Single-particle tracking photoactivated localization microscopy (sptPALM) is a technique to visualize the movement of individual proteins. While some of the shuttle components of the injectisome are bound to the needles …
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Maryland and National Institutes of Health have identified the microbial enzyme responsible for giving urine its yellow hue, according to a …
A landslip of old mining debris hit Tylorstown in south Wales in 2020. It was nearly four years ago but the memory of the landslip that sent 60,000 tons of …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Coast redwoods—enormous, spectacular trees, some reaching nearly 400 feet, the tallest plants on the planet—thrive mostly in a narrow strip of land in the Pacific Northwest …
Dimensions of environmental management create an attractor landscape for long-term human evolution. Environmental sustainability challenges (curved frontiers) require a minimum level of cooperation in a society of a certain minimum …
A protein with unknown binding sites (left), versus a protein showing high-resolution binding site mapping (right). Credit: Scripps Research Identifying new ways to target proteins involved in human diseases is …
The above graphic features: a spatial map of vertical land motion on the East Coast (left panel); primary, secondary, and interstate roads on Hampton Roads, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach, Virginia …
Credit: Environmental Science & Technology (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05547 After the last embers of a campfire dim, the musky smell of smoke remains. Whiffs of that distinct smokey smell may serve …
Suberin is deposited in the tomato exodermis and is regulated by ABA. Credit: Nature Plants (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41477-023-01567-x Plants have to be flexible to survive environmental changes, and the adaptive …
Vocal diversity in fishes and tetrapods. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43794-y For talkative midshipman fish—sometimes called the “California singing fish”—the midbrain plays a robust role in initiating and patterning …