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A compost bacterium produced CCPUR1, the strongest enzyme yet found for breaking down polyurethane and nylon plastic.

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Rainwater in the Amazon carried a chemical warning of severe drought weeks before conditions reached their worst point.

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A tongueless, nearly blind frog hunts fish in murky water using star-shaped fingertips as sensitive as a human fingertip.

Microscopic clues in volcanic ash reveal how magma breaks apart, heals, and sticks back together during explosive eruptions.

Wildfire smoke can reduce bird diversity the following year, even in places where nearby land never actually burned.

Scientists found mosquito waste can reveal West Nile virus, unexpected viruses, parasites, and clues about local mosquito ...

New research suggests Venus could once have had a moon, only for the planet’s unusually slow rotation to pull it inward until ...

An AI model trained on 227 tested chemicals ranked 1,163 tap water disinfection byproducts. Several unregulated chemicals scored worse than those limited by the EPA.