2025
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April
- Research update: Plant-based calamari that rivals real seafood in texture
- Some protective resin coatings may damage metal artifacts
- Scientists have found a way to ‘tattoo� tardigrades
- A light-activated probe reveals TB immune system evasion mechanisms
- Simulations predict how pesticides may affect honeybee colonies
- A step toward harnessing clean energy from falling rainwater
- Finding cancer’s ‘fingerprints�
- A step toward cleaner iron extraction using electricity
- Starch-based microplastics could cause health risks in mice, study finds
- Locating microplastic hotspots along the Texas coast
March
- A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime
- Making sturdy, semi-transparent wood with cheap, natural materials
- Blue pigment improves foundation makeup shades for dark skin
- Hydrophilic coating makes for unflappable golf balls
- Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study finds
- Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environments
- ‘Low-sugar� vaccine can provide broad immunity against coronavirus variants
- Do-it-yourself box filter clears the air of indoor pollutants
- Improving GLP-1 drug delivery by ‘painting� it on antibodies
- Guardians of the vineyard: Canines and chemistry team up to combat powdery mildew
- Four advances that could change tuberculosis treatment
- Researchers create eco-friendly detergent from wood fiber and corn protein
- Plant patch can detect stress signals in real time
- Chocolate � with potential health benefits
- Medical infusion bags can release microplastics, study shows
- An aerosol test for airborne bird flu
- Packets of freeze-dried bacteria grow biocement on demand
February
- Four research teams rethink particleboard construction and reuse
- Novel photochromic glass can store rewritable 3D patterns
- Research reveals potential alternatives to ‘forever chemicals�
- Glass fertilizer beads could be a sustained nutrient delivery system
- Scented wax melts may not be as safe for indoor air as initially thought, study finds
- Scientifically sniffing ancient Egyptian mummified bodies
- Jacket uses AI to keep you comfortable
- How California’s Prop. 65 changed how (some) products are made
- Turning car and helicopter exhaust into thermoelectric energy
- Using sugars from peas speeds up sour beer brewing
January
- This delicate nanoflower is downright deadly to bacteria
- Walk like a � gecko? Animal footpads inspire a polymer that sticks to ice
- Research update: Generating electricity from tacky tape
- Four advances for inactivating infectious viruses, bacteria
- New design makes aluminum batteries last longer
- More acidic oceans may affect the sex of oysters
- Drug candidate eliminates breast cancer tumors in mice in a single dose
- Weaving a net or fabric battery for use in seawater
- Residents of unburned homes reported health symptoms months after Marshall Fire
- High-fat diet during adolescence increases impulsive behaviors in adult rodents