As a phrase and as a promise, net zero has been a great success. Hundreds of countries have pledged to reduce their net ...

In 1875, Thaddeus M. Stevens devised and described one of the first pieces of automated lab equipment—a sealed vessel with a controlled drip rate to wash filter papers ( 1 ). He’d likely be surprised ...

The brain’s computing principles (neurons connected by synapses) and information carriers (ions in water) both differ fundamentally from those of conventional computers. Building on this distinction, ...

Homologous recombination is a fundamental mechanism driving the evolution of bacteria. Recombination rates have been found to vary tremendously across species but quantifying the rates of ...

Edited by Ivet Bahar, Stony Brook University, The State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY; received November 8, 2023; accepted March 11, 2024 ...

Recognizing that emerging leaders possess energy, insights, and communication skills needed to advance the dialog on our most pressing challenges, the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, ...

Leaves of R. excelsa in a fully hydrated state have a flat, expanded shape. Mechanisms of leaf folding in response to dehydration In response to dehydration, the leaves of the bamboo palm (Rhapis ...

UFMylation, the latest addition to the ubiquitin-like posttranslational modifications, plays an important role in a variety of cellular activities. However, its potential role in DNA replication and ...

Edited by Andrew Marks, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY; received January 19, 2024; accepted March 21, 2024 ...

Journal Club posts are short news stories featuring a recent important, timely journal article selected by one of our Journal Club panelists, who are post-doctoral associates and graduate students in ...

This is an addendum toComplex viscosity of helical and doubly helical polymeric liquids from general rigid bead-rod theory ...

The growing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into society raises a critical question: How can principles be fairly selected to govern these systems? Across five studies, with a total of ...