3 Smart Things: What You Might Not Know About Attention
1. We gradually become less attentive as we age—and not just because we stop giving a damn. The phenomenon is...
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How the Brain Keeps Its Memories in the Right Order
It began about a decade ago at Syracuse University, with a set of equations scrawled on a blackboard. Marc Howard,...
Parallel adaptation of rabbit populations to myxoma virus
Joel M. Alves Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK.CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos...
Structures of human Nav1.7 channel in complex with auxiliary subunits and animal toxins
Huaizong Shen State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua...
Molecular basis for pore blockade of human Na+ channel Nav1.2 by the {mu}-conotoxin KIIIA
Xiaojing Pan State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, School of Life Sciences and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084,...
Structural basis of {alpha}-scorpion toxin action on Nav channels
Abstract Fast inactivation of voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels is essential for electrical signaling but its mechanism remains poorly understood. Here,...
Structural basis of cooling agent and lipid sensing by the cold-activated TRPM8 channel
Abstract Transient receptor potential melastatin member 8 (TRPM8) is a Ca2+-permeable cation channel that serves as the primary cold and...
AIBP-mediated cholesterol efflux instructs hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell fate
Qilin Gu Center for Cardiovascular Regeneration, Houston Methodist, 6550 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Xiaojie Yang Center for Cardiovascular...
Volumetric additive manufacturing via tomographic reconstruction
Abstract Additive manufacturing promises enormous geometrical freedom and the potential to combine materials for complex functions. The speed, geometry, and...
Tuning superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene
Abstract Materials with flat electronic bands often exhibit exotic quantum phenomena owing to strong correlations. An isolated low-energy flat band...
Measurement and implications of Saturns gravity field and ring mass
Abstract The interior structure of Saturn, the depth of its winds and the mass and age of its rings constrain...
Climate change: How 1.5C degrees of global warming could change the world
Leading climate scientists say in order to stop global warming from exceeding 1.5C and causing a "climate catastrophe" urgent steps...
Single-proton spin detection by diamond magnetometry
Abstract Extending magnetic resonance imaging to the atomic scale has been a long-standing aspiration, driven by the prospect of directly...
Critics Skeptical as Flu Scientists Argue for Controversial H7N9 Studies
No gain? Critics say gain-of-function studies with the H7N9 bird flu virus wouldn't help guide defense measures, such as culling...
Genetic Signatures of Exceptional Longevity in Humans
Abstract Healthy aging is thought to reflect the combined influence of environmental factors (lifestyle choices) and genetic factors. To explore...
