UAE Adds Newborns To Major Genome Project
UAE Adds Newborns To Major Genome Project Summary Abu Dhabi is expanding a national genomic sequencing programme to include at-birth sequencing for Emirati newborns. A spokesperson for M42, the firm…
Feeding bees with engineered yeast combats colony decline
Feeding bees with engineered yeast combats colony decline Summary Researchers have engineered yeast to produce rare but essential sterol molecules normally found in pollen, creating a nutritionally complete food for…
Anticancer compounds that exploit a compromised checkpoint in the cell cycle
Anticancer compounds that exploit a compromised checkpoint in the cell cycle Summary Many cancer-driving mutations disable the G1–S checkpoint between growth and division, causing unchecked activity of E2F transcription factors.…
Rare skeletal condition caused by enzyme’s failure to rescue a catalytic cycle
Rare skeletal condition caused by enzyme’s failure to rescue a catalytic cycle Summary This News & Views piece by Karen N. Allen summarises new work (Jacobs et al., Nature) that…
Low-energy nuclear fusion boosted by electrochemistry
Low-energy nuclear fusion boosted by electrochemistry Summary Electrochemistry can increase the concentration of light nuclei (deuterium) trapped inside a metal target, and Chen et al. show that combining such electrochemically…
Axonal injury is a targetable driver of glioblastoma progression
Axonal injury is a targetable driver of glioblastoma progression Summary This Nature study shows that axonal injury in white-matter regions is an early, causative driver of glioblastoma (GBM) progression, and…
Could these five future agricultural innovations slow down climate change?
Could these five future agricultural innovations slow down climate change? Summary This Nature piece surveys five emerging agricultural innovations showcased at F&A Next (Wageningen) that could reduce the environmental footprint…
Quantitative imaging of lipid transport in mammalian cells
Quantitative imaging of lipid transport in mammalian cells Summary This Nature paper describes a combined imaging, mass-spectrometry and modelling pipeline to measure species-specific lipid transport and metabolism in mammalian cells…
Discovery of a widespread chemical signalling pathway in the Bacteroidota
Discovery of a widespread chemical signalling pathway in the Bacteroidota Summary The authors report the identification and characterisation of the N-acyl-cyclolysine (ACL) signalling system, a cell-density-dependent chemical communication circuit that…
Flat-panel laser displays through large-scale photonic integrated circuits
Flat-panel laser displays through large-scale photonic integrated circuits Summary This Nature paper from Reality Labs Research describes a new architecture for slim, flat-panel laser displays that uses large-scale visible photonic…