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Precise polymer 'knots' uncover hidden slack for designing ultra-tough and responsive smart materials

Almost 20% of Australian students don't finish school—these 3 things can help them stay

Why dirty farm plastic matters: Cleaner mulch film could cut landfill waste and fossil fuel use

AI to rescue Australian wildlife research drowning in data

Feral horse numbers in Australia's Alps are on the rise again: It's time to act

Fifty-year protein mystery breaks open as acid-driven water loss comes into view

Trees and greenery can cool cities by as much as 18°C—but only if they're the right type

Famous wildlife coexistence scheme is slipping due to frozen funding

Enzymes that assemble into droplets can speed up cellular reactions, biologists find

New 'SMArT' platform makes gene editing in hematopoietic stem cells more efficient and safer

Synthesized peptides can slip into cells to block hard-to-target protein interactions

Better math discriminates exotic from classical materials

Mediating students' empathy development through play

Longest-period young transiting exoplanets discovered

New study has shone a new light on searching for habitable worlds

Atmospheric wave theory falls short in explaining rising extreme weather, study suggests

Bad for health and the environment: Lung experts highlight environmental impact of tobacco product waste

One of our planets may be missing, and it could explain why the solar system looks the way it does

Researchers use phylogenomics to identify cyanobacteria in Shenandoah River

Ancient land plant reveals the evolution of a 400‑million‑year‑old UV‑B protection system

New study sheds light on Victoria's future rainfall

Ancient oceans began suffocating millions of years before Triassic mass extinction, geologists discover

Hubble captures M88 on journey to center of Virgo cluster

Teachers' emotions can make or break student learning

Nanoengineered materials can store and release hydrogen at room temperature

A giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the universe's rarest explosions

Student astronomer discovers 'Rosetta Stone' for mysterious cosmic signals

8 crested ibises released in Japanese town decades after extinction in Japan

Biopolymer-based hydrogel formulations for improved seed coating performance

Record wildfire losses rocked 2025 even as global burned area neared all-time lows

Parasitic fly 'sacrifices sight' after finding host, study shows

A natural chemistry laboratory in protostar shock waves

What 'biodegradable' packaging really means—and three key questions to ask about it

Bacteria uncover distinct strategy to import rare sugar polymers, crystal structures show

Leaf forces help steer stomata as young plants grow, experiments reveal

Supermassive black holes could be the universe's biggest planet nurseries

In Senegal, a 2,000‑year‑old iron workshop sheds new light on the past

AI crosses catalyst boundaries to uncover new route for green hydrogen

Legal reforms to stop abusive SLAPPs fail to stop chilling effect of the powerful, study warns

A kohl bottle from York may hint at an ancient Egyptian in Roman-Britain

Central Africa's wild meat dilemma: Why outright bans threaten food security for millions

Why many fungicide-treated soybean seeds may boost harvests but not farm profits

Pocket-sized device rivals bulky lab machinery in disease and environmental testing

JWST finds a stellar bar in the early universe that breaks all rules

Hidden tick saliva protein may help stop disease spread at source

France warns that strong storms could end deadly heat wave

Two decades later, impacts from Indonesia mud volcano linger

Mosquitoes learn to link the smell of DEET with a blood meal, new study finds

Researchers teach brain cells to play 'Doom'

Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal