Active traffic management: adaptive traffic signal control

Adaptations of the Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)

Advanced wastewater treatment processes remove pharmaceuticals

Aggressive behavior toward rival group members increases activity in the brain's reward circuit

Air pollution and exercise

Airborne microplastics are raining down on the western United States

Aluminum-air battery technology for electric vehicles

Amphibians face extinction crisis

Amphibians under threat from chytrid fungus

Ancient Egyptians

Antarctic ice velocity mapped with greater precision

Antarctic ozone hole recovery observed

Antibiotic polymers kill drug-resistant bacteria

Antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria

Antisense drugs target amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

April 2016 Ecuador earthquake

Artificial seed coating boosts seeds' resilience to drought

Arylomycin antibiotics may combat antimicrobial resistance

Asian longhorned tick is an invasive threat in the United States

Asphalt pavement and roofs are a significant source of urban air pollutants

Asymmetrical motion of stellar winds shapes a rich diversity of planetary nebulae

August 2018 Indonesia earthquake

Australian wildfires threaten koalas

Aztecs

Babylonians

Ban of coal-tar-based pavement sealants reduces PAHs in Austin, Texas

Bats are mostly unaffected by zoonotic viruses they harbor

Bee dance language

Beech leaf disease is afflicting American beech trees

Biocontrol of pests by species importation

Biodegradable metal implants

Biodegradation additives for polymers ineffective

Biofuels may provide climate benefits after all

Biogas from dung holds promise for cleaner energy in India

Biologics and biosimilar drugs

Bird-friendly glass for reducing collision mortality

A black hole with the lowest mass on record

Boron discovered on Mars

A brief history of spectroscopy

The bright future of LED lighting

Bristlecone pines are the oldest living trees

Caenorhabditis elegans

Cafestol and health effects

Caffeine-catalyzed biocompatible polymer gels

Campfires on the Sun

Cancer mortality on the decline in the United States

Cause of great Irish potato blight identified

The causes of sinkholes

Caution urged in replacing neonicotinoid insecticides with sulfoximines

Cell phones identified as an exposure source of toxic flame retardants

Change blindness and visual perception

Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution

Charm quark decays break charge-parity symmetry

Chemical recycling of plastic waste

Chipmakers build integrated circuits in three dimensions

Choosing effective mosquito repellants

Climate change likely drove ancient African megaherbivores to extinction

Climate change predicted to increase areas affected by stalled weather patterns

Climate-change research suggests that pollen seasons will grow longer and more severe

The closest black hole to Earth is in a star system visible to the naked eye

Cold super-Earth discovered around nearby star

Cold-dry limits of life on Earth

Coldest chemical reaction reveals the moment new molecules form

Colony collapse disorder may be a diminishing problem for bees

Colorectal cancer increasing in young adults

Compelling evidence of active volcanoes on Venus

Completion of the Cassini mission to Saturn

Completion of the Dawn mission to the asteroid belt

Complex organic materials discovered on Mars

Computational sensory stimulus recognition pattern discovered in locusts

Conception of northern white rhino embryos by intracytoplasm sperm injection

Connection between Neandertal DNA and COVID-19

Consequences of global climate change on infectious disease in humans

Contribution of blue carbon from large fish could reduce global climate change

Convergent evolution in monarch butterfly predators

Converting carbon dioxide to useful chemicals

Converting seawater into liquid hydrocarbon fuels

Cool roofs save energy and water

Cooling paint

The "cosmic dawn" seen for the first time

Counteracting the urban heat island effect with tree cover

The COVID-19 pandemic

Cranberry compound prevents antibiotic resistance in laboratory tests

Crown-of-thorns starfish threaten the Great Barrier Reef

Dark lightning linked to visible lightning

Dark matter removed from a galaxy by tidal disruptions

Deadly heat in an era of global climate change

Declining insect populations in Puerto Rico

Deep learning used to count satellite-imaged trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel

Demand for and environmental impacts of sand mining

Demonstration of quantum superposition using record-breaking large molecules

Designing crops for pharmaceutical uses

Despite benefits to industry, gasoline direct injection engines increase black carbon aerosols

Detection of the Higgs boson

Detection of the universe's first kind of molecule

Diauxic growth (diauxie)

Discovery of ancient Australopithecus anamensis skull

Discovery of Denisovans expands the human family tree

Discovery of Homo naledi

Discovery of the first interstellar asteroid

Discovery of the most distant solar-system object, nicknamed Farout

Dissolved organic carbon in the deep ocean biodegrades after all

DNA-templated organic synthesis

Dog domestication

Dog domestication may have occurred first in Siberia

Dragonflies use physical mechanics and neuromuscular signals to right themselves during flight

Dramatic reductions in the Bornean orangutan population

Drought-tolerant landscaping

Drug-resistant Candida auris and Acinetobacter are serious public-health threats

Drug-resistant tuberculosis on the rise

Durability of Roman marine concrete

e-Textiles

Eastern equine encephalitis virus detected in Florida

Eastern lowland gorilla is critically endangered

Ebola virus crisis in 2014 and 2015

Effect of volcanic ash on aircraft jet engines

Effect of volcanic SO2 emissions on cloud albedo

Effects of dam removal

Effects of electric-vehicle adoption on air quality

Electric vehicles and range anxiety

Electronic tongue for monitoring food quality

Emerging therapies for sickle cell disease

Engineering of the Mississippi River has increased flood hazards

Environmental impact of food waste

Environmental sex determination of green sea turtles affected by climate change

Environmentally friendly sunscreens from biological sources

Epigenetic mechanisms underlying plant alarm signaling

Epizootic shell disease in lobsters

Equine herpesvirus outbreak spreads among horses in Europe

Ethylene from bioethanol

Europe's summer 2022 heat wave

Evaluations of homeopathy

Event Horizon Telescope captures first image of a black hole

Evidence found for plate tectonics on Europa

Evolutionary epidemiology

Expanded range for CRISPR gene editing

Experimental Ebola vaccine is effective

Experiments cast doubt on long-sought sterile neutrinos

Experiments in 4D printing

Extremely distant galaxy is surprisingly similar to Milky Way

Faster-charging batteries for electric vehicles

Feathered dinosaur tail in amber

Fentanyl is the leading cause of drug overdose deaths

Feral horses of Assateague Island

Fingerprint age determination by mass spectrometry

First detection of a radioactive molecule in space

First detection of water vapor on a habitable-zone planet

First direct measurement of van der Waals force

The first launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket

The first mapping of the interior of a white dwarf star

First planetary risk index identifies probable causes of animal pollinator declines

First recyclable polyester bioplastic

First sessile deep-sea community found on a hard substrate below Antarctic ice shelf

First vaccine for malaria could help reduce childhood deaths

Fish can perform basic arithmetic

Flat pasta that morphs into 3D shapes when cooked may help the environment

The Flint water crisis and its health consequences

Flu transmission and potential protection

Food waste and sustainable practices

Forward osmosis allows using untreated water for renewable hydrogen production

Fossil evidence of the oldest Homo sapiens in Europe

Fossil may push back age of genus Homo

Four endangered species of giraffes

Fungus-like microorganisms of the Oomycota

Galileo space probe detects plume from Jupiter's moon Europa

Gaming disorder is recognized as a mental health disease

Genetic engineering improves photosynthesis and growth in tobacco plants

Genetic engineering of bananas to combat Panama disease

Genetically modified nonbrowning apples approved for sale

Giant squid finally captured on video

Glacial earthquakes

Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting fast, study shows

Global climate change affects Arctic treeline

Gold nanoparticles produced using snail mucus promote wound healing

GPS-enhanced tsunami warning system

Green airglow observed above Mars

Green water scarcity and sustainability

Ground-dwelling birds survived the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

Groundwater recharge for mitigating water scarcity

Group of small black holes found in dense star cluster support theory of black hole evolution

Gut enzymes convert human blood from type A to type O

H5N1 vaccine approved by the U.S. FDA

Harnessing the power of nuclear fusion in tokamak reactors

Heroin: an addictive drug

Histamine and histamine intolerance

Honeybee populations on the rise

Hotter core for Earth

How spectroscopy relates to spectrometry

How to break down "forever chemicals"

Hudson River tidal marshes in New York are rising faster than sea level

Human diseases spread by tick, mosquito, and flea bites are escalating

Hurricane Alex (North Atlantic, January 2016)

Hurricane Harvey (Atlantic, 2017)

Hurricane Irma (Atlantic, 2017)

Hurricane Maria (Atlantic, 2017)

Hurricane Patricia (Eastern Pacific, 2015)

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons with no known uses detected in the atmosphere

Hydrogen fuel cell-powered marine vessels

Hydroxy acids in skin care products

Ichneumon wasps as biological control agents

Ichthyornis provides clues for avian evolution

Incas

Increased carbon emissions from tropical forest degradation

Inexpensive test detects E. coli in drinking water

Inheritance of social organization among spotted hyenas

Initial results from the Muon g-2 experiment challenge the standard model of particle physics

Insects threatened by biodiversity crisis

The InSight mission to Mars begins

Intestinal wound healing impaired by fungi

Invasive lionfish

Iron carbide mineral that does not occur naturally on Earth found in meteorite

January 2019 breakdown of the polar vortex

July 2019 was the hottest month on record

Komodo dragon genome provides clues to evolution and physiology

Lab-grown coffee

Lake warming

Land-use requirements for solar energy

Landfill mining risks and rewards

Landslide detection by modeling seismic data

Late survival of the Neandertals questioned

Launch of the BepiColombo mission to reveal Mercury's secrets

Lazarus effect and Lazarus taxa

Lead-isotope analysis for determining sources of fly ash in the environment

Light from aging stars fragmentizes asteroids

Liquid metal transformed into a plasma

Lithium-ion battery anodes produced from waste plastic bags

Living shorelines for coastal protection

Longest distance measurement of the strong force coupling

Loss of smell and long COVID may be tied to inflammation originating in nasal cells

Lusi mud volcano cause resolved

Macular degeneration causes severe vision loss

Madden-Julian oscillation

Malodorous scents trigger involuntary, rapid avoidance behaviors in humans

Mammoth cloning and de-extinction

Mangrove forests provide protection against tsunamis

Marburg virus appears in West African bats

Massive die-off of saiga antelopes

Massive neutron star on the brink of collapse into a black hole

Massive seabird die-off attributed to ocean warming

Mathematical approach called emulation speeds up atomic nuclei simulations

Maya

Measles can cause loss of immune-system memory

Medical and behavioral effects of Toxoplasma gondii

Methods of oceanic carbon capture and storage

Mild space weather forecast for 2020s predicts few solar storms

The mineral kawazulite is a naturally occurring topological insulator

A minority of U.S. manufacturers often produce a majority of toxic pollutants

Mission's end for the Kepler spacecraft

Molting in arthropods

Morbillivirus infection in bottlenose dolphins

More reliable tornado forecasting method

The most complete profile of an exoplanet’s atmosphere yet

Mysterious die-off of bush elephants in Botswana

Nanoscale Yagi-Uda antenna converts electricity into light

Natural ventilation may not improve indoor air quality

Neonicotinoid insecticides banned in Europe

Neural basis of rhythm in music

Neuroethology

Neurotoxin identified in mysterious deaths of eagles in the southeastern United States

Neutron beam experiments rule out a candidate for dark matter

Neutron star collision detected through gravitational waves and light

New click chemistry reaction: sulfur fluoride exchange

New findings on how hydrogen gas burns

New form of carbon allows diamond to bend at nanoscale level

New geologic map of Mars

New Guinea singing dog is rediscovered in the wild

New Horizons at Pluto

New Horizons: second destination

New insights into alpha particle formation

New mass measurement for the Milky Way Galaxy

New neutron star features discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope

New observations show ground-level ozone is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere

New orangutan species

New polymer made from limonene and sulfur waste absorbs mercury pollution from water

A new realm of ultrafast physics at the zeptosecond scale

New record for magnetic tape data storage

New single-dose drug shortens flu symptoms

New state of matter found in Cooper pair metals

New study hints at matter-antimatter symmetry violation in neutrinos

New tuberculosis vaccine under clinical investigation

New U.S. aviation rules for piloting commercial drones

Newly identified salivary glands in humans

Newly identified whales in the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean

Non-combustible and recyclable foamed plastic insulation

Nonfunctional gene in aquatic mammals imparts vulnerability to harmful organophosphates

North American birds are disappearing

Northern white rhinoceros on the brink of extinction

Novel method for measuring the lifetime of neutrons from space

Obesity classified as a disease

Observing quasar-hosting galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope

Ocean acidification affecting fishes' sense of smell

Ocean eddies may slow global sea-level rise, new climate model shows

Oldest common ancestor of chickens and ducks

Oldest lizard fossil specimen identified

Olive trees in danger

One World Trade Center in New York named the tallest U.S. building

Opportunities for medical marijuana

Origin of "tiger stripes" on Saturn's moon Enceladus

Oropouche fever in Brazil

Osteoprotegerin holds potential as a therapeutic agent for bone disorders

Outdoor dining strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic

Overview of Komodo dragons

Papaya and papain

Paris climate agreement

Parker Solar Probe on mission to enter Sun's atmosphere

Peatland carbon storage affects global climate

Persistent polar vortex caused rare, large Arctic ozone hole

Pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables in the United States

Phoenicians

Phosphate mineral from wastewater finds use as forest-fire retardant

Phosphine gas, a sign of life, in the atmosphere of Venus

Phosphorus pollution increases in U.S. lakes and streams

Phthalates

Physicists use spinning black holes to search for dark matter

Plant orbicules act as possible vectors of allergens

Plasma-surfing electrons point to compact particle accelerators

Plastic waste pollution

Polyelectrolytes

Possible association between depression and gut bacteria

Possible connection between autism and the gut microbiome

Possible explanation for the Great Dimming of Betelgeuse

Possible mechanism for why pigs are less susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 virus

Possible new species of killer whale

Possible observation of triangle singularity offers insights into the strong force governing particle interactions

Possible origin of colored eggs in dinosaurs

The potential for natural climate solutions in the United States

Potential impacts of self-driving cars

Potential of soils for carbon sequestration

Potential transmission of canine influenza virus to humans

Potential use of mRNA vaccines to prevent multiple sclerosis

Potential use of psychedelic drugs to treat psychiatric disorders

Potential uses of biochar

Potentially potent antimalarial compound discovered

Powerful cosmic particle accelerator discovered in a blazar galaxy

Predator-prey relationship of wolves and moose on Isle Royale

Prevention and control of dengue fever outbreaks

Previously unknown shark extinction event occurred 19 million years ago

Prime numbers and crystal-like materials display similar patterns

Priorities in addressing global food insecurity

Probing fireballs with lasers to better understand explosions

Progress in developing an "artificial leaf" for hydrogen fuel generation

Progress in developing x-ray pulsar-based navigation (XNAV)

Proton and antiproton magnetic property measured with new precision

Published papers raise fears of H5N1 avian flu menace

Pulsar timing discrepancies hint at low-frequency background gravitational waves

Puzzlingly simultaneous star formation patterns across dozens of distant, isolated dwarf galaxies

The quest for loop quantum gravity

Quorum sensing in bacteria

Range expansion of golden jackals in Europe

Rare-earth elements: recycling or replacement

Reaching the 50-qubit milestone in quantum computing

Record three major Pacific hurricanes observed simultaneously

Recovery of the Iberian lynx

Recycling carbon fiber

Regenerative medicine as a treatment modality for organ loss

The relationship between obesity and COVID-19

Remote sensing of ocean color change may warn of submarine volcanic activity

Removing organic micropollutants from wastewater

Resilient building design

Restoring dormant water systems in buildings after the COVID-19 shutdown

Reusable materials for absorbing oil spills

Revised sunspot cycle predicts highly active solar period

Robot rover Curiosity lands on Mars

Robot rover Opportunity concludes mission on Mars

Robot rover Perseverance lands on Mars

Sargassum seaweed bloom fouling Caribbean shorelines

SARS-CoV-2 variants are a growing concern

The science behind microgreens

Scrap tires upcycled to graphene for strengthening concrete and reducing enviroeconomic burdens

Sea turtle navigation

Searching for a COVID-19 vaccine

Sensor to track dust-sized space junk

Sensory function of the narwhal tusk

September 2015 Chile earthquake

September 2017 Mexico earthquakes

Seven synthetic food flavoring additives banned

Severe coral bleaching endangers Great Barrier Reef

Shiitake mushrooms: health benefits

Silvopasture as an agricultural practice may reduce climate change

Simulations of pedestrian behavior applied to traffic management

Single-use plastic-bag alternatives

Smallpox found in skeletons of Vikings

Snow leopard reclassified as vulnerable species

Sodium chloride discovered on Jupiter’s moon, Europa

Solar-panel recycling concerns

Solutions for reducing climate and health effects of concrete production

Southwestern Australia adapts to drier climate

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus identified as the first known aquatic dinosaur

Star's orbit of a supermassive black hole supports theory of relativity

Star's rosette-shaped orbit around a supermassive black hole supports general relativity

Statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) may have additional beneficial effects

Stretchable conductors

Stretchable electroluminescent skin for soft robotics

Strong and easy-to-form magnesium alloys

Strongest deep earthquake ever recorded (Sea of Okhotsk, 2013)

Sudden apple decline affecting orchards

Sulfur concrete as a construction material on Mars

Sumerians

Superstretchy polymer reported

Surface treatment for improved lubricity of metal surfaces

Surfaces coated with a common polymer may trap infectious respiratory droplets

Surgical specialties

Sustainable food-packaging innovations

Sustained remission of HIV after treatment

Symbiosis

Synthesis of a polymer that mimics lubricin

Synthesis of sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid from desalination waste brine

Tall wood buildings

Tasmanian devils reintroduced on the Australian mainland

Teardrop-shaped star pulsates only on one side

Teixobactin: first in a new class of antibiotics

Tentative fossilized evidence of oldest animal life

Tidal locking causes iron rain to be common weather on exoplanet WASP-76b

Tornado activity and climate change

Total solar eclipse of August 2017

Toxic algal blooms threaten marine life along Florida coastlines

Toxicological and environmental effects of polystyrene

Traces of radiation from supernova explosions preserved in tree rings

Transit of Mercury in May 2016

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission begins

Trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park

Tropical Cyclones Chapala and Megh (Arabian Sea, 2015)

Turn your smartphone into a microscope

Two coexisting mitochondrial genomes found in tuataras

Two experimental drugs for treating aggressive breast cancer

Two new species of sawsharks from the Indian Ocean

U.S. bans antibiotics use for enhancing growth in livestock

U.S. Clean Power Plan

U.S. regulatory agency issues new safety concerns about CBD products

U.S. streams found to contain a complex brew of contaminants

Ultrasensitive nanosensor for detecting explosives

Ultraviolet light for destroying coronaviruses and other pathogens in enclosed, occupied spaces

Underestimated U.S. natural-gas leaks undermine climate benefits

Understanding Marfan syndrome

Understanding the health benefits of chocolate flavanols

Unification theories and a theory of everything

The United States can reach zero net emission of carbon dioxide by 2050

Universe’s missing baryonic matter identified as intergalactic hot gas

Unusually bright galaxies discovered in the early universe

Urban tree leaves remove fine-particulate air pollution

Urea-hydroxyapatite nanohybrid fertilizer slowly releases nitrogen

Use of CRISPR/ Cas9 in the treatment of endometrial cancer

Uses of tannins and tannosomes

Vast population of black holes discovered in the Milky Way's core

Vibration-sensing beak organ found in ibises, kiwi birds, and sandpipers

Voyager 1 crosses the heliopause into interstellar space

Voyager probe detects signal that allows continuous measurement of interstellar medium

Voyager spacecraft and the edge of the heliosphere

Warm Atlantic water is melting Arctic sea ice

Warm blob in the Pacific Ocean

Water on Mars may be trapped within the planet's crust

Water treatment strategies for swimming pools

Water-free synthesis of MXenes

Waterless dyeing of textiles

Web fingerprinting tracks anonymous users online

Whitest white paint reflects more sunlight and keeps surfaces cooler

WHO declares 2022 monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency

Wild poliovirus eradicated in Africa

Wildfire impact on air quality

Wildfire mitigation through vegetation management

Wildlife diseases rise as a result of climate change

World’s fastest organic transistor

Yeti crabs

2015 fracking-induced earthquakes

2015 Nepal earthquake

2016 North Korea nuclear test

2019 Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

2019 International Year of the Periodic Table

2020 U.S. Pacific West Coast wildfire disaster

3D printing of large and complex rocket engine parts

3D printing of multiple materials

50th anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing

7-billion-year-old stardust is the oldest solid material on Earth