Human society is coordinated by mechanisms that control how prices are agreed, taxes are set, and electoral votes are tallied. The design of robust and effective mechanisms for human benefit is a core ...

Meiotic recombination is an evolutionary-conserved process that shapes genetic variation in most eukaryotes. DNA is packaged into nucleosomes, and high levels of nucleosome occupancy suppress ...

We investigate mechanisms for the observed nonlinear growth in the number of polymer vesicles generated during a photo-Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer-based polymerization-induced ...

Plants adapt root and shoot development to environmental cues through systemic signaling pathways. In white lupin (Lupinus albus), we identified mutants with excessive cluster roots that also ...

As AI tools become increasingly prevalent in workplaces, understanding the social dynamics of AI adoption is crucial. Through four experiments with over 4,400 participants, we reveal a social penalty ...

Final body size at developmental maturity often correlates with maximum lifespan (10 – 13). For instance, smaller individuals within a species often live longer than larger ones (11). In contrast, the ...

This study offers insights into early human–pig interactions during the initial stages of pig domestication in the Lower Yangtze region of South China. By integrating microfossil analysis of dental ...

Biomass burning can affect climate via the emission of aerosols and their subsequent impact on radiation, cloud microphysics, and surface and atmospheric albedo. Biomass burning emissions (BBEs) over ...

The formation of mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) is a key phenomenon that may explain the slow turnover rates of carbon in soil organic matter (SOM). Despite this, important details ...

Fifty years ago, bacteria were identified as remarkable ice nucleators that enable water freezing close to 0 °C. Their record-holding activity is key for frost damage to crops and snow making. While ...

Sleep need accumulates during waking and dissipates during sleep to maintain sleep homeostasis (process S). Besides the regulation of daily (baseline) sleep amount, homeostatic sleep regulation ...

The Earth’s rotation has been decelerating throughout its history due to tidal dissipation, but the variation of the rate of this deceleration through time has not been established. We present a ...