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The frequency and scale of mass mortality events — events where large numbers of organisms die in short periods of time — among farmed salmon have increased since 2012, according to a study.

Scientists led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher are closing in on a new tool for tackling the global problem of weedkiller-tainted groundwater.

A new, first-of-its-kind sticker has been developed that allows clinicians to monitor organ and deep tissue health after surgery, enabling complications to be detected sooner.

The new cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries is healable and highly conductive.

New research has found that rubisco – the enzyme that fuels all life on Earth – is not stuck in an evolutionary rut after all. The largest analysis of rubisco ever has found that it is improving all the time – just very, very slowly.

Researchers in France found that people who ate a breakfast rich in processed carbohydrates were deemed to have less attractive faces than those who ate less refined meals.

In a new study, Columbia Engineering researchers report that they have built highly conductive, tunable single-molecule devices in which the molecule is attached to leads by using direct metal-metal contacts.

Bumblebees have been shown to possess a previously unseen level of cognitive sophistication in a new study that required them to learn complex tasks through social interaction.

An injectable hydrogel can mitigate damage to the right ventricle of the heart with chronic pressure overload, according to a new study.

Invasive plants can stay dormant for decades or even centuries after they have been introduced into an environment before rapidly expanding and wreaking ecological havoc, according to a new study led by the University of California, Davis.