Organized chaos in the enzyme complex—surprising insights and new perspectives

For protein molecules that contribute to metabolism, interactions with other components of their metabolic pathway can…

Community science birding data does not yet capture global bird trends

Binoculars in hand, birders around the world contribute every day to a massive database of bird…

Emission from the blazar 1ES 1218+304 explored with NASA space telescopes

Using three NASA space observatories, astronomers have conducted a multiwavelength study of emission from a blazar…

Chemists resolve origin of perovskite instability

Researchers in the Cava Group at the Princeton University Department of Chemistry have demystified the reasons…

A quarter of the world's lowland population depends critically on mountain water resources

Global water consumption has increased almost fourfold in the past 100 years, and many regions can…

Scientists reveal mechanism of dioxygen activation

Metalloenzyme can couple dioxygen activation to substrate functionalization, which often exhibits unrivaled efficiency, even at ambient…

Seeking ancestral commonalities with modern human body type, researchers find stockier answer

An ancestor to modern humans had a stockier build than previously thought—one that is quite different…

The impact of climate change on marmot survival differs between seasons

Many animals have evolved life cycles and strategies (patterns of survival and reproduction) in line with…

Liquid crystal integrated metalens for versatile color focus

The development of metasurfaces opened a horizon for the advance of planar optics. Among metadevices, the…

New global study reveals 'time tree' of Earth's flowering plants

New research published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution by scientists from Australia and Mexico reveals…