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Scientists studied the variability of PM2.5 air pollution concentrations in four megacity clusters in China during El Nino–Southern Oscillation weather events from 2014 to 2021.

Scientists have uncovered new molecular influences showing how an unhealthy diet leads to fatal activation of immune cells.

An enzyme from a bacteria that commonly contaminates cell culture has been shown to produce a novel biodegradable polymer that could be used for drug delivery and tissue engineering.

Researchers have developed a simple, biodegradable ground cover — wax-coated sand — which keeps soil wet and increases crop yields.

A new study has revealed that soil tillage is the major culprit for eroding agricultural fields by nearly two millimeters per year.

Rivers next to roads with heavy traffic have been shown to have higher concentrations of chemical pollutants, namely chemicals commonly used in vehicle fluids, tires and paints.

The interplay between the terrestrial carbon cycle and emissions of carbon dioxide from streams and rivers into the atmosphere is at the center of a new study aimed at calculating the amount for the global carbon emissions budget.

Trade-offs between the benefit of colonizing new particles and the risk of being wiped out by predators allow diverse populations of marine microbes to exist together, shows a new study.

A new hypothesis suggests that oxygen finally started accumulating in Earth's atmosphere 2.3 billion years ago thanks to interactions between certain marine microbes and minerals in ocean sediments.

A study examining 30 years of data has indicated that microscopic ocean life that drives the carbon cycle is adapting as the ocean warms due to climate change.