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Racial and economic disparities in coastal access and engagement mediate the ocean’s contribution to human wellbeing
Abstract Understanding what shapes ocean access and its contribution to human wellbeing is critical for equitable and sustainable marine resource management. Using a community-engage...
A ribozyme ligase that requires a 3′ terminal phosphate on its RNA substrate
Abstract Ribozymes likely played essential roles in catalyzing metabolic processes and facilitating genome replication in primordial RNA-based life. In vitro evolution has allowed us...
Magnetometry with a space-based differential atom interferometer
Abstract Atom interferometers deployed in space are excellent tools for high precision measurements, navigation, or Earth observation. In particular, differential interferometric set...
Structural basis of cotranslational protein N-terminal acetylation by NatB in human cells
Abstract Cotranslational N-terminal acetylation is a widespread modification that shapes protein stability, localization, and function in eukaryotic cells. The essential human NatB c...
Gapless fracton quantum spin liquid and emergent photons in a 2D spin-1 model
Abstract Gapless fracton quantum spin liquids are exotic phases of matter described by higher-rank U(1) gauge theories, which host gapped and immobile fracton matter excitations as w...
Glycocholic acid inhibits TRIB3-ID1 axis to acelerate colitis progression via suppressing intestinal stem cell renewal
Comments on misuse of iron-57 transmission Mössbauer spectroscopy for surface characterization in Nature Communications 16, 5989 (2025)
Signatures of nonthermal carriers in nonlinear photoluminescence
Photosystem I-independent oxygenic photosynthesis in cyanobacteria
Abstract Oxygenic photosynthesis generates ATP and NADPH via linear electron flow from water to NADP + , a process though...
c-JUN controls microbial colonization via selective phagocytosis in the sea anemone Nematostella
Abstract Innate immunity is traditionally viewed as a broad defense system with limited specificity. However, increasing evidence suggests that innate immune cel...
Spin-controlled enantioselective near-infrared photocatalysis with chiral MgO/Co3O4 nanoparticles
Dynamic acoustic-to-categorical representations of phonemes and prosody along ventral and dorsal speech streams
Abstract Phonemes and prosodic contours are fundamental elements of speech used to convey complementary meanings. Perceiving these elements requires mapping variable acoustic cues on...
Author Correction: A generalizable approach for programming protease-responsive conformationally inhibited artificial transcriptional factors
Author Correction: Electrostatic potentials of atomic nanostructures at metal surfaces quantified by scanning quantum dot microscopy
Author Correction: Coupled sulfur-silicon isotopes reveal supracrustal origin of Archean continents
Author Correction: Long-duration electricity storage needs for coping with Dunkelflaute events in Europe
Quantifying institutional gender inequality in contemporary visual art
Climatic reach of small-scale turbulence in the ocean interior
Author Correction: Mitochondrial adaptor TRAK2 activates and functionally links opposing kinesin and dynein motors
Self-reconfiguring modular robotic boats
Author Correction: Epitranscriptomic RNA editing resolves Mus81 DNA repair tradeoffs in heat tolerance and meiosis
Author Correction: Photothermal effects control ultrafast charge transport in titanium carbide MXenes
The meaningfulness of searching for minimal exposure duration to understand visual perception
Phylo-Plex: a phylogenetically informed, low-cost amplicon sequencing platform for deployable high-resolution genomic epidemiology
Abstract Genomic pathogen surveillance is a powerful tool for public health and research, but is costly and unachievable in low-resource settings. Most sub-genom...