Top science news headlines for the week 35

Monday, Aug 24
Cell & Microbiology
376

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

Space Exploration
155

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

Environment
12

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

Astronomy
81

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
46

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

Political science
12

Human rights rankings reveal surprising over- and underperformers

Tuesday, Aug 25
Archaeology
4371

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

Astronomy
100

Setting limits on phase transitions in the dark energy era

Biochemistry
10

Chemists harness light to build 3D molecular structures for drug discovery

Ecology
10

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

Environment
11

Trees 'giving up': Climate change hammers historic English gardens

Biotechnology
16

Pomegranate emerges as a promising natural phytobiotic for veterinary medicine

Environment
20

Cool Japan: Human fridge chills workers in extreme heat

Wednesday, Aug 26
Cell & Microbiology
662

Unexpected source of genetic diversity found in human sperm

Evolution
275

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

Bio & Medicine
33

Nanoparticles induce neuroregeneration in Alzheimer's disease models

Cell & Microbiology
6

Chagas parasite's survival trick offers antimalarial-style target

Environment
10

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

Cell & Microbiology
8

For Legionella bacteria, taking over a cell means playing by its rules

Evolution
26

Bat DNA adaptations may connect virus defense, longevity and cancer resistance

Thursday, Aug 27
Bio & Medicine
3790

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

Ecology
1006

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

Environment
12

Vehicle-mounted spectroscopy system detects methane in real time

Bio & Medicine
9

Beyond the Petri dish: Testing tomorrow's drugs in human blood

Astronomy
165

Milky Way's own gravity can mimic dark matter clues, stellar stream simulations suggest

Plants & Animals
10

Boosting soybean protein: Zinc and sulfur essential in sustainable crop production

Archaeology
74

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

Friday, Aug 28
Plants & Animals
70

Bumblebees may self-medicate when exposed to fungal infections

Nanomaterials
164

Low temperature graphene growth opens a route to sustainable resource recycling

Condensed Matter
93

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

Biotechnology
58

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

Space Exploration
43

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

Social Sciences
28

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

Environment
33

Honey bees can serve as sentinels for environmental health

Saturday, Aug 29
Nanomaterials
76

Nano-sandwich photocathode improves solar conversion of CO₂ into ethanol

Agriculture
13

Strategic irrigation stress can lift lucerne seed yield and returns

Archaeology
203

Centuries of child labor left lasting spinal damage in Dutch children, study finds

Plants & Animals
419

A never-before-seen picture of eagle migrations

Cell & Microbiology
52

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

Planetary Sciences
108

Scientists melted a diamond and cracked a secret of ice giants

Environment
49

Takeaway cups may be releasing microplastics into your coffee

Sunday, Aug 30
Planetary Sciences
258

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

Earth Sciences
313

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

Archaeology
1355

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

Earth Sciences
27

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

Agriculture
17

Using data to help wheat growers adapt to unpredictable weather

Environment
15

Tropical Storm Karina strengthens into a hurricane in the Pacific, could be a major storm this week