Tiny gene edit cuts cadmium in rice by 48% without reducing yields

Cadmium (Cd) contamination poses a serious threat to global food safety. As a toxic and carcinogenic heavy metal, cadmium can ...

Roadless rule helps protect clean drinking water for 25 million Americans, new study shows

Approximately 90% of the U.S. population relies on public water systems. A significant portion of the water supplying those ...

Genetic databases as the key to global benefit-sharing

An international research team led by the Science Policy and Internationalization Department at the Leibniz Institute ...

Rare mutations are helping dangerous hospital bacteria slip past the last-line antibiotic defense

Another last-resort antibiotic has fallen victim to the rapid evolution of drug-resistant superbugs. The powerful antibiotic combination ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA), widely used to treat severe ...

Study finds LLMs nudge users toward smart savings and investing habits—but the guidance skews

Would you trust a large language model to help plan your financial future? Many Americans already do. In a 2025 survey, more ...

How NASA's Artemis III lander test will pave way for moon landings

Before Artemis astronauts land on the moon's surface in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth and in orbit to practice rendezvous and docking ...