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Polymers Sep 11, 2026

Breaking down shoe foam by genetically tweaking a microbe found in compost

Your favorite pair of tennies, kicks or trainers may soon become a little more sustainable. In a study published Sept. 11 in the journal Chem Catalysis, researchers developed a new kind of enzyme based on a bacterium found ...

Plants & Animals Sep 11, 2026

Planes on a snake? Scientists discover various crab species hitching rides on sea snakes

Like all other snakes, sea snakes shed their skin as they grow. But because they live near the surface of the open ocean, they don't have the benefit of removing their old skin by slithering against a hard surface. Instead, ...

Evolution Sep 11, 2026

New analysis reconstructs the dawn of dinosaurs and other reptiles

About 252 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period, a large proportion of species on Earth rapidly became extinct. After this mass extinction, many groups of organisms began to recover, while reptiles known as ...

Ecology Sep 11, 2026

Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India

Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Jakarta's forestry ministry told AFP on Friday.

Ecology Sep 10, 2026

The hunt for unknown life in New York City

The globe is full of unknown species. But is it really possible to find a completely new animal species in the middle of the largest city in the United States?

Molecular & Computational biology Sep 10, 2026

New genomic tool for clams boosts sustainable aquaculture

An international team of researchers, including CIIMAR, has developed a new tool that could help produce clams that are more resistant to disease and climate change while also strengthening the conservation of these species' ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 10, 2026

An unusual bacterium that penetrates and lives inside human cells may offer a new drug target

Research underway in the lab of Rebecca Alexander, a professor in Wake Forest University's Department of Chemistry, is shedding light on an unusual human bacterium, Mycoplasma penetrans. Alexander's work to understand how ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 10, 2026

A cellular threshold can determine whether herpesvirus becomes active or lies dormant

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we wore masks and kept 2 meters (6.6 feet) apart in an effort to reduce the spread of the tiny droplets we release into the air with every breath, conversation or cough. The main goal was to ...

Nanophysics Sep 10, 2026

'White graphene' reshaped at the atomic scale with tailor-made nanopores

A research team at the University of Vienna led by physicist Jani Kotakoski demonstrates how the shape of nanopores in hexagonal boron nitride—the electrically insulating counterpart to graphene, also known as "white graphene"—can ...

Plants & Animals Sep 9, 2026

The trapdoor spiders giving a leg up to science

WA's trapdoor spiders are endangered. Jackson Rendall is here to help—because he thinks they're "just really cool."

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