As AI tools become increasingly prevalent in workplaces, understanding the social dynamics of AI adoption is crucial. Through four experiments with over 4,400 participants, we reveal a social penalty ...

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Many cities seek to alleviate extreme heat via planting trees. However, the cooling achieved by such programs is debated because previous analyses address scales much smaller than the whole-city scale ...

We thank Jun Chen for providing wdr5 mutant, Anming Meng for providing rnaseh1 MO, Dengli Hong for providing 2×HBD, and Yu Sun for assistance during the experimental process. This work was supported ...

The discovery of Lophiostroma leizunia Jeon sp. nov., a 480-My-old phosphatic stromatoporoid sponge from South China, revolutionizes our understanding of early reef ecosystems and biomineralization.

A cure for chronic hepatitis B requires eliminating or permanently silencing covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA). A pivotal target of this approach is the hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein (HBx), ...

Resolving the complex evolutionary history of polyploid species like octoploid strawberry is challenging due to the number of potential progenitors and the potential for hybridization events within ...

HIV-1 infection remains incurable because of the long-lasting HIV-1-infected latency cells residing in the host. Current treatment strategies are unable to completely eliminate the virus latent ...

A global picture of microbial diversity has remained elusive, yet it is critical to understanding microbial adaptation to different environments and their function in those environments. Sequencing of ...

Chronic inflammatory skin disorders affect millions worldwide. Our study reveals a role for acetylcholine (ACh), a molecule typically associated with neuronal signaling, in regulating skin health. We ...

Filtration is essential for healthy modern living and for many industrial processes. In filter design, permeability and selectivity are both desirable and are selected following trade-off analyses.

Photolyase and cryptochrome belong to a group of structurally similar flavoproteins but with two distinct functions of DNA repair as a photoenzyme and signal transduction as a photoreceptor, ...