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Pennsylvania Fracking Company Surrenders Water Permits Over Concerns About Stream Flow
Surface sources are under pressure from industry demand and climate-change volatility.By Jon HurdleA natural gas company has surrendered its permits to pump water from a western Pennsylvania creek in a...
How the Trump administration is putting hundreds of sacred sites at risk
Any time a federal agency wants to develop a project in Wyoming â an oil and gas lease, a pipeline, a dam, a transmission line, a solar array â it...
Explorers of Ukrainian caves may have brought deadly bat fungus to U.S.
Study traces mysterious strain of white-nose disease to visits between American and European cavers
Bedbugs may be the first urban pest
A new study of the insectsâ genomes traces their success back to early civilization
âChilling and dangerousâ: Grassroots groups sue over Louisiana law that censors air quality data
For several years, Amy Stelly has been partnering with the Louisiana State University School of Public Health in New Orleans to monitor air quality next to the Claiborne Expressway, a...
Paper plants can emit as much CO2 as oil refineries. Theyâre flying under the radar.
For more than a century, Covington, Virginia has had one dominating feature: its paper mill. Smokestacks tower over the community of 5,500, many of whom work there. But according to...
Warm wet winter forecast for Australia as SA and Victoria face unseasonal fire risk
BoM prediction follows much wetter than average autumn for northern and eastern Australia, and much drier one for southGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustraliaâs winter...
Watch a robot play badminton against human players
Advanced training lets a four-legged robot learn to move around the court with ease
U.S. aid helped two African countries rein in HIV. Then came Trump
In Lesotho and Eswatini, treatment and prevention cutbacks are hitting pregnant women, children, and teens especially hard
Philanthropist gives $90 million to support theoretical physics research
Leinweber Foundation donation will help fund postdocs and graduate students at multiple institutions
China is quietly preparing to build a gigantic telescope
Astronomers are puzzled by the silence over an instrument that could briefly reign as worldâs biggest
Food Rx: Integrating horticulture research to improve nutrition and health
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceThe US overweight/obesity epidemic and the resulting chronic disease burden are an unfolding, diet-driven existential disaster. This...
Canada wildfires: thousands in Manitoba ordered to evacuate as state of emergency declared
There are more than 130 active wildfires across the country, half of which are considered out of controlMore than 17,000 people in Canadaâs western Manitoba province were being evacuated on...
Glacier collapses burying evacuated Swiss village in mud and rocks â video
A huge section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most of a village evacuated earlier this...
Click-constructed modular signal aptamer chimeras enable receptor-independent degradation of membrane proteins
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceLYTAC technology represents a pioneering approach for selectively depleting disease-associated extracellular and membrane proteins, thereby enhancing the...
The GRAS protein RAM1 interacts with WRI transcription factors to regulate plant genes required for arbuscule development and function
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceArbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis is formed by soil-inhabiting Glomeromycotina fungi and most land plants and can significantly...
Loss of insulin signaling in microglia impairs cellular uptake of Aβ and neuroinflammatory response exacerbating AD-like neuropathology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceClinical studies have suggested a strong link between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and Alzheimerâs disease (AD). T2D...
German Court Rejects Peruvianâs Claim of Climate Harms
A 10-year legal battle involving melting glaciers, overflowing lakes and greenhouse gas emissions from a German utility is over, but the decision doesnât rule out future claims.By Bob BerwynAfter nearly...
Physical activity stimulates clock neurons of the day-active rodent Arvicanthis ansorgei
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceOur central biological clock, located in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the brain, controls physiological and behavioral rhythms...
Identification of the lydiamycin biosynthetic gene cluster in a plant pathogen guides structural revision and identification of molecular target
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceThere is an urgent requirement to discover new antibiotics. One approach is to use natural products, which...
RELEASE: World Resources Institute Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer and Chief People Officer
Lucy Fernie to lead human resources strategy; Kote Lomidze to oversee global financial operationsWASHINGTON, D.C. (May 28, 2025) â World Resources Institute (WRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of...
Huge sea-urchin populations are overwhelming Hawaii's coral reefs
This study measured the growth rate of coral reefs in Honaunau Bay, Hawaii, using on-site data gathering and aerial imagery. Researchers found that the reefs are being eroded by sea...
Stability of general cognitive ability from infancy to adulthood: A combined twin and genomic investigation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceA goal of psychological science is to identify early life factors that influence lifelong outcomes and the...
Peruvian farmer loses climate case against RWE â but paves way for future action
A German court on Wednesday dismissed a Peruvian farmerâs lawsuit seeking damages from German utility RWE for allegedly putting his home at risk through climate change, as the judge ruled...