Guinness Confirms the Longest Wild Snake in History — And She’s Bigger Than a Shipping Container

On February 4th, the longest wild snake in history was recorded according to Guinness World Records. The reticulated python ...

Color-changing nanopigment sensor tracks pH one to ten with stable, repeatable readings

Chemists in South Korea have created a stable color-changing sensor that displays an easily quantifiable response to the pH of its surroundings. Published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering, Dong-Hwan ...
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A proteome-wide biochemical screen defines binding determinants of the core autophagy protein LC3B

Human MAP1LC3B (LC3B) binds proteins involved in autophagy and other cellular processes using a degenerate four-residue short linear motif known as the LC3-interacting region (LIR). Biochemical and ...
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TAD boundary architecture and gene activity are uncoupled

A proposed function of TADs is to contribute to gene regulation by promoting chromatin interactions within a TAD and by suppressing interactions between TADs. Here, we directly probe the ...