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Satellite maps of sinking coastlines face scrutiny
Radar studies produce contradictory results, raising questions about efforts to identify areas vulnerable to rising seas
Fast cell wall softening causes Venus flytrap closure
Plants can move rapidly without muscles, as seen in the Venus flytrap’s snapping lobes—a long-standing puzzle in plant biomechanics. Trap closure involves an elastic instability, but the active mechan...
Laser-boosted microscopy opens view of elusive proteins
Enhanced cryo–electron microscopes reveal new drug targets and sharpen views inside cells
Assessing the net climate benefits of improved grazing intensity in global rangelands
Improved rangeland grazing could mitigate climate change through carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) sequestration in soils and vegetation. However, altering grazing practic...
Protein name confusion led to antibody mix-up
Cancer and cell-aging studies may have relied on antibodies to incorrect molecule
Compound climate events threaten tropical semi-enclosed marine ecosystems
Anthropogenic ocean warming affects ecosystem functioning but is not necessarily the primary climate driver regulating tropical seas. Tropical semi-enclosed marine ecosystems are poorly understood, ge...
Ecological risks of orbital solar reflectors
A global map for introgressed structural variation and selection in humans
Genetic introgression from Neanderthals and Denisovans shaped modern human genomes; however, introgressed structural variants (SVs ≥ 50 base pairs) remain challenging to discover. We integrated high-q...
A 481-meter-high landslide-tsunami in a cruise ship–frequented Alaska fjord
Early in the morning of 10 August 2025, a >64 × 10 6 –cubic meter landslide struck Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska. The landslide was preconditioned by glacial ret...