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Developing superior structural materials has been challenging because of the inherent conflict between their strength and toughness. Here, the authors use 3D-printing to produce a high-entropy alloy with a microstructure resembling nano-bridged honeycomb structure with good strength and toughness.
Plant Light Harvesting complexes adjust to light conditions via a quenching mechanism involving carotenoids. The authors use computational simulations to reveal how carotenoids’ quenching capacity is tuned by conformational changes of the complex.
The Gabija system is a newly discovered bacterial immune system. Here, the authors report the EM structure of the Gabija complex at 3.6 Å. Here, the authors show that when invading phages depletes cellular NTP and dNTP, the nuclease activity of Gabija complex is activated and cleaves the circular DNA to prevent phage DNA replication.
Proteins labelled site-specifically with small molecules are valuable assets for chemical biology and drug development. Here, the authors report Baylis Hillman orchestrated protein aminothiol labelling (BHoPAL), a bioconjugation strategy for specific labelling of the 1,2-aminothiol moiety and combine it with a lipoic acid ligase-based technology to achieve labelling at any desired site within proteins.
Controlling and preventing biological invasions requires transnational cooperation. This global study identifies land borders at higher risk of non-native vertebrate invasion and identifies human and environmental factors that predict risk hotspots.
This work reports a simple method to produce 3D printed complex carbon materials with low dimensional shrinkage (<4%) from printed to carbonized state, using commercially available carbon fiber-reinforced polypropylene precursors and a fused filament fabrication-based process.
Intercropping has the potential to improve plant nutrition and crop yield. Here, the authors intercrop peanut and maize and show that Pseudomonas secreted siderophore pyoverdine play an important role in plant iron nutrition.
Conventional desalination processes generate clean water and reject brine to sea, which is harmful to the aquatic life. Here, the authors propose a low- cost scalable and foldable mangrove-mimetic device for solar thermal distillation and passive salt collection without brine discharge.
RNA base-editors are often used in methods for RNA binding protein (RBP) target discovery. Here the authors present a new RBP target discovery method, PRINTER, and suggest optimal RNA base-editors for dual-RBP studies, emphasizing the importance of matching rBEs’ editing biases with RBPs’ binding preferences.
Cyclic AMP modulation of HCN channels underlies beta adrenergic stimulation of heart rate. Here, authors describe an intramolecular mechanism that controls cAMP affinity of the cyclic nucleotide binding domain of these channels.
The role of dorsal hippocampus in driving reinforcement remains to be determined. Here, authors show that dorsal hippocampus-driven reinforcing behaviors are mediated via inputs to dynorphin neurons in the dorsal medial nucleus accumbens.
Inexpensive iron catalysts often exhibit low activity in ammonia decomposition due to a strong iron-nitrogen binding energy. Here the authors demonstrate that combining iron with cobalt to form a Fe-Co bimetallic catalyst overcomes this limitation, presenting a promising solution for enhancing ammonia decomposition efficiency.
The reported assay shows a subcellular-specific RNA labeling method for efficient enrichment and deep profiling of nuclear and cytoplasmic RBPs, the authors apply this to investigate changes of subcellular-specific RBP-RNA interactions in ferroptosis.
The activation of propane at mild conditions is challenging. Now a microfluidic reaction system with a Cu microtube serving as both the catalyst and the microchannel reactor can selectively convert propane to propylene at room temperature and ambient pressure.
Molecular passivation is promising for improving the performance and operation stability of perovskite solar cells. Here, authors employ piperazine dihydriodide to strengthen adhesion to MA-free perovskite via −NH2I and Mulliken charge distribution, realizing charge-regulated molecular passivation.
Succinate dehydrogenase converts malate to enoloxaloacetate, a metabolically inactive and inhibitory side product of the TCA cycle. Here, Zmuda et al. describe a conserved metabolite damage repair enzyme that can remove enol-oxaloacetate and is critical for efficient aerobic respiration.
Achieving genetic circuits on single DNA molecules could have varied applications. Here, authors observed proteins emerging from single DNA molecules through coupled transcription-translation complexes, and show that nascent proteins lingered on DNA, regulating cascaded reactions on the same DNA and allowing the design of a pulsatile genetic circuit.
Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 ferroelectric capacitors undergo a continuous transition from a positive effective to a fully inverted negative piezoelectric coefficient d33 upon electrical cycling. With proper ac training, both the net effective and the local piezoresponses can be nullified while the polarization is kept fully switchable.
A critical challenge of solid-state batteries is Li-filament penetration. Here, by quantifying microstructural properties and employing modeling techniques, the authors provide insight into solid-state battery failure modes and offer design guidelines to enhance safety and performance.
The authors show IRON MAN peptides have an essential role in symbiotic nitrogen fixation during legume-rhizobium symbiosis. The peptides additionally function to regulate nitrogen homeostasis by controlling nitrogen-iron balance.