Top science news headlines for the week 35

Monday, Aug 24
Cell & Microbiology
384

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

Space Exploration
157

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

Environment
13

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
11

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

Optics & Photonics
49

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

Analytical Chemistry
103

Molecular trick opens the door to a new generation of glass

Tuesday, Aug 25
Archaeology
4380

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

Astronomy
101

Setting limits on phase transitions in the dark energy era

Ecology
11

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

Environment
12

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

Biochemistry
11

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

Wednesday, Aug 26
Cell & Microbiology
663

Unexpected source of genetic diversity found in human sperm

Evolution
276

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

Bio & Medicine
36

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
15

Hidden switch in cell division may point to new cancer treatments

Mathematics
37

How high scores in an online brain teaser made mathematicians lie for three years

Thursday, Aug 27
Bio & Medicine
3795

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

Ecology
1010

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

Plants & Animals
11

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

Astronomy
166

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

Archaeology
74

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

Cell & Microbiology
26

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

Friday, Aug 28
Plants & Animals
71

Bumblebees may self-medicate when exposed to fungal infections

Nanomaterials
165

Low temperature graphene growth opens a route to sustainable resource recycling

Environment
69

We've reconstructed Melbourne's 200-year-old forests

Environment
28

Many cities buried urban streams. Here's how to bring them back

Condensed Matter
94

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

Biotechnology
59

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

Space Exploration
44

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

Saturday, Aug 29
Nanomaterials
78

Nano-sandwich photocathode improves solar conversion of CO₂ into ethanol

Environment
53

Takeaway cups may be releasing microplastics into your coffee

General Physics
136

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

Social Sciences
49

How everyday household tasks impact relationships

Agriculture
13

Strategic irrigation stress can lift lucerne seed yield and returns

Archaeology
229

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

Plants & Animals
420

A never-before-seen picture of eagle migrations

Sunday, Aug 30
Planetary Sciences
259

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

Earth Sciences
314

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

Archaeology
1359

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

Agriculture
18

Using data to help wheat growers adapt to unpredictable weather

Environment
17

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

Astronomy
49

NASA's Roman telescope set to launch on cosmic mapping mission

Biochemistry
30

'Cut-to-fuse' strategy: A new route for molecular skeletal editing