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

Understanding the interplay between bacteria and sulfur is leading to exciting biotechnologies that could enable crops to be irrigated with salty water.

The conversion of captured CO₂ into fuels and other valuable hydrocarbons could enable a sustainable nonfossil-fuel-based economy.

Restoration processes to increase the resilience of corals are needed to counter environmental pressures from climate change.

Rather than just burning it, coal could also become a valuable solar desalination material.

Providing 3D-printed structures can help coral reefs recover faster.

Combining two chemical-free treatments shows promise as an approach for reducing biofilm build-up on anaerobic bioreactor membranes. 

Saudi Arabia might not be shaken from its ambitious development goals, but it cannot rule out large earthquakes entirely.

Unusual reaction pathways to hydrocarbon clusters could bring a paradigm shift to the understanding of soot and interstellar chemistry.

A wax-based treatment for jute bags improves water repellency and reduces loss of stored food grains.

A screen-printing approach to creating foldable circuits could make many functional devices easier and cheaper to mass produce.

Understanding how liquid marbles behave as they evaporate provides valuable insights into these unique structures and their potential applications.

Molecules move within elongated protrusions to help stabilize migrating cells inside the bloodstream.

Movable airborne antennas receiving cellphone signals could reduce EMF exposure while offering higher data transmission speed and using less power.

Incorporating regular cracks in electrodes for wireless strain sensors brings surprisingly better sensitivity. 

Tiny light-emitting devices that can create all the colors in the rainbow are essential for the next generation of phones and screens.

Metal-organic framework membranes that selectively separate hydrocarbons set the stage for more sustainable petrochemical processes.

Sustainable electricity-free appliance can harness solar energy to reduce temperatures on hot days.

Corals face a grim future over the coming decades and researchers urge faster efforts to reduce global emissions and to enhance coral reef resilience.

New modeling shows that heatwaves across Europe have increased in both frequency and spatial extent over the past century.

An in vitro cellular model that mimics the initial phase of human embryo creation could improve understanding of infertility.

Extending the lifetime of hot electrons could help make solar cells more efficient.

Polymer membranes with precisely controlled, uniform and very small pore structure could bring ion-sieving capacity to many applications.

Batteries made from earth-abundant metals show great potential for grid-scale energy storage.

A nano-scale memristor is shown to have superior stability for random number generation as an integral part of secure data transmission.  

A simple camera system paired with a sophisticated image-processing algorithm can achieve faster and more accurate reconstructions of particle flow.

An eight-fold speed up of deep machine learning can be achieved by skipping the transmission of zero values.

Clever contacts enhance perovskite/silicon tandem solar-cell performance. 

A simple holistic solution plugs the performance-sapping defects that hamper new alternative solar materials.

A partial matching approach can overcome the dimensionality "curse" of continuous measurements over time to yield more accurate future predictions.

Probiotic treatment prevents the death of corals from heatwaves.

The biomedical research community needs to do more to ensure their findings are relevant and reproducible.

Statistical tools help fine-tune the parameters and approximations of models used to make sense of large spatial datasets.

Computational models capture the capricious behavior of forest fires.

Tiny drops that resemble an extracellular matrix can be used to culture cells for delivery into the human body.

Studying slow, gentle and previously undetectable events will help reveal the origins of damaging earthquakes.

Theoretical modeling helps boost the efficiency of a device that generates both clean drinking water and electricity.

Predicting wireless traffic using artificial intelligence could improve the reliability of future wireless communications.

An approach that reduces the computational power required to analyze huge amounts of DNA data for identifying new microbes and their proteins could be used for manufacturing anything from new antibiotics to plastic-degrading enzymes.

A mixed-precision approach for modeling large geospatial datasets can achieve benchmark accuracy with a fraction of the computational run time.

Perfecting the dimensions of chemical separation membranes is a step toward a sustainable chemical industry.

Machine learning accelerates the search for promising Moon sites for energy and mineral resources.

Honing a growth chamber cultivation technique leads to the identification of novel bacteria from Red Sea mangrove sediments.

The twin technologies of unmanned aerial vehicles and wireless sensors could be the ideal combination to counter forest fires.

Conquering a chemical challenge to control the structure of a polymer opens a path to better biosensors.

A layer of hierarchically three-dimensional porous graphene greatly suppresses a problem holding back the development of lithium-sulfur batteries.

Electrical and computer engineers take on complex modeling questions that can further our understanding of virus spread in small spaces.

New lateral flow test Vigilant is cheaper, easier to use and as reliable as the current gold standard PCR test for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Ultrathin needles for probing plants could help keep crop health in check.

3D models of bone formation provide a tool for tissue engineering, biomedical research and drug testing.

An extended epidemic model that accounts for uncertainty and the latest data can better predict the evolution of pandemics.

Honeybees bring back more than just nectar from their floral feasts and these microbes may help them survive turbulent times.

A single-molecule layer that helps to channel electrical charge into an electrode can outperform the best conventional material.

Trends in heat discomfort are more subtle than expected across Saudi Arabia and beyond.

Geologic structures and deposits below planetary surfaces can be mapped faster than ever.

The system offers an economical way to source essential battery material.

Ozone depletion following the Toba eruption around 74,000 years ago compounded the ensuing volcanic winter and caused a human population bottleneck.

Detailed and extensive genome sequencing of a subspecies of rat-infecting malaria parasites should instruct human malaria research.

An enigmatic bacterium proves a useful ally for the synthesis of single-atom catalysts to split hydrogen from water.

New diagnostic technique could help contain the spread of COVID-19 and other viral outbreaks.

A lot happens and changes within a thin one-meter-thick transition layer between deep Red Sea water and an expansive underlying brine lake.

The tightly defined ratios of metals in metallic organic frameworks makes them ideal starting materials for novel catalyst creation.

Pure red-light micrometer-scale emitting devices made from a nitride semiconductor reaches excellent efficiency.

Calculations predict that atom-thin sheets of carbon chalcogenides will grow wider when stretched in any direction.

Combining expertise has shed new light on how cells self-destruct during microbial infection. 

Mixed-cation single crystals narrow the gap between perovskite and top-performing semiconductor solar cells.

The chemical concept of aromaticity is inspiring new developments in the area of catalysis.

The weird and wonderful genome of dinoflagellates looks nothing like other eukaryotic genomes.

Coral ancestors had the genetic toolkit to make skeletal structures and only took simple evolutionary steps to begin building reefs.

A detailed analysis combining seafloor mapping and earthquake and gravity data shows that the oceanic crust under the Red Sea is older than previously thought. 

The intense sparks that occasionally accompany charged sandstorms can arise from turbulent movements of airborne dust.

The evolving periodicity of the brightness of certain types of stars can now be described mathematically.

New method can simultaneously diagnose cases, track variants and detect co-infections.

A neural network that mimics the biology of the brain can be loaded onto a microchip for faster and more efficient artificial intelligence.

Heat stress disrupts the physiological processes of corals prior to clear signs of bleaching, with implications for adaptation strategies for coral reefs in a warming climate. 

The statistics used to understand social networks reveal the diversity of functional connections in the brain.

National lockdowns have provided a unique opportunity to assess the effects of human activity on wildlife, which could translate into new attitudes and better policies.

Optimizing network communication accelerates training in large-scale machine-learning models.

Predicting areas of the Red Sea most susceptible to overheating by the end of the century could help conservation efforts to protect its precious coral reefs.

For the sake of marine life, international collaboration is required to reduce undersea sounds.

A printable hydrogel made of ultrashort peptides could help shape cells into viable tissues.

Researchers have made unparalleled ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors through temperature and timing, just like baking bread.

Large-scale analysis of pedestrian data from three European cities examines how building density and street design influence pedestrian behavior.

Flying drones connected by a cable tethered to a ground station could be a flexible solution for enhancing wireless connectivity in temporary hotspots.

Coating crop seeds with bacteria found on a desert shrub boosts yields in hot fields.

Researchers show how bacteria have adapted a sensing mechanism that allows them to live in different environments. 

Rational molecular design produces air-stable polymer-based semiconductors to better exploit waste heat for electricity. 

A mutational change of an enzyme’s dynamics increases its activity on a chromatin histone, ultimately causing a common lung cancer.

Nanoclusters with a copper-hydrogen core provide new structure-activity insights. 

Combining two light-absorbing materials and optimizing the flow of current improves the performance of solar cells.

A diverse category of porous materials can separate and purify key industrial chemicals at low temperatures.

Modeling shows the true cost of heat on PV system performance.

Metal organic framework helps silver catalyst to turn greenhouse gas into useful chemical feedstock.

Catalyst nanoparticles trap an unprecedented range of wavelengths of light to convert carbon dioxide into methane. 

Fluid injection of perovskite semiconductors creates microwires to build different optoelectronic devices on a single silicon chip.

A low-cost diagnostic tool can detect a range of viruses without the need for expensive materials or facilities.

Providing corals with cocktails of natural probiotics could enhance their tolerance to stress and reduce mortality in coral bleaching events.

An interactive platform helps users visualize where SARS-CoV-2 mutations start, how wide they spread and how infectious they are.

Solar-powered brine crystallization could alleviate the environmental impacts of seawater desalination.

Volatile alkanes can rapidly acquire oxygen atoms in a free radical chain reaction, a process significant for fuel combustion and air pollution.