Top science news headlines for the week 35

Monday, Aug 24
Cell & Microbiology
369

Engineered yeasts help turn PET plastic and crop waste into protein-rich cookies

Space Exploration
153

AI finds six ways to print rocket-grade alloy on commercial 3D printers

Optics & Photonics
45

New free-space optical link adds a wireless component to the nation's longest quantum network

Environment
10

Woodlands and other natural spaces could help cities cope with extreme heat

Astronomy
80

A 4-star system caught eclipsing itself in a way never seen before

Social Sciences
10

The midlife clock is ticking: How we understand 'time left' can help us use it well

Optics & Photonics
29

Supersized quantum sensors make faint photons easier to catch

Tuesday, Aug 25
Archaeology
4358

Archaeologists investigate a feared young woman's 17th century vampiric grave in Poland

Astronomy
99

Setting limits on phase transitions in the dark energy era

Ecology
10

Climate change may halve omega‑3 fatty acids in fish and the organisms they eat

Biotechnology
14

Pomegranate emerges as a promising natural phytobiotic for veterinary medicine

Environment
19

Cool Japan: Human fridge chills workers in extreme heat

Cell & Microbiology
14

Developing a genetic toolkit for manipulating abundant intestinal microbes

Plants & Animals
53

A near extinct plant in Galápagos is now recovering

Wednesday, Aug 26
Cell & Microbiology
658

Unexpected source of genetic diversity found in human sperm

Evolution
265

Reconstructed Jurassic insect calls evoke a 165-million-year-old forest soundscape

Bio & Medicine
28

Nanoparticles induce neuroregeneration in Alzheimer's disease models

Cell & Microbiology
5

Chagas parasite's survival trick offers antimalarial-style target

Environment
9

Climate change exposes up to 560 million children globally to at least one additional month of dangerous heat per year

Analytical Chemistry
17

Machine learning methods move self-driving labs closer to materials discovery at scale

Plants & Animals
11

Looking into the eyes of gibbons: New noninvasive eye-tracking study features these little-studied apes

Thursday, Aug 27
Bio & Medicine
3774

Scented cleaners can create nanoparticles that reach deep into the lungs within minutes, tiny-home experiment finds

Ecology
988

'Mad honey' that can stop your heart is now being sold online worldwide

Archaeology
62

Surprising ingredients suggest ancient Egyptian paint was far more complex than previously assumed

Cell & Microbiology
22

Researchers reveal the unique 'tagging' mechanism that guides the sleeping brain in remembering key thoughts

Environment
7

When the dust settles: Field experiments measure how everyday activity resuspends hazardous particles

Earth Sciences
37

Major polluters are worsening the Western US water crisis: A new way to measure who's responsible

Evolution
152

Texas fossil reveals early insects kept aquatic limbs during move onto land

Friday, Aug 28
Plants & Animals
66

Bumblebees may self-medicate when exposed to fungal infections

Nanomaterials
153

Low temperature graphene growth opens a route to sustainable resource recycling

Condensed Matter
88

Light reveals internal motion in electron crystals and can trigger their melting

Biotechnology
56

Inspired by nature, scientists engineer tiny 'nitrogen factories' that could help future cereal crops

Social Sciences
28

Wills, passwords, tricky conversations: What to do now to make your death easier for your family

Space Exploration
42

SpaceX recovers Starship from the Indian Ocean a month after launch and is shipping it back to Texas

Environment
23

Honey bees can serve as sentinels for environmental health

Saturday, Aug 29
Nanomaterials
67

Nano-sandwich photocathode improves solar conversion of CO₂ into ethanol

Cell & Microbiology
49

Airborne tuberculosis bacteria may mutate as they dry, revealing a target to curb drug resistance

Planetary Sciences
105

Scientists melted a diamond and cracked a secret of ice giants

Environment
46

Takeaway cups may be releasing microplastics into your coffee

General Physics
133

How plastic welds retain a molecular 'memory' of their former surfaces to strengthen pipe joints

Social Sciences
42

How everyday household tasks impact relationships

Agriculture
12

Strategic irrigation stress can lift lucerne seed yield and returns

Sunday, Aug 30
Planetary Sciences
246

New method tests magnet-powered braking for safer, more reusable spacecraft reentry

Earth Sciences
296

As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos

Archaeology
1341

Aboriginal artists painted giant ancestral beings as colonization arrived, study finds

Cell & Microbiology
137

Infection kills gut cells, while diet reshapes existing ones, fruit fly study finds

Optics & Photonics
68

Hollow-core fiber platform could help different quantum technologies connect

Earth Sciences
26

Tides can be mapped much more locally using a new method based on satellite images

Ecology
12

Know your pest pressure: Monitoring is the foundation for managing lucerne seed wasp