[Human Biology] Neuron development in human embryos
Mammalian fertility depends on the secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from a population of specialized neurons residing in the hypothalamus. During embryogenesis, these – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - December 1, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Harrison Tags: Human Biology Source Type: research
[Cell Biology] Getting an UPR hand on recovERy
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an intracellular membranous labyrinth that provides the entry point to the secretory pathway. During proteotoxic stress, the ER expands to cope with – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - December 1, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Stella M. Hurtley Tags: Cell Biology Source Type: research
[Plant Biology] Targeting tip growth
Tip growth, which characterizes cells as diverse as root hairs and brain neurons, depends on secretory vesicles to add new plasma membrane in a defined subdomain. Bloch et al. – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - December 1, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Pamela J. Hines Tags: Plant Biology Source Type: research
[Insect Genomics] Acquiring the genes to digest wood
The larvae of the invasive Asian longhorned beetle burrow into and kill trees. On sequencing the genome, McKenna et al. found that gene transfers from fungi and bacteria, followed – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 30, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Laura M. Zahn Tags: Insect Genomics Source Type: research
[Ice Sheets] Fast action with little effect
Pine Island Glacier (PIG) is responsible for a major part of Antarctica's ice loss, with an ice stream whose rate of flow to the sea accelerated by around 75% between 1974 and 2010. – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Keith T. Smith Tags: Ice Sheets Source Type: research
[Chemistry] A clean combination of CO and amines
It is rare for synthetically useful chemical reactions to proceed as though two parts are simply cut and pasted together. Wang et al. present just such a route to formamides, – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Jake Yeston Tags: Chemistry Source Type: research
[Magnetism] THz-driven magnetism goes nonlinear
Manipulation of magnetism in solids by terahertz (THz) radiation may enable applications in information storage and processing. Experiments so far have explored a regime in which the – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Jelena Stajic Tags: Magnetism Source Type: research
[Plant-Animal Interactions] Ants farming plants
Mutualistic interactions between ants and plants are relatively common, most often occurring in plants that produce specific structures for ant occupation. A relationship that more – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Sacha Vignieri Tags: Plant-Animal Interactions Source Type: research
[Cancer Therapy] A new direction for breast cancer therapy
Triple-negative breast cancer has the worst prognosis of the breast cancer subtypes. Aggressive forms of this cancer show elevated signaling through the transcription factor MYC, but – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Priscilla Kelly Tags: Cancer Therapy Source Type: research
[Cancer Immunotherapy] Cardiac side effect
Antibodies that block CTLA-4 (cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated antigen 4) and PD-1 (programmed death 1) allow T cells to launch antitumor immune responses. Although these checkpoint i – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Lisa D. Chong Tags: Cancer Immunotherapy Source Type: research
[Psychology] Continuing the dialog via experiment
Recent discussions about reproducibility within the psychology community have been heated and, at times, acrimonious. The registered replication report by Wagenmakers et al. – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 23, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Gilbert Chin Tags: Psychology Source Type: research
[Antibiotic Resistance] No silver bullet for wastewater treatment
The spread of antibiotic resistance is a major public health concern. Czekalski et al. investigate whether ozonation of wastewater can help to combat this spread by eliminating – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 17, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Julia Fahrenkamp-Uppenbrink Tags: Antibiotic Resistance Source Type: research
[Catalysis] Longer lifetimes for a metal oxide
Although heterogeneous molybdenum catalysts can convert cyclohexene to its epoxide with high conversion and selectivity, the catalysts deactivate quickly because the Mo species leach – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 17, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Phil Szuromi Tags: Catalysis Source Type: research
[Paleoanthropology] Farmer-foragers went west
Humans began to settle and combine farming with foraging about 12,000 years ago. Over the next 2000 to 3000 years, they moved west from the Fertile Crescent into Anatolia, although – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 17, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Ash Tags: Paleoanthropology Source Type: research
[Tissue Repair] Getting one's joint out of nose
Articular cartilage lubricates joints and is essential for pain-free movement. Unlike other tissues, injured cartilage does not repair on its own. One common treatment involves harvesting – [Read More] (Source: Editors' Choice)
Source: Editors' Choice - November 17, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Paula A. Kiberstis Tags: Tissue Repair Source Type: research
