A novel bacterial protein family that catalyses nitrous oxide reduction Summary This Nature paper reports the discovery of a previously unrecognised family of nitrous oxide reductases (N2ORs), designated clade III…
SLC45A4 is a pain gene encoding a neuronal polyamine transporter Summary This Nature paper identifies SLC45A4 as a neuronal plasma‑membrane polyamine transporter genetically linked to chronic pain in humans. The…
Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees Summary This Nature study shows that honeybee brood relies on a small suite of pollen sterols (chiefly 24-methylenecholesterol, plus β-sitosterol,…
Atomic dynamics of gas-dependent oxide reducibility Overview This Nature paper combines in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM), spectroscopy (NAP-XPS, EELS), in situ XRD/RGA and density functional theory (DFT) modelling to…
A fluorescent-protein spin qubit Summary This paper demonstrates that a common fluorescent protein (enhanced yellow fluorescent protein, EYFP) can act as an optically addressable spin qubit. The authors use the…
Electrochemical loading enhances deuterium fusion rates in a metal target Summary The team built a benchtop particle accelerator called the Thunderbird Reactor to test whether adding deuterium into a metal…
Experimental determination of partial charges with electron diffraction Summary This paper introduces iSFAC modelling, an experimental method that assigns absolute partial charges to every atom in a crystal structure using…
Targeting G1–S-checkpoint-compromised cancers with cyclin A/B RxL inhibitors Summary This Nature paper describes the discovery and preclinical development of orally bioavailable macrocyclic peptides that inhibit RxL-motif docking on cyclins A…
Realization of a doped quantum antiferromagnet in a Rydberg tweezer array Summary This Nature paper reports the experimental realisation of a doped quantum antiferromagnet using individually controlled Rydberg atoms trapped…
Proximity screening greatly enhances electronic quality of graphene Summary This Nature paper demonstrates that placing atomically thin hBN and a graphite proximity gate within ~1 nm of monolayer graphene dramatically…
