All Papers

Image of a virtual cross and bones displayed over computer coding.

Death from within: When stress activates a pro-death protein

Control of lysosomal-mediated cell death by the pH-dependent calcium channel RECS1

Annotated by Zakayo Kazibwe

Annotated on 01/02/2025

Originally published 11/12/2021

Side view of a plant growing roots and leave. Can see half of the image is the soil and the other half is blue sky.

How do plants avoid hard soil?

Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion

Annotated by Jie Tang

Annotated on 12/20/2024

Originally published 01/15/2021

Image of the earth and the highlighted region of the Antarctic region

The Road to Recovery: Is the Ozone Layer Finally Healing?

Emergence of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer

Annotated by Robert Smith

Annotated on 12/15/2021

Originally published 07/15/2016

Coronavirus / Covid-19 cases in China. (9.04.2020) Source: Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at JHU

Wuhan lockdown: drastic but live-saving

An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China

Annotated by Linfeng (Louis) Cai

Annotated on 10/18/2021

Originally published 03/31/2020

Hawaiʻi Gets Hit by New Birds on the Block

Structure, spatial dynamics, and stability of novel seed dispersal mutualistic networks in Hawaiʻi

Annotated by Briana James

Annotated on 09/20/2021

Originally published 04/05/2019

FREAKY FUTURE Is silicon-based life (illustrated above) out there in the universe? The jury is still out — but with a little help from humans, life on Earth might be able to sprinkle a little silicon in with its carbon. LEI CHEN AND YAN LIANG (BEAUTYOFSCIENCE.COM) FOR CALTECH

Breeding Smart Enzymes

Directed evolution of cytochrome c for carbon–silicon bond formation: Bringing silicon to life

Annotated by Sujatha Krishnaswamy

Annotated on 08/30/2021

Originally published 11/25/2016

Plastic waste in the ocean - where does it all come from?

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

Annotated by Sabrina Powell

Annotated on 06/16/2021

Originally published 02/13/2015

Cutting the brake lines: Unlocking cancer immunity?

Enhancement of Antitumor Immunity by CTLA-4 Blockade

Annotated by Laura Azouz

Annotated on 04/30/2021

Originally published 03/22/1996

Adobestock photo of a diamond in the rough.

Underground diamonds reveal unknown Earth history

Primordial and recycled helium isotope signatures in the mantle transition zone

Annotated by Ananya Sen

Annotated on 03/15/2021

Originally published 08/16/2019

Drawings of a few of Darwin Finch beaks.

The search for beak genes in Darwin's finches

A beak size locus in Darwin’s finches facilitated character displacement during a drought

Annotated by Parks Collins

Annotated on 01/29/2021

Originally published 04/22/2016

Women working together to solve STEM problems

Interventions to reduce the gender gap in STEM

Reducing the Gender Achievement Gap in College Science: A Classroom Study of Values Affirmation

Annotated by Kaitlin Wilcoxen

Annotated on 09/26/2020

Originally published 11/26/2010

Shedding light on Parkinson's disease

Optical Deconstruction of Parkinsonian Neural Circuitry

Annotated by Aaron D. Argall

Annotated on 09/25/2020

Originally published 04/17/2009

Photo by Mark Byzewski, image of Corral Bluffs

Did the dinosaur extinction lead to the evolution of larger mammals?

Exceptional continental record of biotic recovery after the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction

Annotated by Mary Colvard

Annotated on 07/07/2020

Originally published 10/25/2019

Hybrids: Evolution in action?

Rapid hybrid speciation in Darwin’s finches

Annotated by Kate Perry

Annotated on 04/29/2020

Originally published 01/12/2018

Haunted ecosystems: Losing top predators

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

Annotated by Tara Jo Holmberg

Annotated on 03/27/2020

Originally published 07/15/2011

Binge-eating on the brain

Rapid binge-like eating and body weight gain driven by zona incerta GABA neuron activation

Annotated by Amelia Douglass

Annotated on 10/21/2019

Originally published 05/26/2017

Eliminating friction at the nanoscale

Macroscale superlubricity enabled by graphene nanoscroll formation

Annotated by Jyothirmayee Aravind. S.S

Annotated on 09/26/2019

Originally published 06/05/2015

How flexible is your brain?

Neurotransmitter plasticity at the molecular level

Annotated by Rajamani Selvam

Annotated on 08/28/2019

Originally published 09/21/1984

Can Crick crack the code?

On the Genetic Code

Annotated by Staci Hill

Annotated on 05/31/2019

Originally published 02/08/1963

Shooting the messenger: Editing RNA mutations

RNA editing with CRISPR-Cas13

Annotated by Natalia Kruglova

Annotated on 05/16/2019

Originally published 11/24/2017

Solar-powered material turns air into water

Water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks powered by natural sunlight

Annotated by Claire Deo

Annotated on 04/30/2019

Originally published 04/28/2017

What's normal? The scoop on poop

Population-level analysis of gut microbiome variation

Annotated by Adrienne Chang

Annotated on 04/15/2019

Originally published 04/29/2016

Driving on autopilot: The ethics of self-driving cars

The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles

Annotated by Alane Lim

Annotated on 02/28/2019

Originally published 06/24/2016

Tell-tail signs of dual dog domestication

Genomic and archaeological evidence suggest a dual origin of domestic dogs

Annotated by Hazel O'Connor

Annotated on 02/12/2019

Originally published 06/03/2016

Driven to drink: A study of reward

Sexual Deprivation Increases Ethanol Intake in Drosophila

Annotated by Aarit Ahuja

Annotated on 01/28/2019

Originally published 03/16/2012

Lichen takes more than two to tango

Basidiomycete yeasts in the cortex of ascomycete macrolichens

Annotated by Anne Farrell , Shannon Margaret Soucy

Annotated on 01/07/2019

Originally published 07/21/2016

How cocaine addiction can change the brain

Carrots and sticks fail to change behavior in cocaine addiction

Annotated by Shaimar Gonzalez Morales

Annotated on 12/13/2018

Originally published 06/17/2016

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What flies can teach us about searching the web

A neural algorithm for a fundamental computing problem

Annotated by Iris Stone

Annotated on 11/29/2018

Originally published 11/10/2017