Recently, Rogers and Crocker (1) proposed a method to predict the interaction between colloids coated with two kinds of ssDNA, A and B. A key step in ref. 1 was to estimate the average number of DNA bonds, 〈N〉, assuming local chemical equilibrium [...]
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We are grateful to our colleagues at Cambridge for their attention (1) to our recent article (2). Our major goal therein was to report precise measurements of colloidal interactions caused by DNA handshaking. Because no detailed models for our system [...] Wiersma and Nudds (1) make four main points: (i) the area to be covered by the key conservation sites proposed is a negligible percentage of the ocean; (ii) they doubt the representativeness of our biodiversity patterns; (iii) they question the [...] Pompa et al. (1) carried out a systematic assessment of conservation requirements for marine protected areas (MPAs) to conserve all marine and freshwater mammal species globally. Although this is an impressive assessment, the conclusions of the study [...] We have read with great interest the paper by Bravo et al. (1), which showed that Lactobacillus rhamnosus (Lr JB-1) can modulate behavior and CNS biochemistry in healthy mice via the vagus nerve. This is a very well conducted study on an emerging [...] Henrich et al. (1–4) and other scholars [e.g., Herrmann et al. (5)] have used innovative quantitative methods to demonstrate substantial behavioral variation across human populations. Building on this literature, our work (6) demonstrates the need [...] Lamba and Mace’s critique (1) of our research (2–4) is based on incorrect claims about our experiments and several misunderstandings of the theory underpinning our efforts. Their findings are consistent with our previous work and lead to no unique [...] We read the article by Zhao et al. (1), which showed that epithelial 15-lipoxygenase 1 (15LO1) and its product 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid phosphatidylethanolamine interact with phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP1) to enhance MAPK [...] In PNAS, Priyadarshi et al. (1) reported the detection of unusual levels of atmospheric 35S in California related to releases from the Fukushima nuclear plant. The authors stated that the 35S was generated by “leaking neutrons,” activating the [...] Strub et al. (1) provide comments on our paper (2) largely based on data from operational reactors, whereas the reactor at Fukushima was overwhelmed by a 19-ft wave and tidal surge resulting in massive damage and partial core meltdown that our [...] |
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