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ICYMI – May’s Research News Highlights from NSF

Warming of the oceans due to climate change will mean fewer productive fish species

Study results present a mixed picture of ocean health

Method reduces plastic bottles to basic components suitable for reuse

Metal-organic framework used to degrade plastics

Engineers develop fast and accurate COVID-19 sensor

Technology could lead to more efficient and effective mass testing

More than 1 in 5 reptile species are threatened with extinction

But many likely benefit from efforts to save other animals

Extreme winds, topography and vegetation influenced Oregon’s devastating 2020 megafires

Study examines the factors that contributed to patterns of high-burn severity

Chemists harness the power of the sun to upcycle plastic waste

Light, oxygen and a catalyst convert polystyrene into benzoic acid

Social connections influence brain structures of rhesus macaques

Number of grooming partners predicts the size of certain brain areas

New study exonerates some urban pests as one-of-a-kind disease reservoirs

Researchers studying whether animals living in cities carry different viruses

Engineers use honey to make brain-like computer chips

A more organic memristor that can process and store data is born

Ice shards in Antarctic clouds let more solar energy reach Earth’s surface

Splintering of frozen liquid droplets to form ice shards an important process