Natural hydrogen-producing enzymes are large and extremely sensitive to oxygen. This makes it difficult to use them for the applied production of green hydrogen. Researchers from the Photobiotechnology group at Ruhr University Bochum and partners at the University of Potsdam, Germany, have found a way to bypass this problem: They transferred the iron-containing catalytic center of one such enzyme – [FeFe]-hydrogenase – into a ferredoxin. This small biomolecule acts as an electron carrier in all living organisms. The artificial biohybrid can efficiently produce hydrogen using electrons from light-powered biological systems. The researchers published their findings in the journal Advanced Science on Juni 17, 2025.

New research from the University of Notre Dame found that the strength of early-life father-daughter relationships predicts meaningful differences in the survival of female baboons.

A newly discovered, raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah, United States, reveals a surprising diversity of large lizards at the pinnacle of the age of dinosaurs. Named for the goblin prince from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” the new species Bolg amondol also illuminates the sometimes-murky path that life traveled between ancient continents.

A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota found transmission of viruses between different bee species did not lead to the formation of new virus variants. 

Results of the study, published in Communications Biology, may be a rare bit of good news for bee pollinators, which have been in decline for over 25 years, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.