Special Features

A richer harvest
An emerging market in carbon credits has the potential to help farmers enhance their income and reduce emissions.
Sound science
New genomic and AI technologies have helped end an age-old debate. Plants can detect and emit sound.
Medtech marvels
Contactless remote monitoring, smart ICUs, and AI-enabled diagnoses are helping hospitals overcome shortages of physicians and beds.
The bridge that bacteria build
A study finds that a molecule called PG phospholipid shields bacteria from antibiotics.
Fighting superbugs that resist antibiotics
Start-ups have joined the war against superbugs. Taken together, their work straddles prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.