Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Increasing countries’ financial resilience through global catastrophe risk pooling
Extreme weather events impact countries' economies. To increase financial resilience against such events, some countries joined sovereign catastrophe risk pools. The risk diversification of these pools - and their member countries' financial resilience - can significantly increase via global pooling.
Increased impact of heat domes on 2021-like North American heat extremes due to background warming and soil moisture feedback
The heat dome explains over 50% of 2021 Western North American high temperature. The impact of heat domes on the intensities of 2021-like North American heat extremes have and will continue to increase due to both the background warming and soil moisture feedback.
One lesson from COVID-19: Achieving equitable vaccines distribution globally
A more equitable global distribution of vaccines can benefit the world, while a multilateral benefit-sharing instrument needs to be developed to remove some of the disincentives for early equitable vaccine distribution globally.
Measuring the impact of chromatin context on transcription factor binding affinities
We have designed a new method, Binding Affinities to Native Chromatin by sequencing (BANC-seq), to determine transcription factor concentrations needed to bind regulatory elements in the genome. We show that chromatin context and DNA accessibility are key regulators of transcription factor binding.
