Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 11, March 2025. SignificanceMacrophages are well known to be key players in kidney injury, inflammation, and fibrosis. However, the mechanisms
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 11, March 2025. SignificanceThis study provides a comprehensive meta-analysis, compiling over 7,000 paired observations worldwide, to demonstrate the generality of
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 11, March 2025. SignificanceIt is commonly assumed that the bending stiffness of slender structures can be neglected under large tensile
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 11, March 2025. SignificanceIn hard environmental conditions, vegetation self-organizes forming heterogeneous landscapes that increase ecosystem resilience. So far, this has
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Despite advances in theory and experiments, how biodiversity influences the structure and functioning of natural ecosystems remains debated. By applying new theory to data on 84,695 plant, animal, and protist
Marine mammals rely on maintaining sufficient blood oxygen levels while diving to prevent drowning. Generally, oxygen is cognitively imperceptible to mammals that instead sense rising carbon dioxide as a proxy
Establishment of the apoplastic root barrier known as the Casparian strip occurs early in root development. In legumes, this area overlaps with nitrogen-fixing nodule formation, which raises the possibility that
Julia has two sisters and one brother. How many sisters does her brother Martin have?Solving this tiny puzzle requires a bit of thinking. You might mentally picture the family of
A color image of the newly discovered black hole light echo candidate, which may be one of the biggest ever found. (Image credit: Julian Shapiro, Chilescope T1) ANAHEIM, Calif. —
