Key enzyme identified in final step of iridoid biosynthesis in plants

Iridoids are a widespread and evolutionarily ancient class of plant secondary metabolites belonging to the terpenes. They ...
Compound Semiconductor

A 'radical' molecule for solar energy harvesting

In conventional molecular semiconductor solar cells, the conversion of an absorbed photon into electrons and holes ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This 1837 Harvard Speech by Ralph Waldo Emerson Inspired a Generation of American Writers to Declare Their Independence From ‘the Courtly Muses of Europe’

On Thursday, August 31, 1837, shortly after noon, 215 members of Harvard University’s prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Society ...
EMBO Press

RNF114, a RING E3 ligase that reads and extends the hybrid ADP-ribose-ubiquitin signal

Several recent studies show that the E3 ligase RNF114 recognises a hybrid ADP-ribose-ubiquitin modification on substrate ...
The New York Times

Immigration and Emigration

A federal judge appointed by President Trump issued a temporary restraining order, siding for now with Oregon and Portland lawyers who called federalizing the guard a presidential overreach. By Anna ...