Environment 20 hours ago

Cleaner brick kilns cut pollution, but gains did not reach workers, research finds

Relatively simple changes to the way traditional brick kilns operate in Bangladesh can reduce pollution, save fuel and improve the quality of bricks they produce.

Evolution Oct 21, 2026

Keeping to warm climates may have helped crocodiles outlast the dinosaurs

Keeping to warm climates throughout their 250-million-year history may have helped crocodiles and their relatives survive the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

Bio & Medicine Oct 19, 2026

Plasmonic coating on bacterial surfaces paves the way for rapid sepsis diagnosis

A research team led by senior researcher Minyoung Lee and principal researcher Sunggyu Park of the Advanced Bio and Healthcare Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), has developed ...

Plants & Animals 18 hours ago

Seabird family tree predicts which species accumulate plastic better than diet, global analysis finds

What seabirds eat might seem like a good starting point for identifying species that tend to accumulate plastic in their digestive systems. Yet a recent global analysis suggests that mapping the evolutionary relatives of ...

Earth Sciences Oct 20, 2026

Ancient wildfire study offers warning for a warming world

New research from the University of Aberdeen has revealed that periods of global warming can trigger long-lasting increases in wildfire activity, with ecosystems taking far longer to recover than previously thought. The study, ...

Plants & Animals Oct 22, 2026

DNA and underwater footage reveal two new species of deep-sea siphonophores

New research is shedding light on the diversity of deep-sea siphonophores. A team of scientists from MBARI, the University of Gdańsk, New York University and Yale University conducted a comprehensive examination of Bargmannia ...

Biochemistry Oct 20, 2026

Soybean waste yields 3D-printable material that could help repair skin

Transforming a soybean processing byproduct into a material for skin protection and repair is the prospect outlined by a study that used okara, a residue from the production of tofu and soy-based beverages, to obtain a bioactive, ...

Earth Sciences Oct 22, 2026

Earth's hemispheres may have worked together to drive past ice ages

New research from the University of St Andrews has uncovered a previously unknown process that may have helped drive Earth into past ice ages. Published today (Oct. 22) in the Journal of Climate, the paper links ice sheets ...

Environment Oct 17, 2026

During El Niño, a perfect storm of weather systems could spell disaster for the Great Barrier Reef

The strong El Niño currently under way in the Pacific Ocean raises the specter of marine heat waves and coral bleaching once again threatening Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef. And now new research has revealed the complex ...

Cell & Microbiology Oct 19, 2026

New 4D biofabrication technology holds promise for tissue engineering, wound healing

If you've ever created a snowflake by folding, cutting and unfolding a piece of paper, you've practiced the art of kirigami. Like origami, kirigami has inspired innovations far beyond the elementary school classroom, with ...

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