Sodium batteries are one step closer to saving you from a mobile phone fire
New flexible electrodes help solid-state batteries last longer".
Metallurgy, Chemicals
Top stories: Vaccine durability, the universe’s first molecule, and CRISPR’s powerful cousin
This week’s top Science news".
Imported wolves settle in as Lake Superior island teems with moose
Long-running predator-prey study on Isle Royale has fresh data and new wolves".
Baboons’ gut makeup is determined mostly by soil, not genetics
The microorganisms within the soil colonize the primates’ guts".
Fearing no-deal Brexit, European funder orders U.K. researchers to transfer grants
U.K. COST grant holders face bureaucratic headaches to shift grant administration out of the country by 1 May".
Scientists track Florida’s vanishing barrier reef
Warming is finishing off a decline that began 3000 years ago".
Researchers may have an antidote for the deadliest jellyfish sting on Earth
Study suggests venom from Chironex fleckeri interacts with cholesterol genes".
This shrimplike creature makes aluminum armor to survive the deep sea’s crushing pressure
Aluminum hydroxide gel also protects its exoskeleton from disintegrating".
These origami robots could one day deliver drugs inside your body
Magnet-controlled bots can grasp and fold on command".
Who really touched the ball last? Chances are, you think it was the other player
Warped judgment about the order of events could cause some sports disputes, psychologists claim".
House Democrats move to resurrect Congress’s science advisory office
Spending bill includes $6 million to restore Office of Technology Assessment".
Plan to drill in Alaskan wildlife refuge downplays climate impact, U.S. agency argues
Bureau of Land Management analysis flawed, wildlife officials say".
Thousands of scientists in Argentina strike to protest budget cuts
Young scientists are left with few career options while labs scramble to pay for equipment, reagents, and cleaning".
In lopsided vote, U.S. science academy backs move to eject sexual harassers
Full membership will now vote on historic bylaws change".
Top stories: Warming worsens inequality, a brave new ‘overworld,’ and a foreign ties fiasco
This week’s top Science news".
U.S. universities reassess collaborations with foreign scientists in wake of NIH letters
Dual faculty appointments could receive increased scrutiny".
Analysis: U.S. science adviser has a vision for cutting research red tape, but details are scarce
Kelvin Droegemeier faces long odds in tackling perennial complaint".
Neanderthals may have trapped golden eagles 130,000 years ago
New research suggests they may have passed the lesson on to us".
Medical DNA sequencing leads to lawsuits and legal questions
Effort to reconcile law and genomics moves forward as multiyear project LawSeq nears finish line".
Hitchhiking bacteria might help their host navigate via magnetic fields
Tiny protists spike their membranes with magnetic bacteria".