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Weight loss diets often shun nuts due to their high fat content, but a new study has shown that including almonds in a restrictive diet help people lose weight and improve their cardiometabolic health.

Weather data from several ships bombed by Japanese pilots at Pearl Harbor has been recovered in a rescue mission that will help scientists understand how the global climate is changing.

1,000 reference genomes of the highest quality have now been produced for diverse eukaryotic species across the tree of life, as part of a project from the Sanger Institute.

Hafnium oxide (hafnia) is capable of extended data storage even when power is disconnected and so may be used in the development of new, so-called nonvolatile memory technologies. Researchers have explored the role of the atmosphere in hafnia's abilities.

The chemical complexity of organic aerosols has made it difficult to assess their toxicity, but a new study has advanced our understanding of their chemical composition and how they affect our lungs.

One of the world's biggest ecological experiments reveals that replanting logged forests with a mixture of seedlings accelerates recovery.

A new study has found a link between exposure to PFAS compounds and phenols and a prior diagnosis of uterine, melanoma and ovarian cancer. The same study also identified racial differences in such associations.

A sea-weeding project where volunteers remove microalgae from coral has resulted in up to 600% coral regrowth in the first 3 years of the project.

A new study has shown how sea ice algae adjust to the unusual seasonal rhythms of the Antarctic that cause changes to water salinity and temperature.

North Carolina State University researchers have successfully transferred an important gene from one compartment of a plant cell to another to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally.