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.

Simulations show that solar panel installations could go a long way toward addressing Saudi Arabia’s growing water crisis.

Hybrid material helps ferry genetic cargo to target cells.

Clean and sustainable fuels could be derived by combining ammonia with complementary combustion-modifying additives.

An interface-templated method enhances the crystallinity of large single-layer graphene sheets on insulating supports.

Stem cell analyses could reveal how extra doses of some genes lead to the characteristics seen in males born with one or more surplus X chromosomes.

Insight into the function of the nucleocapsid protein could help develop drugs that reduce coronavirus impact.

Modeling the impact of meteorological forces on the Red Sea shows that winds in the southern part of the sea modulate sea-level surges across the basin.

Unmanned aerial vehicles show promise for monitoring coastal water flows over large areas.

Sequencing a high-quality bread wheat genome facilitates the identification of a gene that confers stripe rust resistance and may lead to improved crop resilience.

A novel device architecture makes organic electronics applicable to 5G telecommunications.

An electrode made from inexpensive earth-abundant metals bubbles with potential for green fuel production.

Tunable perovskite-based multilayered films provide long-term stability for high-performing solar cells.

A novel plant-breeding strategy is targeting crop yield, nutritional value and stress tolerance, all through the expression of one gene.

A solar-driven system to generate electricity and produce water for crops in arid areas may help a decentralized approach to food, water and energy security. 

Sensitive and flexible scintillation screens bring better X-ray imaging.

Inspired by the human eye, a neuromorphic vision system recognizes handwritten numbers.

Membranes made from date seed biomass could provide a greener and more cost-effective alternative for industrial separation.

Hydrogen peroxide only forms in the presence of ozone in water microdroplets.

A corrected description of the "tail dependence" for extreme events leads to a better statistical model for environmental data.

Detection methods that identify the weaknesses in smart power grids will prevent cyberattacks from disrupting supply to critical infrastructure.

Cell processes and research reproducibility may be significantly impacted by changes in batch cultures as cells grow. More monitoring and improved procedures are needed.

Genomic defense mechanism harnessed to manipulate gene activity in worms.

Damage-causing bubbles might form at much lower impact velocities than expected.

Waste materials are used to create an environmentally friendly filtration system for industrial applications.

In-memory sensing technology will facilitate electronic systems that are faster, smaller and consume less energy.

A catalyst turns three monomer mixtures into diblock dialternating terpolymers in a single step.

Comparing different approximation methods for analyzing large spatial datasets allows for a better understanding of when these methods become insufficient.

The statistics of extreme events reveal that cryptocurrency prices tend to fall in tandem but rise more independently.

Warmer waters in the central tropical Pacific in recent decades have led to shifts in atmospheric wind jets, bringing more winter rainfall to the eastern Arabian Peninsula and less to the south.

Pulses of intense light could clean organic pollutants from wastewater.

Cold still causes far more deaths than heat in India.

Wearable device alerts users about muscle fatigue by monitoring pH levels of sweat. 

Layered nanomaterials shine for lossless light-energy conversion.

Transistor-based sensors offer hope for rapid diagnosis and treatment for COVID-19 and other infections.

Novel statistical methods help tell the difference between "false positives" and true detections of protein domain hotspots that could be linked to cancer.

Satellite data analysis lays a foundation for future studies on the impact of climate change on the Red Sea ecosystem.

Damage from adding electrical contacts to sensitive semiconductors can be mitigated using a buffer layer and optimized deposition.

Miniature RNA-cutting protein harnessed for diagnostics and therapeutics.

Stacked deep learning offers a better way to detect hacking into industrial control systems.  

The three-dimensional structure of a protein complex that is key for replicating damaged DNA offers insights into its regulation.

A network of body monitoring devices connected using our own tissue could form the basis for the internet of bodies (IoB).

An energy efficient membrane technology could lead to a low-cost and environmentally sustainable separation technique.