Once a receptor protein receives a signal, it undergoes a conformational change, which in turn launches a series of ...

Genetic resources with combined resistance to drought and blast disease are scarce. Here, the authors identify NLR8- Hap2, a natural allele of the rice NLR gene NLR8 that encodes an LRR-truncated ...

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Intracranial recordings reveal oppositely tuned activity in the medial and lateral regions of the human orbitofrontal cortex during approach–avoidance decisions: the medial orbital sulcus activates ...

The European Union is easing its reliance on US space infrastructure — and is seeking to grow its satellite and launch ...

Physicists and mathematicians are going beyond the classic equations of fluid dynamics to understand turbulence — often with the help of AI.

Metals and alloys are materials that are typically hard, malleable, and have good electrical and thermal conductivity. Alloys are made by melting two or more elements together, at least one of them a ...

Gene-targeting treatments could be used to treat other people with rare forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Akodad et al. map nearly four decades of FDA approvals to identify how authorised medicines acquire new therapeutic uses. The study shows that repurposing follows consistent regulatory and industrial ...

Changes in the brain — most notably the build-up of features called amyloid-β plaques and tau protein tangles — are strongly ...

The nucleus is increasingly recognized as a metabolically active hub. A study shows how the ketolytic enzyme OXCT1 translocates to the nucleus to locally deplete β-hydroxybutyrate, suppressing ...

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