A long-beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough and last seen by scientists in 1961 has been photographed for the first time in an Indonesian tropical forest. An international team of researchers worked with local communities to deploy over 80 camera traps to film the elusive animal.

When scientists examined pellets from recycled plastic collected in 13 countries they found hundreds of toxic chemicals, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals. Because of this, the scientists judge recycled plastics unfit for most purposes and a hinder in the attempts to create a circular economy.

A group of 35 scientists warns against industry influence in global plastic treaty talks, citing past manipulations by Big Tobacco and Big Oil. They emphasize the need for strict guidelines to prevent similar interference in the UN’s upcoming Science Policy Panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution.

In the UK, 20,000 adults will be screened for type 1 diabetes. This study is claimed to be the world’s first study to identify adults at high risk of developing the disease. Recruitment for this study is currently ongoing.

Researchers have introduced new soft, miniaturized wearable devices that can be used to capture body sounds. This innovation will help healthcare professionals to continuously monitor the health of their patients.

Nature photographers posting to social media are helping improve biodiversity conservation mapping in South Asia, and the method could go global.

Using historical records from around Australia, an international team of researchers have put forward the most accurate prediction to date of past Antarctic ice sheet melt, providing a more realistic forecast of future sea level rise.

Researchers at the University of Graz and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (Hips) have succeeded in developing a strategy for synthesising active pharmaceutical compounds from wood waste. The advantage: they do not require any harmful starting materials or by-products.

New research in Science Advances shows that plants could absorb more CO2 than previously thought. However, scientists, including Dr. Jürgen Knauer from Western Sydney University, caution this shouldn’t mean a relaxation in reducing carbon emissions.

Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology have discovered a new method for capturing many proteins in nano-sized traps. With this method, proteins can be studied in a way that has not been possible before.