Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04108-4 The enzyme nitrogenase ‘fixes’ nitrogen gas to form bioavailable ammonia, a vital process for life. Two studies solve a long-standing mystery: how a small protein saves nitrogenase from destruction by oxygen.
Concealing some of the information on job applications led to more women being hired.Credit: Christopher Ames/Getty In 2017, when Sherri Christian returned to her institution after a year-long sabbatical, she looked around the biochemistry department and realized that she was the last female hire, seven years earlier. At the time, there were 19 members, just […]
Credit: Keystone/Zuma Press/Alamy Andrew V. Schally’s most enduring legacy lies in his groundbreaking discovery of brain hormones that regulate the pituitary gland. Located below the hypothalamus, the gland produces, stores and releases several hormones. It also controls the function of other glands. Schally’s identification of hypothalamic hormones upended our understanding of the endocrine system and […]
