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January 7, 2025  |  VOL.122  |  NO.1

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Opinion

Zoos must embrace animal death for education and conservation

Profile

Profile of Stefan W. Hell

Commentaries

Quantifying the genetic origins of body plan scaling

Deciphering the artificial evolution of domesticated plants within dynamic habitats

Multitude of glasses of water

Electrochemical NAD+ regeneration in bacterial organelles

Development of precision medicine approaches to advance clinical trials for autism and social behavior: A research imperative

Perspective

How and why funders support engaged research

Letters

The unexplored potential of exosomes in the muscle–brain axis

Reply to Caruso Bavisotto et al.: Toward exploring the potential of muscle-secreting exosomes in the muscle–brain axis

Parallel vector memories or single memory updating?

Reply to Zhang et al.: Parallel vector memories are required to explain all behavioral data in navigating bumblebees

Brief Reports

Across the firewall: Foreign media’s role in shaping Chinese social media narratives on the Russo-Ukrainian War

Integration of basal and apical embryo lineage regulators controls F-actin cable integrity and zygote asymmetry in Arabidopsis

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

Confined cell migration along extracellular matrix space in vivo

Nucleation mechanism of multiple-order parameter ferroelectric domain wall motion in hafnia

Geometrically modulated contact forces enable hula hoop levitation

Moiré magnetism and moiré excitons in twisted CrSBr bilayers

Biophysics and Computational Biology

Modular DNA origami–based electrochemical detection of DNA and proteins

A minimal vertex model explains how the amnioserosa avoids fluidization during Drosophila dorsal closure

The carnivorous plant Genlisea harnesses active particle dynamics to prey on microfauna

Chromatin enables precise and scalable gene regulation with factors of limited specificity

Higher-order transient structures and the principle of dynamic connectivity in membrane signaling

Higher-order transient membrane protein structures

Stochastic morphological swings in Hydra regeneration: A manifestation of noisy canalized morphogenesis

PhiSiCal-Checkup: A Bayesian framework to validate amino acid conformations within experimental protein structures

Chemistry

Elucidation of a distinct photoreduction pathway in class II Arabidopsis thaliana photolyase

Unveiling hidden reaction kinetics of carbon dioxide in supercritical aqueous solutions

An exchangeable SIM probe for monitoring organellar dynamics of necrosis cells and intracellular water heterogeneity in kidney repair

Liquid-nano-liquid interface–oriented anisotropic encapsulation

A hybrid meta on-top functional for multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory

Unlocking the catalytic precision of ligand-controlled enzymatic halogenation

Trojan horse peptide conjugates remodel the activity spectrum of clinical antibiotics

Computer Sciences

Image segmentation with traveling waves in an exactly solvable recurrent neural network

A phase transition in diffusion models reveals the hierarchical nature of data

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

The effect of CO2 ramping rate on the transient weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

The 1831 CE mystery eruption identified as Zavaritskii caldera, Simushir Island (Kurils)

The return of stagnant slab recorded by intraplate volcanism

US Corn Belt enhances regional precipitation recycling

Metastable state preceding shear zone instability: Implications for earthquake-accelerated landslides and dynamic triggering

Aerosol light absorption alleviates particulate pollution during wintertime haze events

Persistent humid climate favored the Qin and Western Han Dynasties in China around 2,200 y ago

Engineering

Fast-chargeable lithium-ion batteries by μ-Si anode-tailored full-cell design

Physics

Nocturnal camouflage through background matching against moonlight

Pseudogap in electron-doped cuprates: Strong correlation leading to band splitting

Restart uncertainty relation for monitored quantum dynamics

Time evolution of a pumped molecular magnet—A time-resolved inelastic neutron scattering study

Evidence for a metal–bosonic insulator–superconductor transition in compressed sulfur

Deriving a genetic regulatory network from an optimization principle

Sustainability Science

Integrating climate and physical constraints into assessments of net capture from direct air capture facilities

Moisture-driven carbonation kinetics for ultrafast CO2 mineralization

Social Sciences

Anthropology

Earliest evidence of sedentism in the Antilles: Multiple isotope data from Canímar Abajo, Cuba

Family relations of Moche elite burials on the North Coast of Peru (~500 CE): Analyses of the Señora de Cao and relatives

Demography

The changing relationship between racial identity and skin color in Brazil

Economic Sciences

The unequal adoption of ChatGPT exacerbates existing inequalities among workers

Political Sciences

Income inequality and the erosion of democracy in the twenty-first century

Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

Personality differences between birth order categories and across sibship sizes

The origin of color categories

Social Sciences

The effect of job loss on risky financial decision-making

Comparing cooperative geometric puzzle solving in ants versus humans

Sustainability Science

Energy–poverty–inequality SDGs: A large-scale household analysis and forecasting in China

Biological Sciences

Agricultural Sciences

PsDMAP1/PsTIP60-regulated H4K16ac is required for ROS-dependent virulence adaptation of Phytophthora sojae on host plants

Carbon gain in upper but loss in deeper cropland soils across China over the last four decades

Anthropology

Earliest evidence of sedentism in the Antilles: Multiple isotope data from Canímar Abajo, Cuba

Family relations of Moche elite burials on the North Coast of Peru (~500 CE): Analyses of the Señora de Cao and relatives

Applied Biological Sciences

Modular DNA origami–based electrochemical detection of DNA and proteins

Computational-aided rational mutation design of pertuzumab to overcome active HER2 mutation S310F through antibody–drug conjugates

Deletion of metal transporter Zip14 reduces major histocompatibility complex II expression in murine small intestinal epithelial cells

Biochemistry

Unlocking the catalytic precision of ligand-controlled enzymatic halogenation

Trojan horse peptide conjugates remodel the activity spectrum of clinical antibiotics

Dual-action kinase inhibitors influence p38α MAP kinase dephosphorylation

Molecular basis of hemoglobin binding and heme removal in Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Tungsten is utilized for lactate consumption and SCFA production by a dominant human gut microbe Eubacterium limosum

Binding mode–guided development of high-performance antibodies targeting site-specific posttranslational modifications

Genesis and regulation of C-terminal cyclic imides from protein damage

Tamsulosin ameliorates bone loss by inhibiting the release of Cl− through wedging into an allosteric site of TMEM16A

Structural and functional dynamics of human cone cGMP-phosphodiesterase important for photopic vision

Structures of methane and ammonia monooxygenases in native membranes

TRAMP assembly alters the conformation and RNA binding of Mtr4 and Trf4-Air2

Topological confinement by a membrane anchor suppresses phase separation into protein aggregates: Implications for prion diseases

The CYLD–PARP1 feedback loop regulates DNA damage repair and chemosensitivity in breast cancer cells

Electron transfer in polysaccharide monooxygenase catalysis

Integrin-activating Yersinia protein Invasin sustains long-term expansion of primary epithelial cells as 2D organoid sheets

Biophysics and Computational Biology

Confined cell migration along extracellular matrix space in vivo

Higher-order transient structures and the principle of dynamic connectivity in membrane signaling

Higher-order transient membrane protein structures

Elucidation of a distinct photoreduction pathway in class II Arabidopsis thaliana photolyase

PhiSiCal-Checkup: A Bayesian framework to validate amino acid conformations within experimental protein structures

Structural basis of nearest-neighbor cooperativity in the ring-shaped gene regulatory protein TRAP from protein engineering and cryo-EM

A lever hypothesis for Synaptotagmin-1 action in neurotransmitter release

Predicting gene sequences with AI to study codon usage patterns

Molecular basis of Spns1-mediated lysophospholipid transport from the lysosome

Dynamic binding of the bacterial chaperone Trigger factor to translating ribosomes in Escherichia coli

CryoSeek II: Cryo-EM analysis of glycofibrils from freshwater reveals well-structured glycans coating linear tetrapeptide repeats

Learning the language of antibody hypervariability

Cell Biology

Endonuclease G promotes hepatic mitochondrial respiration by selectively increasing mitochondrial tRNAThr production

Tsg101 mimicry of canonical E2 enzymes underlies its role in ubiquitin signaling

Deciphering the role of the MALT1–RC3H1 axis in regulating GPX4 protein stability

Developmental Biology

A minimal vertex model explains how the amnioserosa avoids fluidization during Drosophila dorsal closure

Deep conservation complemented by novelty and innovation in the insect eye ground plan

Complex tissue regeneration in Lophuromys reveals a phylogenetic signal for enhanced regenerative ability in deomyine rodents

Gonadal sex and temperature independently influence germ cell differentiation and meiotic progression in Trachemys scripta

RAP-2 and CNH-MAP4 Kinase MIG-15 confer resistance in bystander epithelium to cell-fate transformation by excess Ras or Notch activity

A mechanosensitive circuit of FAK, ROCK, and ERK controls biomineral growth and morphology in the sea urchin embryo

Ecology

Nocturnal camouflage through background matching against moonlight

Comparing cooperative geometric puzzle solving in ants versus humans

Metabolic enhancement contributed by horizontal gene transfer is essential for dietary specialization in leaf beetles

Environmental Sciences

Persistent humid climate favored the Qin and Western Han Dynasties in China around 2,200 y ago

Evolution

X*Y females exhibit steeper reproductive senescence in the African pygmy mouse

Evolution takes multiple paths to evolvability when facing environmental change

Divergence time and environmental similarity predict the strength of morphological convergence in stick and leaf insects

Genetics

Oncogenic IDH1mut drives robust loss of histone acetylation and increases chromatin heterogeneity

An animal model recapitulates human hepatic diseases associated with GATA6 mutations

A mutant ASXL1-BAP1-EHMT complex contributes to heterochromatin dysfunction in clonal hematopoiesis and chronic monomyelocytic leukemia

Immunology and Inflammation

Affinity maturation endows potent activity onto class 6 SARS-CoV-2 broadly neutralizing antibodies

Medical Sciences

Efficacy of GABA aminotransferase inactivator OV329 in models of neuropathic and inflammatory pain without tolerance or addiction

Salmonella infection accelerates postnatal maturation of the intestinal epithelium

Hydroxychloroquine prevents resistance and potentiates the antitumor effect of SHP2 inhibition in NF1-associated malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors

Reconciling heterogeneous dengue virus infection risk estimates from different study designs

Mechanism-guided engineering of a minimal biological particle for genome editing

Mitochondrial DNA lineages determine tumor progression through T cell reactive oxygen signaling

Microbiology

Structural insight into sodium ion pathway in the bacterial flagellar stator from marine Vibrio

Palmitoylation-dependent association with Annexin II directs hepatitis E virus ORF3 sorting into vesicles and quasi-enveloped virions

Tetrameric PilZ protein stabilizes stator ring in complex flagellar motor and is required for motility in Campylobacter jejuni

In situ architecture of a nucleoid-associated biomolecular co-condensate that regulates bacterial cell division

Structure-guided design and synthesis of C22- and C32-modified FK520 analogs with enhanced activity against human pathogenic fungi

Neuroscience

Oppositional and competitive instigation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity by the VTA and locus coeruleus

Retinal ganglion cells encode the direction of motion outside their classical receptive field

MYO7A is required for the functional integrity of the mechanoelectrical transduction complex in hair cells of the adult cochlea

VCP controls KCC2 degradation through FAF1 recruitment and accelerates emergence from anesthesia

Aberrant neuronal hyperactivation causes an age-dependent behavioral decline in Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular mechanism governing the plasticity of use-dependent spike broadening in dorsal root ganglion neurons

A detailed spatiotemporal atlas of the white matter tracts for the fetal brain

Individual differences elucidate the perceptual benefits associated with robust temporal fine-structure processing

Population encoding of observed and actual somatosensations in the human posterior parietal cortex

Synapse-specific catecholaminergic modulation of neuronal glutamate release

Physiology

RNAi of the elastomeric protein resilin reduces jump velocity and resilience to damage in locusts

Protein dynamics underlies strong temperature dependence of heat receptors

Comparing integrative ventilatory and renal acid–base acclimatization in lowlanders and Tibetan highlanders during ascent to 4,300 m

Plant Biology

The carnivorous plant Genlisea harnesses active particle dynamics to prey on microfauna

ANAC044 orchestrates mitochondrial stress signaling to trigger iron-induced stem cell death in root meristems

Diverse plant RNAs coat Arabidopsis leaves and are distinct from apoplastic RNAs

Conservation of symbiotic signaling since the most recent common ancestor of land plants

Dissecting the cellular architecture and genetic circuitry of the soybean seed

Population Biology

Climate change could amplify weak synchrony in large marine ecosystems

Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

The origin of color categories

Memory control deficits in the sleep-deprived human brain

Sustainability Science

Collaborative management partnerships strongly decreased deforestation in the most at-risk protected areas in Africa since 2000

Systems Biology

Chromatin enables precise and scalable gene regulation with factors of limited specificity

Human brain dynamics are shaped by rare long-range connections over and above cortical geometry

The proteome is a terminal electron acceptor

Corrections

Correction for Armstrong et al., Genetic differentiation and precolonial Indigenous cultivation of hazelnut (Corylus cornuta, Betulaceae) in western North America

Correction for Yun et al., GPCR targeting of E3 ubiquitin ligase MDM2 by inactive β-arrestin

Correction for Bartesaghi et al., Inhibition of oxidative metabolism leads to p53 genetic inactivation and transformation in neural stem cells

Correction for Zhou et al., A genome-wide microRNA screen identifies the microRNA-183/96/182 cluster as a modulator of circadian rhythms

Correction for Ritz et al., Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear

Correction for Huo et al., Hierarchical behavior control by a single class of interneurons

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