More energy-efficient wastewater treatment may be possible by harnessing anammox bacteria’s surprising ability to "breathe" solid-state matter.

Studies of plankton communities in Red Sea waters provide insights into seasonal variations and dominant control mechanisms.

A water-stable dopant enhances and stabilizes the performance of electron-transporting organic electrochemical transistors.

Discovery of a malaria parasite’s internal clock could lead to new treatment strategies

Structural details of an enzyme complex shed light on DNA replication.

A study of marine Halobates species highlights how their waterproofing techniques, size and acceleration capability helped them colonize the ocean.

Polymers that absorb water from the atmosphere can make it easier to run photovoltaic devices in hot climates.

Reef fish species uniquely respond to climate change, with some more vulnerable than others.

Copper ions could play a key role when peptide folding goes wrong and leads to harmful aggregates.

A protein hijacked from a bacterial pathogen helps to facilitate more precise genome editing in plants.

The conversion of skin cells into brain cells relies on proper insertion of L1 elements.

A framework that helps marine scientists select localized carbon dioxide levels for experiments aims to improve robustness in global warming studies.

E-selectin is grown in silkworms for the first time, revealing new aspects of its binding dynamics.

A Cas protein that cleaves viral RNA has been harnessed in a CRISPR/Cas system to destroy prolific viral infections in crop plants.

First evidence that animal DNA methylation patterns can be passed to the next generation.

Carbon dioxide bubbles could be a fast and environmentally friendly way to unclog seawater filters and keep the supply of drinking water flowing.

With about half the world’s population living close to the coast, using seawater to flush toilets could be possible with a salt-tolerant bacterium.