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Expanded utility belt for tackling bat viruses | Science

Thu, 15/05/2025 - 14:01
A diverse organoid panel illuminates bat-virus interactions and the potential of trans-species spillover

Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF

Tue, 13/05/2025 - 22:35
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

AI conjures up potential new antibody drugs in a matter of months

Mon, 12/05/2025 - 18:35
Company finds candidates that bind to tricky proteins that deliver chemical messages in and out of cells

Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate

Mon, 12/05/2025 - 14:01
Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk

Mosquito-borne viral disease sweeping Indian Ocean islands

Fri, 09/05/2025 - 23:50
Safety issues with the only available vaccine complicates response to chikungunya

Institutionalizing politicized science | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
The opening months of the Trump administration represent a historic disruption to America’s scientific agencies. Staff have been fired or reassigned in the name of efficiency, resulting in chaos. Grants have been canceled mid-project for featuring the ...

Mobile integrons encode phage defense systems | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
Integrons are bacterial genetic elements that capture, stockpile, and modulate the expression of genes encoded in integron cassettes. Mobile integrons (MIs) are borne on plasmids, acting as a vehicle for hundreds of antimicrobial resistance genes among ...

Sedentary chromosomal integrons as biobanks of bacterial antiphage defense systems | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
Integrons are genetic systems that drive bacterial adaptation by acquiring, expressing, and shuffling gene cassettes. While mobile integrons are well known for spreading antibiotic resistance genes, the functions of the hundreds of cassettes carried by ...

Reducing emissions and air pollution from informal brick kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
We present results from a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh that introduced operational practices to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions in 276 “zigzag” brick kilns. Of all intervention kilns, 65% adopted the improved practices. ...

Pancreatic cancer–restricted cryptic antigens are targets for T cell recognition | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
Translation of the noncoding genome in cancer can generate cryptic (noncanonical) peptides capable of presentation by human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I); however, the cancer specificity and immunogenicity of noncanonical HLA-I–bound peptides (ncHLAp)...

Nature conservation policies are biased toward forests and neglect grassy ecosystems worldwide | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
Globally, grassy ecosystems (including grasslands, savannas, shrublands, woodlands, and tundra) cover 30 to 40% of the land and provide important benefits such as climate change mitigation and adaptation, livestock production, and cultural services. ...

China’s urbanization at a turning point—challenges and opportunities | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s urbanization ratio (i.e., the share of population living in urban areas) reached 67% in 2024, maintaining a pace of over 1 percentage point increase per year over the past 45 years. Strongly driven ...

In Other Journals | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
Editors’ selections from the current scientific literature

In Science Journals | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
Highlights from the Science family of journals

Young people’s social mobility expectations in an unequal world | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
Adolescents’ expectations of upward mobility are higher where income disparities are more pronounced

Science’s enduring role in climate policy | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
The evolving landscape of climate action underscores the need for a sustained and evidence-based approach to climate policy. In his Editorial “Climate déjà vu” (21 January, 10.1126/science.adw1532), H. H. Thorp rightly criticizes the withdrawal of the US from the Paris Agreement, but it is also crucial to examine the broader implications of policy shifts and regulatory changes affecting climate governance. The US federal government’s recent policy decisions (1) have introduced uncertainty into the future of global climate plans, but resilient clean energy initiatives, scientific integrity, and corporate and philanthropic engagement can help to sustain progress in climate action despite setbacks.

US policies undermine climate change efforts | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
As J. Mervis described in his ScienceInsider “Trump orders cause chaos at science agencies” (5 February, https://scim.ag/TrumpOrdersChaos), the Trump administration’s policies have hobbled federal agencies. Recent US policy changes have also weakened environmental regulations, disrupted international climate agreements, bolstered fossil fuel industries, and slashed clean energy investments (1). The US must reverse course, and in the meantime, the global community must increase climate investment.

WHO and USAID budget cuts hurt the US | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
HomeScienceVol. 388, No. 6747WHO and USAID budget cuts hurt the USBack To Vol. 388, No. 6747 Full accessLetter Share on WHO and USAID budget cuts hurt the USMohammad S. Jalali [email protected]Authors Info & AffiliationsScience8 May 2025Vol 388, Issue 6747p. 596 PREVIOUS ARTICLEForget the future, AI is causing harm nowPreviousNEXT ARTICLEUS policies undermine climate change effortsNext Notificat…

Forget the future, AI is causing harm now | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
Hypothetical threats posed by the technology distract from ongoing damage, argue a pair of authors

Quieting inflammation with a shock to the system | Science

Thu, 08/05/2025 - 14:01
A physician-scientist touts the therapeutic potential of vagus nerve stimulation