28/05/2025

Water density shifts can drive rapid changes in AMOC strength

In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of currents carries vast amounts of warm, salty surface water northward. As this water reaches higher latitudes and becomes colder, it sinks and joins a deep, southward return flow. This cycle, ...

Yeast produces human DNase1 for the first time

The protein DNase1 is one of the oldest biological agents in history. It has been on the market since 1958 and is now used, among other things, to treat cystic fibrosis. However, it takes considerable effort to produce it ...

Global study finds dams harmful to migratory river species

A global review of research around the impacts of dams has found they are significantly harmful to diadromous species—fish, eels, crustaceans and snails that rely on connected rivers and oceans to complete their life cycles.

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