Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Regulatory Transposable Elements in ENCODE
Transposable elements are the unwanted pests in our genome that keep producing more of themselves over evolutionary history. While we may not always appreciate their presence, it turns out that parts of the regulatory genome come from the transposable elements that we have picked up along the way.
Membrane topography variations cause apparent protein clustering
Apparent clustering of membrane proteins occurs upon failing to account for membrane topography variations. This we demonstrate and present a remedy for. Our data suggest that the high incidence of clustering reported misrepresents biology of consequence for our conceptional understanding.
A ten-year journey to find enhanced woody biomass production in a mature temperate forest under elevated CO2
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“Enhanced woody biomass production in a mature temperate forest under elevated CO2”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02090-3 .
A singular plasmonic-thermoelectric hollow nanostructure inducing apoptosis and cuproptosis for catalytic cancer therapy
A high-performance plasmonic-thermoelectric catalytic therapy utilizing copper vacancy-enriched Cu2−xSe hollow nanospheres. The accumulations of reactive oxygen species, heat and copper ions within cancer cells trigger cuproptosis and apoptosis, creating a synergistic therapeutic effect.
Aggregation-induced electrosynthesis
Aggregation-Induced C-C Bond Formation on an Electrode Driven by the Surface Tension of Water