Science Breakthroughs That Rocked July 21–22, 2025. News Roundup.
A Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research study estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastic particles are floating in the North Atlantic, solving the ‘missing plastic’ paradox. A July 21, 2025 Nature Reviews Biodiversity Perspective proposes using museum DNA and related species to reintroduce lost genes into endangered animals, exemplified by Mauritius’s pink pigeon, to boost immunity, climate resilience, and fertility. University of Pennsylvania researchers used a Mannich-reaction modification to lipid nanoparticles, creating C-a16 LNPs that in mice produced fivefold stronger COVID-19 vaccine responses and doubled CRISPR liver-disease gene editing efficacy, while reducing inflammatory side effects. The GW231123 black hole merger
