Endless cleanup
Summary Cleaning up after the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been going on for…
Sky-high to the sea floor
The ICESat-2 satellite, launched in 2018, was developed primarily to measure the surface elevation of polar ice sheets, but it…
A structure of human Scap bound to Insig-2 suggests how their interaction is regulated by sterols
INTRODUCTION Cholesterol homeostasis is controlled by the sterol regulatory element–binding protein (SREBP) pathway. SREBPs (SREBP-1a, -1c, and -2) are transcription…
Science at Sundance 2021
ILLUSTRATION: BENEDETTO CRISTOFANI/SALZMANART Like most events that have taken place since March of last year, the Sundance Film Festival—normally hosted…
Closing the enrollment income gap
Informing high-achieving, low-income students about the financial aid they would qualify for if accepted to a selective college before they…
Response to Comment on “Increased growing-season productivity drives earlier autumn leaf senescence in temperate trees”
Abstract Our study showed that increases in seasonal productivity drive earlier autumn senescence of temperate trees. Norby argues that this…
Deforestation, forestation, and water supply
Large-scale deforestation and plantation threaten the water supply for local and regional communities in Indonesia by altering streamflow conditions. PHOTO:…
Multidecadal climate oscillations during the past millennium driven by volcanic forcing
A volcanic source of variation The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), a 50- to 70-year quasiperiodic variation of climate centered in…
Parallel molecular mechanisms for enzyme temperature adaptation
Some like it hot, others not Enzymes strike a delicate balance between features that enhance chemical reactivity and those that…