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. Source link
Electric buzz in a glass of pure water
Hydrogen bond charge transfer in water may have far-reaching chemical implications Source link
T cell immune responses deciphered
A machine-learning approach reveals antigen encoding that predicts T cell responses Source link
Mitochondrial complex complexification
Variation in complex composition provides clues about the function of individual subunits Source link
A horribly embarrassing interview landed me a Ph.D. position—and taught me a valuable lesson | Science
I was interviewing for the Ph.D. program of my dreams when my potential adviser invited me to look at a sample under the microscope. I meant to grab the eyepiece, but my maneuver went spectacularly wrong when my finger got caught between the two middle buttons of his shirt. My hasty attempt to remove it…
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 Indigenous peoples (1). Bolsonaro’s hate speech against Indigenous peoples and policies dismantling the protection of Indigenous lands have led to an increase in invasions and attacks on Indigenous, public, and conservation lands (2), which his…
Irrawaddy dolphins continue to decline
The Indo-West Pacific Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) inhabits coastal areas and rivers in South and Southeast Asia. The global population, listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, has declined by 50% over the past two decades (1) and recently became locally extinct in Vietnam’s Sekong, Sesan, and Srepok Rivers (1)….
News at a glance: A COVID-19 drug nixed, a Chinese database investigated, and a new energy research leader confirmed | Science
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Oligodendrocyte precursors guide interneuron migration by unidirectional contact repulsion
During mouse development, migrating cortical interneurons get steered away from blood vessels. Source link
All topological bands of all nonmagnetic stoichiometric materials
A large majority of materials in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database have at least one topological band. Source link