Ming Peng

Feb 12, 2024 | thehistoryblog.com | Ming Peng

A CT scan of the Roman chicken egg discovered in Berryfields, Buckinghamshire, has revealed that it isn’t just the shell that is intact, but the contents — yolk, whites, and air bubble — are still inside. That makes it the only known example in the world of an ancient chicken egg that is complete with its interior liquids. The Berryfields site was excavated between 2007 and 2016 in advance of the construction of new a housing development.

Nov 28, 2023 | nature.com | Chun-Yang Li |Ming Peng |Jinyan Wang |Georg Pohnert |Xiao-Hua Zhang |James Harvey | +5 more

AbstractDimethylsulfoxonium propionate (DMSOP) is a recently identified and abundant marine organosulfur compound with roles in oxidative stress protection, global carbon and sulfur cycling and, as shown here, potentially in osmotolerance. Microbial DMSOP cleavage yields dimethyl sulfoxide, a ubiquitous marine metabolite, and acrylate, but the enzymes responsible, and their environmental importance, were unknown.