Custom-fabricated lenses make it easy to attach high-tech microscopes directly to cell incubators.

A nutritious millet crop grown mainly in West Africa could be genetically improved for large-scale agriculture in Saudi Arabia.

A molecular mimic designed to promote plant growth and limit witchweed infestation shows promise in initial trials.

Multistakeholder collaboration is key for the adoption of molecular approaches that can facilitate accurate, cheaper and faster monitoring of marine ecosystems.

A method that lights up tags attached to selected proteins can help to purify the proteins from a mixed protein pool.

A sequencing approach can home in on a rare mutation within a large number of cells, revealing implications for CRISPR genome editing and early cancer detection.

Light-responsive building blocks provide organic membranes with light-controlled permeability and selectivity.

A safer technique reveals that corals take up seawater pollutants both directly and indirectly.

Efficient greenhouse complexes that will grow crops using the resources available on desert coasts could improve food security for millions.

Models based on images from unmanned aerial vehicles and satellites can help farmers to monitor the health of individual trees.

Giant clams manipulate light to assist their symbiotic partner.

An assay for imaging the physical interactions between multiple cell populations could help cancer research and treatment assessment.

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.