigate global warming by absorbing about a quarter of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, along with more than 90% of the excess heat those emissions generate.

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 2d

🔍 Read: New discoveries about the malaria parasite made by researchers at Columbia and Drexel universities could change the way malaria is treated in the future.

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Insights into malaria parasite's sodium pump structure could reshape treatment

New discoveries about the malaria parasite made by researchers at Columbia and Drexel universities could change the way malaria is treated in the future.

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 2d

🔍 Read: A new study has revealed how phosphorus, a nutrient essential for photosynthesis, surged into ancient oceans and started Earth's first major rise in atmospheric oxygen more than 2 billion years ago.

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How a nutrient spark turned Earth into an oxygen world

A new study has revealed how phosphorus, a nutrient essential for photosynthesis, surged into ancient oceans and started Earth's first major rise in atmospheric oxygen more than 2 billion years ago.

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 2d

🔍 Read: When the volcanic island of Surtsey rose from the North Atlantic Ocean in 1963, it offered scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how life takes hold on brand-new and barren land.

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Bird-mediated plant colonization overturns long-held assumptions about how plants spread to islands

When the volcanic island of Surtsey rose from the North Atlantic Ocean in 1963, it offered scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how life takes hold on brand-new and barren land. For…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 2d

🔍 Read: Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered how cells can adjust their gene activity to survive when oxygen runs low.

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Epigenetic changes help cells adapt to low oxygen levels, study reveals

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered how cells can adjust their gene activity to survive when oxygen runs low. The study, published in Nature Cell Biology, reveals that cells use a…

FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · 2d

🔍 Read: Wheat is the world’s most widely cultivated cereal, with 799 million tonnes grown in 2023 alone. The demand for this staple crop is projected to increase to more than 900 million tonnes in 2050.

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Genetic mutation that triples wheat production pinpointed

New research has identified the genetic mutation which causes bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) to produce 3 times as many grains than usual.

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