Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 7, 2025
#Octopus’ quick costume changes are costly affairs
Researchers measured for the first time how much energy it takes a ruby octopus to change all its colors at once
Changing color takes about as much energy as all the other biological functions of a resting octopus, combined.
https://www.science.org/content/article/octopus-quick-costume-changes-are-costly-affairs #chromatophore
CellBioNewsMay 26, 2023

Artificial spherical #chromatophore #nanomicelles for selective #CO2 reduction in water.

#biotechnology #purple_bacteria #porphyrin

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-artificial-spherical-chromatophore-nanomicelles-co2.html

Artificial spherical chromatophore nanomicelles for selective CO2 reduction in water

Researchers led by Prof. Tian Jia from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new strategy for visible-light-induced selective carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion by mimicking the key elements and assembly structures of natural photosynthetic purple bacterial chromatophores through supramolecular self-assembly.

Phys.org