Top science news headlines for the week 04

Monday, Jan 22
Biotechnology
6019

Scientists spin naturalistic silk from artificial spider gland

General Physics
1609

Unlocking the secrets of the universe through neutrinoless double beta decay

Condensed Matter
1552

Manipulated hafnia paves the way for next-generation memory devices

Astronomy
880

Astronomers investigate the properties of a peculiar cataclysmic variable

Agriculture
828

Food from urban agriculture has carbon footprint six times larger than conventional produce, study shows

Condensed Matter
394

New research sheds light on a phenomenon known as 'false vacuum decay'

Archaeology
388

A peek into the cooking pot: Burnt food remains document 5,000-year-old food preparation

Tuesday, Jan 23
Plasma Physics
4824

Liquid lithium on the walls of a fusion device helps the plasma within maintain a hot edge

Bio & Medicine
1104

Cells' electric fields keep nanoparticles at bay, scientists confirm

Astronomy
686

Astronomers inspect evolution of a nearby Type Ia supernova

Analytical Chemistry
389

As easy as counting to ten: A new rule for catalysts' design

General Physics
249

Gravity helps show strong force strength in the proton

Bio & Medicine
188

Bioengineers on the brink of breaching blood-brain barrier

Astronomy
188

Motion of satellite galaxies suggests younger universe

Wednesday, Jan 24
Planetary Sciences
5219

Methane pulses on Mars possibly driven by atmospheric pressure changes

Archaeology
3250

New research challenges hunter-gatherer narrative

Cell & Microbiology
942

Researchers engineer bacteria that eat plastic, make multipurpose spider silk

Condensed Matter
619

Shining a light on the hidden properties of quantum materials

Archaeology
524

Spicy wine: New study reveals ancient Romans may have had peculiar tastes

Cell & Microbiology
500

North China fossils show that eukaryotes first acquired multicellularity 1.63 billion years ago

Archaeology
335

Bronze jewelry sheds light on prehistoric ritual

Thursday, Jan 25
General Physics
3069

Rare decay of the Higgs boson may point to physics beyond the Standard Model

Space Exploration
2590

Gravitational wave, Venus missions get European green light

Molecular & Computational biology
2563

The underground network: Decoding the dynamics of plant-fungal symbiosis

Cell & Microbiology
978

Study shows cells respond quickly to small light-induced micro-environment movements

Planetary Sciences
840

Scientists discover the moon is shrinking, causing landslides and instability in lunar south pole

Environment
423

Trump administration rule dramatically deregulates wetlands, streams and drinking water, machine learning study finds

Space Exploration
407

Japan's precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down

Friday, Jan 26
Biotechnology
1410

Cultivated meat production costs could fall significantly: Bovine muscle engineered to produce their own growth signals

Ecology
348

Seaweed 'could survive nuclear war, avert famine,' says new study

Astronomy
299

Stars travel more slowly at Milky Way's edge: Galaxy's core may contain less dark matter than previously estimated

Evolution
229

The first flowers evolved before bees—so how did they become so dazzling?

Earth Sciences
212

How waves and mixing drive coastal upwelling systems

Archaeology
188

Dogs in the middle ages: What medieval writing tells us about our ancestors' pets

Earth Sciences
167

Study shows much more pollution leaking into atmosphere from oil sands operations than thought

Saturday, Jan 27
General Physics
252

Dipole-dipole interactions: Observing a new clock systematic shift

Astronomy
87

NASA collaborating on European-led gravitational wave observatory in space

Astronomy
70

New data, same appearance for M87*

Earth Sciences
36

Humans are depleting groundwater worldwide, but there are ways to replenish it

Planetary Sciences
35

Study predicts best times for Curiosity to sample Mars' methane

Environment
30

Over 17,000 hectares destroyed in Colombia forest fires

Plants & Animals
23

Small 'fortress' parks aren't the answer for Africa's savannah elephants. They need room to roam

Sunday, Jan 28
Astronomy
175

'Old smokers': Strange new type of star discovered in Milky Way

Other
137

Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery and plagiarism in published research

Environment
110

Climate change behind extreme Amazon drought: study

Space Exploration
79

NASA helicopter's mission ends after three years on Mars

Plants & Animals
56

A rhino got pregnant from embryo transfer, in a success that may help nearly extinct subspecies

Environment
29

Firefighters battle 'out of control' blaze in Argentina park

Plants & Animals
25

Animals see the world in different colors than humans: New camera reveals what this looks like