Indigenous lands protect Brazil’s agribusiness
Since taking office as Brazil’s president in 2019, Jair Bolsonaro has greatly weakened the protection of the Amazon and its…
The deubiquitinase USP8 targets ESCRT-III to promote incomplete cell division
In flies, the choice between complete abscission and incomplete cytokinesis is regulated by the deubiquitinating enzyme USP8. ...
Epistatic drift causes gradual decay of predictability in protein evolution
The effect and fate of most mutations gradually become unpredictable as proteins evolve. ...
Global record of “ghost” nannofossils reveals plankton resilience to high CO2 and warming
Imprint fossils reveal higher plankton abundances during some past warm periods than intact fossils indicate. ...
Recognition of pathogen-derived sphingolipids in Arabidopsis
Extracellular cleavage and cell surface reception turn a plant pathogen’s membrane lipid into an alarm signal to promote plant defense.…
Enhanced charge density wave coherence in a light-quenched, high-temperature superconductor
Ultrafast resonant soft x-ray scattering is used to monitor the dynamics of the charge density wave order in YBa2Cu3O6+x. ...
Multispecies forest plantations outyield monocultures across a broad range of conditions
Mixtures of tree species tend to grow better timber than monocultures, especially when species have complementary traits. ...
Directed evolution of nonheme iron enzymes to access abiological radical-relay C(sp3)−H azidation
Engineered nonheme iron enzymes perform enantioselective radical azidation on aryl N-fluoroamide substrates. ...
Optical interferometry–based array of seafloor environmental sensors using a transoceanic submarine cable
Individual repeaters on undersea cables can be used to better characterize seismic vibrations and ocean currents. ...