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Plastic-eating enzymes could help solve pollution problem
Two new enzymes can break down one of the most common single-use plastics, according to the…
Two new pulsars detected in globular cluster NGC 6522
Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, an international team of astronomers has observed a Galactic globular cluster…
How Belize became a poster child for 'debt-for-nature' swaps
When COVID hit Belize, its economy nosedived: closed borders meant fisheries and farmers had no export…
Grapes of wrath: Albania winemakers struggle with warmer world
The famously talented winemakers of Mirdita, high in the mountains of northern Albania, have never been…
Scientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves. Trillions of tons of ice lost.
Four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997 and 28 of…
Climate change is improving French wine—for now
What makes a good or bad year for wine? It’s a question that vexes not only…
A strategy to enhance the light-driven superconductivity of K₃C₆₀
Superconductivity is the ability of some materials to conduct a direct electrical current (DC) with almost…
Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
Changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects…
'Ring of fire' eclipse moves across the Americas, bringing with it cheers and shouts of joy
First came the darkening skies, then the crescent-shaped shadows on the ground, and finally an eruption…