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Universality for Taylor coefficients of rational functions under perturbations
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceAnalytic combinatorics in several variables estimates coefficients of multivariate generating functions via...
Maintaining microbiota across diverse symbiotic organs in Euprymna scolopes: Insights into shared immune responses
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceMany animals, including humans, have multiple organs harboring distinct bacterial communities that...
Why a fatal ‘black fungus’ struck India during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mucormycosis may be triggered by low levels of albumin, the most common blood protein
‘How is it possible?’: Berliners demand answers after sabotage causes blackout
Arson attack that left parts of German capital in darkness for days stirs outrage over infrastructure insecurityEurope live – latest updatesWhen Silke Peters bought a...
Endangered Toad Wins Legal Victory Against Highway Construction in Ecuador
The court invoked Ecuador’s rights of nature laws in halting a highway project to protect the Jambato harlequin toad, requiring the government to prove construction...
What would Trump’s Venezuela oil plans mean for climate change?
Announcing the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a raid by US military forces at the weekend, Donald Trump made no secret of his...
Repeated major inland retreat of Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers (West Antarctica) during the Pliocene
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceSignificant melting of the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers in the Amundsen...
Data-driven superresolution imaging in disordered media
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceImaging in complex, disordered environments, such as biological tissues, turbulent atmosphere, or...
Nucleic acid base pair open states by hydrogen exchange
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceHydrogen exchange (HX) experimentation has made major contributions to the understanding of...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026.
Indian law enforcement targets climate activists accused of opposing fossil fuels
Indian police have raided the homes and offices of high-profile Indian climate activists, on the orders of the government’s Enforcement Directorate, accusing them of jeopardising...
A critique of climate objectivity in the context of global injustice
As climate science intersects with rising political urgency and global ecological crisis, calls for ‘neutrality’ risk obscuring the field’s entanglement with systems of power, historical...
We study glaciers. ‘Artificial glaciers’ and other tech may halt their total collapse | Brent Minchew and Colin Meyer
How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a roleSea levels are rising faster...
To Save An Endangered Prairie Fish, Dried-up Iowa Wetlands Get New Life
Efforts to save the Topeka shiner have restored hundreds of oxbow lakes across Iowa. Now, those wetlands are helping to improve the state’s water quality.By...
Texas clears the way for petrochemical expansion as experts warn of health risks
Let’s establish some baselines. Texas is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than Saudi Arabia or the global maritime industry. Its oil, gas, and petrochemical...
Texas clears the way for petrochemical expansion as experts warn of health risks
Let’s establish some baselines. Texas is responsible for more greenhouse-gas emissions than Saudi Arabia or the global maritime industry. Its oil, gas and petrochemical operations...
Wildfires are polluting the air far more than thought
Scientists have discovered that wildfires release far more air-polluting gases than previously estimated. Many of these hidden emissions can transform into fine particles that are...
This simple math trick could transform earthquake science
Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the...
Exploring intergenerational knowledge transfer within Inuvialuit families: connecting wellbeing, food security, and climate resiliency
IntroductionToday in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Canada, many community members are closely connected to and dependent on the land, with 68.9% of Indigenous people in...
NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead
Congress backs Trump administration’s efforts to kill project that would ferry martian rocks to Earth
Fresh conflicts erupt around giant database for flu and COVID-19 sequences
Critics say “autocratic” behavior by GISAID could hamper response to a future pandemic
A Year After the LA Fires, Recovery Is Lagging, But Bright Spots Emerge
As scientists unravel lingering environmental risks from the blazes, construction delays and permitting roadblocks hinder rebuilding efforts.By Kiley PriceWhile people look to start fresh in...
Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities
Communities in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude would worsen environmental racism along the Gulf.Adam Mahoney, Capital BThis article was originally...
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