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Biopolymers Murray Goodman Memorial Prize 2019: Call for Nominations
Nominations open for the Biopolymers Murray Goodman Memorial Prize
Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay
The nonsense‐mediated mRNA decay pathway selects and degrades its targets using a dense network of RNA‐protein and protein–protein interactions.
Crop Tolerance to Herbicides through Artificial Evolution
The domestication of crops is a directed evolutionary process that has lasted for most of human history. It has allocated naturally occurring mutations that encode traits for higher production, better taste, and convenient cultivation. These traits can better manage...
The Mystery of Horse Domestication Deepens
By a process of elimination, ancient DNA sequences are clarifying the history of horse culture.1 Domestic horses were genetically very diverse for the last five millennia. However, in the last thousand years, this pool of diversity is shallower due to breeding for...
Assessing the Fertility of Sperm
Machine-learning applied to IVF.
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Macromolecular Rapid Communications highlights the latest advances on functional polymers.
Novel Biofilm Architectures: Building Bridges
Bacteria are able to build biofilm bridges to connect with adjacent bacterial colonies.
Next Generation Data Storage
Improving the density and longevity of information storage.
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Aged tissues bear the hallmarks of chronic inflammation.
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