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Marine plastic pollution alters octopus predator-prey encounters, study shows

When smaller means better: How device scaling enhances memory performance

Engineered bacteria can consume tumors from the inside out

Stone Age deceased dressed in spectacular feather and fur headgear, new research technique reveals

Clearing the path for turbulence-free quantum communication

Citizens engage with information in different ways during a crisis, Finnish study finds

One of the biggest stars in the universe might be getting ready to explode

With the flip of a switch, scientists harness light to program how particles interact and assemble

CINEMA mission will explore auroras and Earth's mysterious magnetotail

How the color of a theater affects sound perception

'The plastic divide'—how carrier bag bans impact the poorest communities

Ribosome could have emerged from ancient antagonism between parasites and proto-cells

Cannabis essential oils unlock how camphor repels mosquitoes

New lab technique can reverse chemical process linked with Alzheimer's disease

Enzymes work as 'Maxwell's demon' by using memory stored as motion

Methane's missing emissions: The underestimated impact of small sources

How many bee species exist? New global count puts the total near 26,000

Chemists thought phosphorus had shown all its cards—until it surprised them with a new move

Diamond surfaces are covered in thin, ice-like water layers

Planning exercises that got community engagement right

US weather and climate disasters could top $1 trillion by 2030

Study finds Subaru Telescope papers doubled world-average citations in early years

Four key facts about climate change and school meal programs

AI provides a more precise time of death post-mortem

Succulent plants protect themselves through a variety of adaptation strategies

Local political crises are breaking the global unity of youth activism, study finds

How Japanese medical trainees view AI in medicine

Electrical control of magnetism in 2D materials promises to advance spintronics

Loans alone aren't enough: Tailored support empowers poor women in Bangladesh

Industrial research labs were invented in Europe but made the U.S. a tech superpower

Southern Alaska killer whales eat a remarkably diverse diet, observations reveal

Kelp: The planet's other forest crisis

Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments

Fast-paced lives demand faster vision: Ecology shapes how 'quickly' animals see time

Global warming and heat stress risk close in on the Tour de France

How bacteria can reclaim lost energy, nutrients and clean water from wastewater

New technology reveals hidden DNA scaffolding built before life 'switches on'

For Northeast blizzard, everything was just right to roll up a monster snowfall

Image: Curiosity rover surveys boxwork region of Mars

6 planets will parade across the night sky at the end of February

Probability underlies much of the modern world—an engineering professor explains how it actually works

Staple crops are a major contributor to global deforestation, says study

Sunlight-powered process turns plastic waste into acetic acid without added emissions

Big broods, better manners: What a fish study suggests about siblings and social skills

Iron Age massacre targeted women and children, new research reveals

Multinational companies could drive climate action better than governments

How natural language processing and AI can help policymakers address global food insecurity

System isolates single extracellular vesicle surface proteins to map function

Accelerating next generation medicine with new drug delivery platform

Automated catalyst testing uses two coordinated robots, cutting 32 days of work to 17 hours