Category: 5. Biology

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  • A lipid “glue” for STING oligomers

    A lipid “glue” for STING oligomers

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  • Integrated transcriptomic and targeted triterpenoid profiling reveals key enzymes in triterpenoid biosynthesis of Oplopanax elatus

  • Ma, A. et al. Functional diversity of oxidosqualene cyclases in genus *Oryza*. New Phytol. 244, 2430–2441 (2024).

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  • An ATM–AMPK–Wip1 feedback loop governing DNA-damage signaling and tumor stress responses

    An ATM–AMPK–Wip1 feedback loop governing DNA-damage signaling and tumor stress responses

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  • Why sugar breakdown matters beyond energy—new insights into how it makes cells move

    Why sugar breakdown matters beyond energy—new insights into how it makes cells move

    It has long been known that our bodies derive energy from sugar. Researchers at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau have now discovered that sugar breakdown produces an intermediate product that is also crucial for the motility of human cells….

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  • Study identifies causes of potato dry rot in Colorado

    Study identifies causes of potato dry rot in Colorado

    Potato dry rot leads to significant losses during storage and postharvest handling, making management of this disease critically important for potato farmers. Colorado State University researchers in the San Luis Valley—one of the top regions…

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  • High-resolution electron microscopy sheds light on the cellular responses to stress

    High-resolution electron microscopy sheds light on the cellular responses to stress

    An international team led by researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Germany, has used advanced electron microscopy technologies to capture key cellular mechanisms of stress resistance with near-atomic precision. They…

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  • Amazonian chocolate: Combining cocoa clones with different post-harvest processes balances flavor and nutritional value

    Amazonian chocolate: Combining cocoa clones with different post-harvest processes balances flavor and nutritional value

    Chocolate produced in the Amazon is internationally recognized for its unique flavor. A study by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has shown that it could be even more valuable. The analysis indicates that postharvest…

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  • Bull sharks form social relationships with specific 'friends,' research reveals

    Bull sharks form social relationships with specific 'friends,' research reveals

    Sharks are often viewed as solitary, but a new study—carried out on the Shark Reef Marine Reserve in Fiji—has found that rather than mixing at random, bull sharks have “active social preferences” and choose their social partners. The research…

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  • Bull Sharks Make Friends, Too

    Bull Sharks Make Friends, Too

    When we think about the dynamics of friendship, mean-girl cliques or frat bros typically come to mind. But a study published today in Animal Behaviour by researchers from the United Kingdom, Fiji, and Switzerland reported similar friendship…

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