Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Waste or resource?
With wet biowaste rapidly increasing due to urbanization, industrialization, and a growing population, finding an effective means of repurposing biowaste becomes increasingly crucial. The World Bank has projected a 70% global increase in urban waste and an 83% increase in the treatment cost by 2025, based on the current waste treatment technology such as incineration and landfilling. Consequently, a paradigm-shift to consider biowaste as a resource rather than a waste is key for a sustainable future.
Eventually, we found a substrate!
Identification of a physiological substrate of protease is challenging. We take effort to revealed that a receptor histidine kinase is cleaved by a bacterial protease, which is a prerequisite for the bacterial tolerance to osmolarity stress.
