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[Report] Abnormal Brain Structure Implicated in Stimulant Drug Addiction

A neurological marker of addiction vulnerability occurs in sibling pairs who do not take drugs.<br><br>Authors: Karen D. Ersche, P. Simon Jones, Guy B. Williams, Abigail J Turton, Trevor W. Robbins, Edward T. [...]

[Report] Innate Response Activator B Cells Protect Against Microbial Sepsis

A specialized population of B lymphocytes is important for controlling bacterial infections and preventing sepsis.<br><br>Authors: Philipp J. Rauch, Aleksey Chudnovskiy, Clinton S. Robbins, Georg F. Weber, Martin Etzrodt, Ingo Hilgendorf, Elizabeth Tiglao, Jose-Luiz Figueiredo, Yoshiko Iwamoto, Igor Theurl, Rostic Gorbatov, Michael T. Waring, Adam T. Chicoine, Majd Mouded, Mikael J. Pittet, Matthias Nahrendorf, Ralph Weissleder, Filip K. [...]

[Report] Growth of Western Australian Corals in the Anthropocene

Cores taken from massive corals indicate that temperature rather than ocean acidification has governed reef growth.<br><br>Authors: Timothy F. Cooper, Rebecca A. O’Leary, Janice M. [...]



[Report] Sequential Signaling Crosstalk Regulates Endomesoderm Segregation in Sea Urchin Embryos

Separation of deuterostome endoderm and mesoderm occurs through sequential interactions between Notch and Wnt signaling.<br><br>Authors: Aditya J. Sethi, Radhika M. Wikramanayake, Robert C. Angerer, Ryan C. Range, Lynne M. [...]

[Report] Untangling Genomes from Metagenomes: Revealing an Uncultured Class of Marine Euryarchaeota

Reconstruction of whole genomes from a complex microbial community has revealed an evolutionary surprise.<br><br>Authors: Vaughn Iverson, Robert M. Morris, Christian D. Frazar, Chris T. Berthiaume, Rhonda L. Morales, E. Virginia [...]

[Report] Female Leadership Raises Aspirations and Educational Attainment for Girls: A Policy Experiment in India

The effects of female leaders on girls occur via policy changes in the short run and parental aspirations in the longer run.<br><br>Authors: Lori Beaman, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande, Petia [...]

[Report] Affirmative Action Policies Promote Women and Do Not Harm Efficiency in the Laboratory

Increasing the representation of competition-averse individuals does not alter overall output.<br><br>Authors: Loukas Balafoutas, Matthias [...]

[Report] Natural Variation in a Chloride Channel Subunit Confers Avermectin Resistance in C. elegans

Resistance to avermectin, an anti-nematode drug, is conferred by a deletion in a glutamate-gated chloride channel.<br><br>Authors: Rajarshi Ghosh, Erik C. Andersen, Joshua A. Shapiro, Justin P. Gerke, Leonid [...]