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.
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03651-4 It has been hard to find fungi that normally reside in the mouse gut. The identification of one such fungus deepens our understanding of how resident fungi drive immune responses in their natural hosts.
If the Supreme Court of the United States were a normal court applying long-established principles and precedents to the issues of the day, United States v. Skrmetti, which asks the justices to decide whether Tennessee’s wholesale ban on gender-affirming health care for youth is unconstitutional, would be an easy case. No, the controversy doesn’t require […]
After campaigning on the message that journalists are the “enemy of the people,” President-elect Donald Trump has come out against a bipartisan bill that would protect reporters and their sources from government interference. In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump bellowed that Republicans “MUST KILL THIS BILL.” The PRESS Act, a federal reporter shield […]
