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Plastic bags to gasoline: Molten salts crack polyethylene into real fuels

New research shows how forests can prevent floods of all sizes

Spatiotemporal correlation-based AI developed for bias correction of atmospheric and oceanic variables

AI-designed proteins built from scratch can recognize specific compounds

Less than half of parents say schools are ready for nudification AI abuse

Street green space can help cool cities, but it will not be enough on its own

Hat wars of early modern England reveal how manners make the rebel

Skills overtake age as economic driver in China, analysis finds

Non-producing oil and gas wells may emit microbial methane at rates 1,000 times higher than previously estimated

Quit tobacco, climb the ladder: 20.5 million Indian households could rise

Megawatt structured light arrives with 3,070 optical vortices in one array

Turning uncertainty into a design tool for AI-engineered molecules

Artemis II astronauts describe their lunar voyage as surreal and profound ahead of Earth return

Unlocking the hidden metabolism of algae to advance the promise of renewable fuels and sustainable biomass

Integrative experiment design reveals hidden patterns in decades-old social science research

Antidepressants build up in winter wastewater, raising risks for fish

Nickel catalyst enables precision mirror-image assembly for key drug scaffolds

Simple vineyard growing practice impacts soil microbiome deep below surface

African swine fever: A novel model assesses transmission between domestic pigs and wild boar

How NASA's Artemis II mission rediscovered the majesty and mystery of the moon

Hidden ocean feedback loop could accelerate climate change

AI diffusion models tailor drug molecules to custom-fit protein targets, speeding drug development and evaluation

Could we actually terraform Mars? A new scientific roadmap lays out the blueprint—and the risks

How an internal plant 'thermostat' guides root growth in unpredictable temperatures

Designing cities: Should we build from scratch or keep history alive?

Outside academia, people aren't well informed about Ph.D. research, and that's a problem

Carbon nanotube fiber sensors achieve record measurement error below 0.1%

Liquid-like histone H1 'glues' nucleosomes, reshaping how DNA compacts

The good life requires two things, self‑knowledge and friends. You can't have one without the other

It's OK to love all the bees (the honey bees, too)

Hydroxyl radicals in UV-exposed water reveal surprising reaction pathway

How AI's language barrier limits climate disaster responses

Study of Tommy Robinson's social media reveals how online influencers mobilize supporters without direct calls to action

A smarter way to build vaccines: Scientists harness AI to target emerging alphaviruses

Study rethinks the dropout-crime connection

Decoy molecules trick soil bacteria into attacking persistent pollutants without genetic engineering

This giant virus just gave up its atomic blueprint

Plant-inspired water membrane filters CO₂ with constant selectivity and adjustable permeance

Chimpanzee empire falls apart in rare instance of division and deadly violence

Mammal ancestors laid eggs—and this 250-million-year-old fossil proves it

Keeping up with the phages: How V. cholerae neighbors swap defenses against viruses

Wildlife trade increases pathogen transmission: What 40 years of data say about spillover

Northeast farmers could profit from grass-fed beef if they expand, join forces

Oxygen sensing helps explain why amphibians regenerate limbs but mammals cannot

Four sperm whale strandings point to potential human causes

Deadly heat thresholds have already being crossed in six recent heat waves, study shows

Mathematical signature spots when competition is fair, winner-take-all, or too soft

Scientists unveil breakthrough tool that could help stop the world's third‑biggest driver of deforestation

How surface chemistry impacts the performance of malaria nets

Artemis II crew will endure 3,000°C on re‑entry. A hypersonics expert explains how they will survive