Soil carbon changes in transition areas suggest Amazon conservation outlook 1,600-year baseline: How human impacts and climate affect the Amazon-Cerrado transition More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301664&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item.

Extreme rainfall projected to become more severe, frequent with warming Climate change would expose millions to severe flooding in continental US More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301666&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item.

Wound-healing biomaterials activate immune system for stronger skin New hydrogel leads to improved tissue repair More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301662&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item.

Birth of magnetar from colossal collision potentially spotted for first time Neutron star merger results in magnetar with brightest kilonova ever observed More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301661&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item.

Blue whirl flame structure revealed with supercomputers Revelation may lead to cleaner-burning fuels More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301658&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item.

Scientists have discovered an ancient lakebed deep beneath the Greenland ice Inaccessible for now, unique site may hold secrets of the past More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301660&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item.

Researchers engineer tiny, shape-changing machines that deliver medicine to the GI tract 'Theragrippers’ are inspired by a parasitic worm that clamps onto its host's intestines More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301630&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item.

Heavy rainfall drives one-third of nitrogen runoff, according to new study Research looked at nitrogen runoff from farmland in the Mississippi River basin More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301631&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item.

New smartwatch app alerts deaf and hard-of-hearing users to common home-related sounds Prototype used machine learning to classify sounds in real time More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301616&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item.

Silk Road contains genomic resources for improving apples The apple's domestication history has led to untapped sources of genes More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301618&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item.