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Electrons fuelling chorus waves Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-18 Bishwanath Gaire
Whistler-mode chorus waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation whose frequency changes with time, a phenomenon called chirping. It is generally believed that chorus waves are governed by the planetary magnetic dipolar field. Recently Chengming Liu and colleagues reported results from NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission that support the idea of field–particle energy transfer from thermal
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Coeval star formation in ultra diffuse galaxies Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-18 Lindsay Oldham
Ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) have enjoyed a resurgence in the discovery space over the last decade thanks to improved telescope sensitivity, but their formation pathways remain unclear. The spatially resolved spectroscopy that is needed to map their stellar population properties is expensive due to their inherent faintness, with the result that only 2 UDGs have previously been observed in this way
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Vertical structure of an exoplanet’s atmospheric jet stream Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18 Julia V. Seidel, Bibiana Prinoth, Lorenzo Pino, Leonardo A. dos Santos, Hritam Chakraborty, Vivien Parmentier, Elyar Sedaghati, Joost P. Wardenier, Casper Farret Jentink, Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio, Romain Allart, David Ehrenreich, Monika Lendl, Giulia Roccetti, Yuri Damasceno, Vincent Bourrier, Jorge Lillo-Box, H. Jens Hoeijmakers, Enric Pallé, Nuno Santos, Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, Sergio G. Sousa
Ultra-hot Jupiters, an extreme class of planets not found in our solar system, provide a unique window into atmospheric processes. The extreme temperature contrasts between their day- and night-sides pose a fundamental climate puzzle: how is energy distributed? To address this, we must observe the 3D structure of these atmospheres, particularly their vertical circulation patterns, which can serve as
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A sustainable ocean needs thriving ocean societies Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18
Letter to the Editor
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A giant leap for machine translation could be even bigger Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18
Letter to the Editor
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The 1925 debate about adopting the word ‘scientist’ heats up Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Charles Darwin saw the importance of development in evolution Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18
Letter to the Editor
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Don’t overlook the mental-health costs of California’s wildfires Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18
Letter to the Editor
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Could psychedelics be fine-tuned to relieve anxiety but skip the ‘trip’? Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18 Cory A. Knox, Alex C. Kwan
Pinpointing neurons that mediate psychedelics' beneficial effects.
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Pinpointing neurons that hinder cancer treatment Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18 Ihsan Ekin Demir, Elke Demir
Method to identify neurons associated with pancreatic cancer.
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‘Unconventional’ nickel superconductor excites physicists Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18
Compounds called nickelates can conduct electricity without resistance well above absolute zero and at ambient pressure.
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Learn COVID pandemic lessons — before it’s too late Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18
Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, public weariness and irresponsible politics are hampering an effective response to global infectious-disease outbreaks.
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Why is it so hard to rewrite a genome? Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18
Synthetic biologists have the know-how and ambition to retool whole genomes. But the hidden complexity of biological systems continues to surprise them.
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China made waves with Deepseek, but its real ambition is AI-driven industrial innovation Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18
The country is betting on AI to develop practical, cost-effective business tools for global markets, especially lower-income countries.
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Molecular glue unexpectedly mimics the effect of cancer mutations Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18 Jonathan W. Bushman, Patrick Ryan Potts
Protein structures could guide the design of molecular glue degraders.
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Migraine is more than a headache — a radical rethink offers hope to one billion people Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18
Drugs that can prevent or relieve migraine attacks are only effective for some people. Research is starting to untangle the reasons why.
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Ambient-pressure superconductivity onset above 40 K in (La,Pr)3Ni2O7 films Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-17 Guangdi Zhou, Wei Lv, Heng Wang, Zihao Nie, Yaqi Chen, Yueying Li, Haoliang Huang, Weiqiang Chen, Yujie Sun, Qi-Kun Xue, Zhuoyu Chen
The discovery of bilayer nickelate superconductors under high pressure has opened a new chapter in high-transition temperature (high-TC) superconductivity1-8. However, the high-pressure condition and presence of impurity phases have hindered comprehensive investigations into their superconducting properties and potential applications. Here, we report ambient-pressure superconductivity onset above the
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Characterization of single neurons reprogrammed by pancreatic cancer Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-17 Vera Thiel, Simon Renders, Jasper Panten, Nicolas Dross, Katharina Bauer, Daniel Azorin, Vanessa Henriques, Vanessa Vogel, Corinna Klein, Aino-Maija Leppä, Isabel Barriuso Ortega, Jonas Schwickert, Iordanis Ourailidis, Julian Mochayedi, Jan-Philipp Mallm, Carsten Müller-Tidow, Hannah Monyer, John Neoptolemos, Thilo Hackert, Oliver Stegle, Duncan T. Odom, Rienk Offringa, Albrecht Stenzinger, Frank Winkler
The peripheral nervous system (PNS) orchestrates organ function in health and disease. Most cancers including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are infiltrated by PNS neurons, contributing to the complex tumor microenvironment (TME)1,2. However, neuronal cell bodies reside in various PNS ganglia, far from the tumor mass. Thus, cancer or healthy organ-innervating neurons elude current tissue sequencing
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Author Correction: Fetal hepatocytes protect the HSPC genome via fetuin-A Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-18 Xiao-Lin Guo, Yi-Ding Wang, Yan-Jun Liu, Lei Chu, Hua Zhu, Ye Hu, Ren-Yan Wu, Hong-Yu Xie, Juan Yu, Shui-Ping Li, Chao-Yang Xiong, Ruo-Yan Li, Fang Ke, Lei Chen, Guo-Qiang Chen, Liang Chen, Fan Bai, Tariq Enver, Guo-Hong Li, Huai-Fang Li, Deng-Li Hong
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08307-x Published online 4 December 2024
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Author Correction: FANCD2–FANCI surveys DNA and recognizes double- to single-stranded junctions Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-17 Pablo Alcón, Artur P. Kaczmarczyk, Korak Kumar Ray, Themistoklis Liolios, Guillaume Guilbaud, Tamara Sijacki, Yichao Shen, Stephen H. McLaughlin, Julian E. Sale, Puck Knipscheer, David S. Rueda, Lori A. Passmore
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07770-w Published online 31 July 2024
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Daily briefing: The ‘dark side’ of the Asilomar conference Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-17
A new theory on how intelligent life evolved on Earth. Plus, the ‘dark side’ of the Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA.
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Woman in cancer remission for record 19 years after CAR-T immune treatment Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-17
CAR-T-cell therapy treated a girl with a rare childhood cancer, raising hopes for future recipients of the approach.
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‘Talking won’t save the planet’: uniting efforts to save Panama’s parks Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-17
Juan Carlos Navarro shares his hopes and frustrations as he works to protect his country’s biodiversity and fight climate change.
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Here’s how to bag a hefty research prize to turbocharge innovation Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-17
‘Challenge’ prizes are growing in popularity, but stimulating creativity takes more than financial incentives.
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Researchers overlooked airborne diseases for centuries — then COVID-19 changed everything Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-17
A fascinating exploration of microbes that can travel through the air reveals how the pandemic marked a turning point for a crucial research field.
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Money and murder: the dark side of the Asilomar meeting on recombinant DNA Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-17
The famed 1975 conference about a controversial genetic technology is feted as an example of how scientific self-regulation works. But more significant is what wasn’t discussed.
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What are the best AI tools for research? Nature’s guide Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-17
There are many large language models to choose from; some excel at coding, whereas others are better for synthesizing information.
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Daily briefing: Scientists use AI to design life-like enzymes from scratch Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
What Robert F. Kennedy Jr might do with his newfound influence over US science. Plus, life-like enzymes designed from scratch can accelerate a four-step reaction.
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NASA embraced diversity. Trump’s DEI purge is hitting space scientists hard Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
Some researchers at NASA and outside it feel betrayed by the changes at the agency, which was known for promoting inclusion in science.
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‘Targeted and belittled’: scientists at US environmental agency speak out as layoffs begin Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
President Donald Trump and his team view the Environmental Protection Agency as a threat to US prosperity. Workers have been waiting for the axe to fall.
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Daily briefing: Why US scientists aren’t retiring Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12
Centuries of isolation shaped Greenlanders’ unique genetics. Plus, why so many US scientists don’t want to retire.
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Lithium in white dwarfs from the Big Bang Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-14 Bokyoung Kim
Some white dwarfs (WDs) show unique metallic features in their spectra, which are considered to originate from recently accreted planetesimals. Among these ‘metal-polluted’ WDs, only a few have lithium (Li) in their photosphere. Benjamin Kaiser and colleagues investigated five known Li-enhanced WDs and evaluated the physical parameters of the sample under different hypotheses for the Li enhancement
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Enigmatic ice leaves cold trail Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-14 Paul Woods
Solidified molecular material, called ices, can often be found in the cold, dense regions of space, such as molecular clouds or the environs around protostars. In 2007, the AKARI satellite serendipitously detected two icy objects during an infrared spectral Galactic plane survey. Takashi Shimonishi and colleagues have now performed follow-up observations with ALMA, discovering that the two regions
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‘Researching climate change feels like standing in the path of an approaching train’ Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
Studying the impacts of extreme weather events can exact a heavy mental toll. Finding your ‘happy place’ is an important coping strategy.
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Why I retracted part of my PhD dissertation Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
Psychologist Laura Steenbergen took the step after raising research-integrity concerns about a former mentor.
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Bats on film: scientific storytelling from a recovering academic Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
Scientific exchange is more than just research papers. Get your camera out to capture the beauty and intensity of your work, says Mariëtte van der Walt.
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Bullseye! Galaxy hosts a record-breaking nine starry rings Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Astronomers trace the striking pattern to an encounter between a big galaxy and a much smaller one some 50 million years ago.
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From farm to pharmacy: gene-edited plants produce a popular supplement Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Widely grown crops can be bioengineered to make a form of coenzyme Q taken by people seeking a health boost.
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Daily briefing: A simple blood test could diagnose pancreatic cancer early Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
A new blood test could diagnose pancreatic cancer before it spreads. Plus, physicists have detected the highest-energy neutrino ever.
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Scientists use AI to design life-like enzymes from scratch Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Combined approach takes AI-engineered enzymes one step closer to practical applications.
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Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.
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Vaccine sceptic RFK Jr is now a powerful force in US science: what will he do? Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Kennedy has expressed support for some fields, but has also declared he’d like a ‘break’ in infectious-disease research.
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Quantum-computing technology that makes qubits from atoms wins mega investment Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Firms using ‘neutral atoms’ to create qubits are reentering the race to build useful quantum machines.
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Author Correction: India–Eurasia convergence speed-up by passive-margin sediment subduction Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13 Hao Zhou, Jiashun Hu, Luca Dal Zilio, Ming Tang, Keqing Li, Xiumian Hu
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08069-6 Published online 6 November 2024
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Publisher Correction: Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer in the tumour microenvironment Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13 Hideki Ikeda, Katsushige Kawase, Tatsuya Nishi, Tomofumi Watanabe, Keizo Takenaga, Takashi Inozume, Takamasa Ishino, Sho Aki, Jason Lin, Shusuke Kawashima, Joji Nagasaki, Youki Ueda, Shinichiro Suzuki, Hideki Makinoshima, Makiko Itami, Yuki Nakamura, Yasutoshi Tatsumi, Yusuke Suenaga, Takao Morinaga, Akiko Honobe-Tabuchi, Takehiro Ohnuma, Tatsuyoshi Kawamura, Yoshiyasu Umeda, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yukiko
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08439-0 Published online 22 January 2025
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Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.
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Are PhDs losing their lustre? Why fewer students are enrolling in doctoral degrees Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
High living costs paired with stagnant stipends are being blamed for a drop in PhD enrolments in several countries.
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The researchers on a quest to protect the gut from antibiotics Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
The crucial drugs can have unintended consequences. Innovative therapies could shield the microbiome from their effects.
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σ-Bond insertion reactions of two strained diradicaloids Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Arismel Tena Meza, Christina A. Rivera, Huiling Shao, Andrew V. Kelleghan, K. N. Houk, Neil K. Garg
The development of new synthetic methodologies are instrumental for enabling the discovery of new medicines. Those methods that provide efficient access to structural alternatives for aromatic compounds (i.e., saturated arene bioisosteres), have become highly coveted.1,2,3,4 The incorporation of such bioisosteres typically leads to favorable drug-like properties and represents an emerging field of
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Observation of Plastic Ice VII by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Maria Rescigno, Alberto Toffano, Umbertoluca Ranieri, Leon Andriambariarijaona, Richard Gaal, Stefan Klotz, Michael Marek Koza, Jacques Ollivier, Fausto Martelli, John Russo, Francesco Sciortino, Jose Teixeira, Livia Eleonora Bove
Water is the third most abundant molecule in the universe and a key component in the interiors of icy moons, giant planets, and Uranus- and Neptune-like exoplanets1–3. Owing to its distinct molecular structure and flexible hydrogen bonds that readily adapt to a wide range of pressures and temperatures, water forms numerous crystalline and amorphous phases4–6. Most relevant for the high pressures and
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Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12
The deadly cancer is often not found until it has spread to other parts of the body.
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Gourmet cockatoos like to fancy up their food Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12
Make mine blueberry: Goffin’s cockatoos add flair to plain vegetables with a dip into fruity soy yogurt.
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Observation of an ultra-high-energy cosmic neutrino with KM3NeT Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12
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Learning produces an orthogonalized state machine in the hippocampus Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Weinan Sun, Johan Winnubst, Maanasa Natrajan, Chongxi Lai, Koichiro Kajikawa, Arco Bast, Michalis Michaelos, Rachel Gattoni, Carsen Stringer, Daniel Flickinger, James E. Fitzgerald, Nelson Spruston
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Transcriptional adaptation upregulates utrophin in Duchenne muscular dystrophy Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Lara Falcucci, Christopher M. Dooley, Douglas Adamoski, Thomas Juan, Justin Martinez, Angelina M. Georgieva, Kamel Mamchaoui, Cansu Cirzi, Didier Y. R. Stainier
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Transcriptomic neuron types vary topographically in function and morphology Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Inbal Shainer, Johannes M. Kappel, Eva Laurell, Joseph C. Donovan, Martin W. Schneider, Enrico Kuehn, Irene Arnold-Ammer, Manuel Stemmer, Johannes Larsch, Herwig Baier
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Topological segregation of stress sensors along the gut crypt–villus axis Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Kouki K. Touhara, Nathan D. Rossen, Fei Deng, Joel Castro, Andrea M. Harrington, Tifany Chu, Sonia Garcia-Caraballo, Mariana Brizuela, Tracey O’Donnell, Jinhao Xu, Onur Cil, Stuart M. Brierley, Yulong Li, David Julius
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A metagenomic ‘dark matter’ enzyme catalyses oxidative cellulose conversion Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Clelton A. Santos, Mariana A. B. Morais, Fernanda Mandelli, Evandro A. Lima, Renan Y. Miyamoto, Paula M. R. Higasi, Evandro A. Araujo, Douglas A. A. Paixão, Joaquim M. Junior, Maria L. Motta, Rodrigo S. A. Streit, Luana G. Morão, Claudio B. C. Silva, Lucia D. Wolf, Cesar R. F. Terrasan, Nathalia R. Bulka, Jose A. Diogo, Felipe J. Fuzita, Felippe M. Colombari, Camila R. Santos, Priscila T. Rodrigues
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UM171 glues asymmetric CRL3–HDAC1/2 assembly to degrade CoREST corepressors Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Megan J. R. Yeo, Olivia Zhang, Xiaowen Xie, Eunju Nam, N. Connor Payne, Pallavi M. Gosavi, Hui Si Kwok, Irtiza Iram, Ceejay Lee, Jiaming Li, Nicholas J. Chen, Khanh Nguyen, Hanjie Jiang, Zhipeng A. Wang, Kwangwoon Lee, Haibin Mao, Stefan A. Harry, Idris A. Barakat, Mariko Takahashi, Amanda L. Waterbury, Marco Barone, Andrea Mattevi, Steven A. Carr, Namrata D. Udeshi, Liron Bar-Peled, Philip A. Cole
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Global engineering effects of soil invertebrates on ecosystem functions Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Donghao Wu, Enzai Du, Nico Eisenhauer, Jérome Mathieu, Chengjin Chu