Fundamental research, from the inner workings of cells to the physics of food, builds towards major leaps forward in agriculture, medicine and technology. Visit the stacks with this sample of recent findings translated into succinct science.
Borrowed Bacterial Enzyme Boosts Plant’s Productivity
A faster RuBisCO with potential to increase photosynthesis in crops
By Maureen Hanson
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Antibiotic Resistance in Two Easy Steps
Mutations in the primary sigma factor σA and termination factor Rho that reduce susceptibility to cell wall antibiotics
By John Helmann
Microbiology
Blight Creates Zombie Tomato Cells, Feasts
Transcriptional dynamics of Phytophthora infestans during sequential stages of hemibiotrophic infection of tomato
By Jocelyn Rose
Plant Biology
Sap-feeding Whitefly Pilfers Bacterial Genes
Metabolic coevolution in the bacterial symbiosis of whiteflies and related plant sap-feeding insects
By Angela Douglas
Entomology
Inflammation Risk Persists After Smoking Cessation
Persistence of smoking-induced dysregulation of miRNA expression in the small airway epithelium despite smoking cessation
By Jason Mezey
Biological Statistics and Computational Biology
