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Sandball genesis from raindrops
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceRaindrops do not just splash—they can roll, gather, and grow. While erosion...
A neuromorphic robotic electronic skin with active pain and injury perception
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceAdvances in robotics demand sophisticated tactile perception akin to human skin’s multifaceted...
Microplastics are leaking invisible chemical clouds into water
Microplastics in rivers, lakes, and oceans aren’t just drifting debris—they’re constantly leaking invisible clouds of chemicals into the water. New research shows that sunlight drives...
How the climate crisis showed up in Americans’ lives this year: ‘The shift has been swift and stark’
Guardian US readers share how global heating and biodiversity loss affected their lives in ways that don’t always make the headlines The past year was...
Global vaccination coverage and disease incidence in cattle, pigs, and poultry
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceVaccinating livestock against disease is effective at preventing infections and increasing food...
Fishing fleets as ecosystem sentinels
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceVessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) data offer near real-time information on where fishing...
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope | Nina Lakhani
I’ve spent six years writing about environmental justice. The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping...
Cabinet papers reveal Alexander Downer warned of dire climate change outcomes in 2005
Officials warned of major economic, environmental and social disruption to Australia due to its dependence on coalGet our breaking news email, free app or daily...
Maladaptive immunity to the microbiota promotes neuronal hyperinnervation and itch via IL-17A
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificancePruritus (itch), a phenomenon associated with various inflammatory skin diseases including psoriasis...
ATM interaction with GRP94 modulates oncogenic receptor expression and signaling and microglial activation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceAtaxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a pleiotropic genetic disorder caused by mutations in theATMgene....
A polycrisis has shattered our world this year. But with care, we can put it back together | Elif Shafak
The challenges and strains have been almost too much to take. But in 2025, words of depth and courage have been an antidote to numbnessI...
Women must be a starting point, not an afterthought, for adaptation
Alexandria Gordon is manager of policy and development at the Women’s Environment & Development Organization) and Demet Intepe, PhD, is a climate adaptation and resilience...
Road expansion risk predicts future hotspots of tropical deforestation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceThis study identifies consistent biophysical and socioeconomic predictors of road building across...
Intensified tropical cyclone activity in East Asia during the Maunder (solar) Minimum
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceTropical cyclone (TC) imposes tremendous threats to the human society, but predicting...
An Idaho Bird Research Station Rises From the Ashes of a Wildfire
The Valley Fire torched Lucky Peak in the fall of 2024. Bird researchers there are channeling their grief into study of how avians respond to...
As Trump Rolls Back Protections For Wetlands, New Jersey Maintains a Higher Standard
The Trump administration is moving to narrow which wetlands qualify for federal protection. But New Jersey’s stricter legal framework shows how states can fight back.By...
Preservation of anticorrelated brain networks predicts recovery after traumatic brain injury
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceHere, we identify a resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) signature of recovery after...
Exposome research comes of age
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025.
Symmetries and selection rules in photoelectron chiral dichroism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceWe derive here a group theoretical description of selection rules imposed by...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025.
Ten English fire services tackled record number of grass, forest and crop fires in 2025
Fire chief says summer, the UK’s hottest on record, was ‘one of the most challenging for wildfires that we’ve ever faced’Ten English fire services tackled...
After legal deal, NIH to review grant proposals frozen, denied, or withdrawn because of Trump directives
Agreement requires agency to evaluate hundreds of applications “in good faith” using its standard process
Is ‘open science’ delivering benefits? Major study finds proof is sparse
It’s hard to measure social and economic impacts of making papers and data free, researchers say
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