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Can a wealthy family change the course of a deadly brain disease?
Inspired by the loss of their mother, they have poured millions into studying a key protein behind frontotemporal dementia. But all has not gone according to plan
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Poland: No country for PhD researchers | Science
US universities are facing a political backlash (1), which has intensified under the Trump administration (2, 3). In response, the European Union (EU) launched the “Choose Europe for Science” initiative to safeguard academic freedoms and attract scholar talent, particularly from the US (4, 5). However, the initiative overlooks researchers pursuing PhDs. Marginalization of PhD researchers persists in EU countries such as Poland. Hence, the EU must provide stability for its next generation of knowledge producers.
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Structural modeling reveals phage proteins that manipulate bacterial immune signaling | Science
Immune systems in animals, plants, and bacteria often rely on intracellular nucleotide signaling, which viruses can block by sequestering or degrading these signals. We identified structural and biophysical traits shared by diverse viral antidefense ...
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Soaking up destructive signals | Science
A structure-based approach identifies bacteriophage proteins that block bacterial immunity
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Climate change will increase forest disturbances in Europe throughout the 21st century | Science
Wildfires, insect outbreaks, and storms cause large pulses of tree mortality. Climate change amplifies these forest disturbances, yet their future magnitude and extent remain uncertain. Here, we simulated future forest disturbance regimes at 100-meter ...