An unexpected two-step mechanism occurs when cells copy DNA.

The interface between two tin-oxide semiconductors can exhibit unexpected metallic properties. 

Adding sound to elephant seal migration data reveals high levels of coordination when swimming long distances.

Rainfall simulations in statistical models could allow accurate prediction of dangerous landslides.

Nemo’s genome has been deciphered and made publicly available, helping researchers further investigate fish ecology and evolution.

Spotting signatures of potential pollutants made easier with quantum lasers that emit tunable infrared light.

Protein analysis could lead to new advances in DNA sequencing technologies.

Mapping genetic influences on connections between neural networks could lead to a better understanding of brain organization and behavior.

A fast and safe method to prepare a 3D porous material that mimics the shape of a honeycomb could have broad applications from catalysis to drug delivery or for filtering air to remove pollutants or viruses.

Advanced analysis of seismic data could lead the next wave in oil exploration.

Big data shows that large marine vertebrates move differently, but consistently, through coastal and ocean waters.

An optical communication system could revolutionize underwater exploration and discovery.

An electronic tag that stretches and flexes while it records location and environmental data can monitor marine animals in their natural habitat.

Color changes in the northern Red Sea indicate rising sea temperatures could significantly impact tropical marine ecosystems.

Custom-made gas-sensing material could lead to inexpensive devices for real-time air-quality analysis.

Precise control of the atomic structure of gallium oxide layers improves the development of high-power electronic devices.

Turbulence and nutrient availability drive changes in Red Sea microbes.

Ultrathin films curve up into long, light and cost-effective heat-harvesting tubes for high-power generation.

Perovskite particles could improve the performance of solar cells and light-emitting diodes via a simple process to stabilize the nanocrystal surface.

A new malaria metabolic model may uncover better ways to treat a highly deadly disease.

A porous cerium-based coating boosts the durability of oxygen-forming catalysts while maintaining their inherent water-splitting activity.

An innovative chemical reactor for depositing semiconductors at very high temperatures draws on the strength of Saudi Arabia’s chemical industry.

A risk-based optimization scheme boosts confidence and profitability for future mixed-technology power plants.

Standalone power modules that harvest and convert vibrations from their surroundings into electricity could soon fuel future microsystems.

A new ink containing iron oxide nanoparticles can be turned into fully printed and versatile components for cellular networks.

A grimy layer on wastewater filters could slow the spread of antibiotic resistance.  

Faster computations will allow researchers to see the finer details of brain activity in functional brain imaging.

A technique modeling the combustion characteristics of gasoline blended with biofuels for cleaner and more efficient fuels.

New method offers a means of efficient and high-throughput technique to study the structure of DNA.

Unveiling new strategies to improve future wireless underwater sensing networks for marine research and communication.

Understanding how bacteria help convert glacier bedrock into soil could help address desertification. 

A simple chemical surface treatment improves the performance of nanowire ultraviolet light-emitting diodes. 

Materials that normally become damaged inside electron microscopes can now be imaged with atom-scale resolution.

Corals living in highly saline waters may be more tolerant to rising water temperatures. 

A technique of microwave synthesis of layered oxides enables high-capacity aqueous zinc-ion batteries. 

More accurate statistical modeling of extreme weather will improve forecasting and disaster mitigation.

A technique that uses the power of computing could solve statistical problems cheaper and faster than current methods.

Seagrass meadows play a pivotal role in protecting coasts against rising sea levels.

Nanomaterial coating enables efficient delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 machinery into the cell. 

Genetic analyses of a desert bacterium show it could help to improve crop production in arid lands.

A metal-organic framework that can take up twice its weight in water and then release it when humidity falls.

Innovative diode design uses ultrafast quantum tunneling to harvest infrared energy from the environment.

Ultrathin, rigid silicon segments that are wired through interdigitated metal contacts produce ultraflexible high-performance solar cells.

A comparison of the genomes of two species of coral demonstrates unexpected genetic diversity.

A method to visualize hidden statistical structure helps make sense of environmental data. 

The protein CD₃₄ is predominantly regarded as a marker of blood-forming stem cells but it helps with migration to the bone marrow too.

Fine tuning the composition of nitride alloys can further the development of optical and electronic interface devices.

Genomes of single microbial cells isolated from the Red Sea could yield a goldmine for biotechnology.

Wavy transistors that vertically gain width without increasing their on-chip footprint could drive future flexible displays.

A model incorporating the physics of ruptures provides valuable information about human-induced earthquakes.

A new statistical technique could be used to more accurately locate global wind resources.

Theoretical simulations reveal how subtle changes in friction on an object’s surface can have a large effect on drag.

The Red Sea has relatively low amounts of floating plastic debris in its surface waters due to fewer sources or faster removal.

Coordinated robot swarms can achieve amazing feats, but even a single faulty unit can have serious consequences.

Synchrotron study reveals oxygen’s influence on the chemistry that surrounds us.

Jumping genes could make an alga, and its coral host, more tolerant to warming sea temperatures.

An easy and reliable assembly approach, inspired by building blocks, challenges the current fabrication of electronic systems.

Some species of fish have special adaptive mechanisms that could improve their chances of surviving the greenhouse effect.

Creating teardrop-like gas cavities around metal spheres enables practically friction-free travel through liquids.

Trapping molecules on custom-designed porous surfaces becomes easier with a new model that unifies previous theories of adsorption.

Silicon microelectronics and biomedical fields could benefit from a safe and cost-effective way to synthesize nanoparticles.

High-speed communication systems based on ultraviolet radiation are now in sight.

Large-area, two-dimensional semiconductors wired through transparent oxide conductors produce high-performance see-through electronics.

A loudspeaker design could allow small devices to produce powerful low-frequency sounds.

Simple two-component mixtures are good surrogates for studying the ignition properties of next-generation gasolines.

Cone-shaped sugar structures can be connected together to form selectively porous nanofiltration membranes.

Physicists are playing unexpected roles in meeting future global energy challenges by modeling technologies such as fracking.

Study design allows more rigorous evaluation of complex healthcare interventions.

Treating wastewater with solar irradiation shows promise in reducing two E. coli strains but a resilient strain persists.

Efficiency gains come from tuning the properties of semiconducting materials by combining layers of different composition.

A mild post-fabrication doping approach can boost the solar conversion of quantum dot-based photovoltaic cells.

Promising electrochemical technologies for cleaning wastewater are boosted by discovery of extremophilic microbes in the Red Sea.

A method for creating nanoparticles without using solvents could lead to environmentally friendly electronics.

Study of the mismatch between spatial environmental data and a commonly used statistical analysis suggests simpler statistics are sufficient in many cases.

The world’s warmest sea is heating up faster than the global average, which could challenge the ability of the Red Sea’s organisms to cope.

A powerful statistical tool could significantly reduce the burden of analyzing very large datasets.

Redesigned lithium-ion batteries could help improve the efficiency of orthodontic devices.

A new computational framework marries ideas from computer graphics with civil engineering to reduce times and costs of constructing frame-based structures.

A combination of morphological and molecular approaches gives researchers a first glimpse of Red Sea larval fish communities.

The side-by-side deposition of atomically flat semiconductor sheets enhances solar cell conversion efficiency.

Wind turbines suspended high in the sky have potential as an alternative power source for Saudi Arabia.

Microbes are dispersed widely over the oceans with islands acting as stepping-stones to help transport of land-based organisms.

A statistical technique for modeling large datasets improves interpretation of climate and environmental data.

A perovskite crystal’s powerful light-emitting capabilities could be due to missing atoms in its structure.

Symbiotic giant bacteria enable Red Sea surgeonfish to specialize their diets.

The molten surface of a sodium-based material could assist the direct conversion of methane to useful building blocks.

Satellite imagery shows how currents shape the Red Sea ecosystem.

A vibration-driven logic gate could form the basis for the next generation of efficient, low-power computers.

A novel type of electronic component made from a blend of polymer materials could enable more effective circuitry.

New evidence of surface-initiated crystallization may improve the efficiency of printable photovoltaic materials.

Insight into the thermal decomposition of a potential fuel additive shows it could promote cleaner and more efficient combustion.

Simple chemicals called glycol ethers help make better perovskite thin films for solar cells.

An underwater wireless optical communications system for streaming high-quality, live video.

New 3D visualizations that reveal how flames respond to electric fields could help improve combustion efficiency and reduce pollution.

A new statistical approach for environmental measurements lets the data determine how to model extreme events.

Introducing asymmetry across the two sides of atomically thin materials brings new opportunities in semiconductors.

Photosensitive perovskites change shape when exposed to light.

Metallic nanostructures that slow down light dramatically can triple the efficiency of solar-based hydrogen fuel generation.

When faced with high salinity, the tiny plant cells within coral tissue alter their metabolites to better cope with stress.

Smartphones put state-of-the-art 3D particle tracking in the hands of the masses.