Fundamental research offers opportunities for new varieties of pigmented rice and a resource to address malnutrition.

The first demonstration of a functional microchip integrating atomically thin two-dimensional materials with exotic properties heralds a new era of microelectronics.

A strategic means to assess, plan and manage a nation’s digital assets across the entire value chain is essential to achieve digital sovereignty.

Research highlights the emerging role of unusual kinase fusion proteins in wheat disease resistance.

More effort is needed to bring salt-tolerant crops to the farmers who need them.

A new cybersecurity tool checks for weaknesses in the intermediary software components that act on internet traffic.

Scientists can speed up simulations of complex systems by using compression algorithms running on AI hardware.

How a sea anemone uses its algal symbionts to assimilate nitrogen in nutrient-poor waters.

Treating seawater with selected chemicals before desalination could reduce biofouling and lengthen the lifespan of filtration membranes.

Biopharming technique yields cost-effective and environmentally friendly antimicrobial peptides.

A venerable industrial method for making butadiene bounces back to prominence.

An electronic sensor based on individual atoms anchored to MXene nanomaterials can detect tumor-specific biomarkers.

Pioneering single-cell sequencing technology sheds light on risk of mitochondrial genome editing and hidden mitochondrial mutations in human oocytes and synthetic embryos.

Minimalist art has inspired a set of tools to maximize coral restoration.

Next-generation silicon chips based on spintronics could improve global cybersecurity.

A drop of water is completely removed from a surface when a deformable sphere falls on it.

Understanding the role of a key protein in plant immunity could inform the development of crops that are resistant to multiple pathogens.

A microscale “memristor” with inkjet-printed electrodes offers an energy efficient and stable true random number generator for cryptography applications.

Modeling of the Red Sea’s underlying geological structure confirms that it is a fully developed ocean.

Detailed 3D simulations of the Lebanon Restraining Bend will enhance understanding of fault structures and associated seismic activity.

Ammonium-ion electrolytes could help create ecofriendly and sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries, particularly for grid storage.

Screens fabricated from organic materials show promise for improved X-ray imaging for medical and security settings. 

A novel modeling technique provides valuable insights into the maturation of oil and gas in the Tuwaiq Mountain shale formation.

Wirelessly powered large-area electronics could enable a cheaper and greener internet of things.

Using ammonia as a hydrogen-rich energy source requires technology that can spot pollutants in flames.

Rechargeable batteries to benefit from the development of lithium-loving foams.

Environmentally friendly renewable biosolvents could help clean up the manufacture of solar panels.

Textbook model of lagging-strand synthesis may be too simplistic for human DNA.

Insight into the spinning-induced scattering of sound could help create next-generation acoustic devices using new phonon modes.

While corals die out worldwide, resistant reefs in the northern Red Sea could endure a dire global warming scenario.

Better understanding of the mechanisms involved in DNA repair may pave the way for developing inhibitors to improve the effectiveness of radiation therapy.

Computer simulations show how nitrogen injections can help flush oil from underground storage.

Stress-response protein promotes the accumulation of metabolites that help anti-pathogen defenses.

Compliant and conductive carbon nanomaterial could be the perfect fit for on-skin electronics.

Laboratory parameters maintained at physiologically relevant levels allow for more robust experiments with human cells.

An inexpensive piece of hardware integrated with solar panel controllers can protect isolated power networks from cyberattacks.

Studying the molecular motion of proteins reveals previously unseen binding sites that could be targeted by new drug candidate molecules.

Nanostructured surfaces enable lab-on-a-chip lung cancer diagnosis.

Advanced electronic components based on spintronic concepts could add additional protection to smart devices.

Resonating silicon microbeams sense temperature shifts induced by airborne molecules.

An asymmetric statistical model provides a better fit for imbalanced data with rare "positives," such as longitudinal health datasets.

A deep-learning technique could offer accurate large-scale predictions in the field of geospatial statistics.

Crop resistance to a significant parasitic plant could be increased through gene editing or chemical treatment.

Smart windows that can polarize sunlight could offer a low energy alternative to Wi-Fi.

Machine learning could fast-track the formulation of tailor-made mixtures, including “greener” fuels.

Clean hydrogen fuel is easier to produce from seawater with stable hierarchical electrocatalysts.

A flat all-dielectric reflector metalens design could benefit optical imaging, manipulation and communications.

An enzyme from a Red Sea bacterium suppresses the formation of a slimy biofilm that helps propagate hospital-acquired infections.

Revealing zinc’s interaction with a critical transport protein underscores the need to study biological pathways under physiologically relevant conditions.

Elaborate interaction discovered between epigenetic regulatory protein and its activating lipid partner.

Ultrathin carbon membranes made from ordered polymer materials yield salt-free water quickly.

Blocking the overexpression of specific repeat RNA sequences could prove promising for the treatment of premature aging syndromes.

Heat-loving bacteria from an Antarctic volcano could help degrade and clean up oil in the world’s coldest continent and beyond.

Sea turtles nesting along Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coastline highlight the need for emerging megacities to protect marine habitats.

The generation of a high-quality genome from a coral specimen reveals an alternative pathway for cysteine biosynthesis in animals and cautions against overreliance on model organisms.

Modeling air quality over the Arabian Peninsula reveals that pollution from anthropogenic sources is contributing to health risks and climate change.

Multifunctional porous conductive membranes help microbes eat their way to a faster carbon dioxide conversion.

A citizen science project uncovers new details about the lives of oceanic manta rays in the Red Sea, including a possible nursery site.

Precisely determining the energy levels of different solar materials leads to high performance devices.

Seasonal phytoplankton blooms in the Al-Wajh lagoon differ from those in the adjacent Red Sea due to regional water dynamics and nutrient availability.

How pollutants disperse in the atmosphere can be modeled more reliably using a physically based geostatistical framework.

A highly efficient enzyme combined with a multigene engineering approach offers potential for sustainable production of water-soluble pigments in plant tissues.

Polymer-based membranes that selectively separate hydrocarbon and crude oil mixtures could eclipse current industrial thermal processes.

Pulses from an atom-sharp tip enable researchers to break and form chemical bonds at will.

Enhancement of adhesion molecules improves the ability of blood-forming stem cells to take root in transplant recipients.

A simple reordering of the layers in solar-cell modules can help improve efficiency.

Heat treatment shrinks polymer’s pores to enhance solvent filtration.

Deep molecular analysis of the bone marrow microenvironment reveals that the cells regulating blood stem cell maintenance are more diverse than expected and have features likely to be conserved between species.

A comprehensive study suggests the Arabian plate is geologically stable and capable of withstanding long-term forces from surrounding tectonic activity.

Fiddler crabs and other burrowing creatures could support the future of nutrient-deficient soils of dried-up mangroves.

Fabricating intricate optical structures onto the tip of an optical fiber creates a new source of special light beams.  

A faster and more statistically accurate modeling scheme enables better prediction of climate and environmental conditions at very large scales.

Nanomaterials offer a way to get many electrical charges from each photon absorbed by a solar cell.

A transition metal catalyst discovery could help to establish renewably generated electricity at the heart of a clean chemicals industry. 

Time is running out, say researchers who are proposing a framework to guide the safe use of microbes to restore global biodiversity loss.

A combination of efficient math and parallel computation accelerates the modeling of viscous liquid flow.

An extra metal fluoride layer facilitates charge separation and boosts performance in perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells.

Selective membranes allow harvesting and concentration of valuable molecules from cultured microbes.

Abnormal protein tied to Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome found to control gene splicing.

A newly identified heat-stable Cas13 enzyme could lead to improved diagnostics and new biotechnological applications.

Nanotechnology that accelerates the transition of stem cells into bone could advance regenerative medicine. 

Porous MOFs enable simple molecular separations based on mismatches in physical profiles.

The statistics of extreme events helps to better understand epileptic seizures.

Porous nanosheets combined with polymers can remove contaminants from methane.

A standardized method for monitoring the condition of coral reefs could strengthen global efforts to manage vulnerable marine habitats.

An AI-powered imaging system called MutipleXLab provides rapid automated phenotyping of seed germination and root growth that will help select plants that grow well. 

Built-in heterojunctions enhance the ability of nanoparticle photocatalysts to produce hydrogen fuel from water.

Systematic study resolves a debate on the best combination of metals to catalytically clean NO_x from vehicle emissions.

Teaching AI to capture the full spectrum of human emotions when annotating artwork. 

An online tool reveals the extent of gene-restructuring events in noncoding sequences.

Tool reveals hidden features on chest scan images.

Graphitic thin films hit high temperatures within seconds under low voltage.

A single-actuator system allows sensor-free highly precise position control for microelectromechanical devices.

Optical fibers doped with perovskite nanocrystals bring new opportunities for photodetectors for high-speed, free-space and underwater data links.

A universal mechanism could explain the formation of carbon nanoparticles in interstellar and terrestrial environments.

Researchers have identified stem rust resistance in the wild cereal plant Aegilops sharonensis and successfully transferred the resistance gene into bread wheat.

New insights narrow the gap between large-scale atmospheric models and microscale features of atmospheric winds.

A sand-based mulch could help reduce irrigation on desert farms.

Light causes small rapid distortions in solar cell material, affecting how charge carriers behave.

Machine learning techniques used to analyze case data show promise for predicting the evolution of an epidemic.