Selected papers of the week (28.to.02.10.09)

*Special issue of Science — Ardipithecus ramidus

A state-mutating genetic algorithm to design ion-channel models

Nbs1 Flexibly Tethers Ctp1 and Mre11-Rad50 to Coordinate DNA Double-Strand Break Processing and Repair

Longitudinal histories as predictors of future diagnoses of domestic abuse: modelling study

Global Sources of Local Pollution: An Assessment of Long-Range Transport of Key Air Pollutants to and from the United States (2009)

Selected papers of the week (21.to.25.09.09)

Planetary Boundaries: exploring the safe operating space for humanity



C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is a bifurcation factor for sensory neurons

A dynamic network approach for the study of human phenotypes, see also Human Disease Network

A realistic molecular model of cement hydrates



Distribution of Mid-Latitude Ground Ice on Mars from New Impact Craters

quest of the week

Five best vids of the week

We start a new section!

800 Megapixel Panorama of Milky Way

Equinox at Saturn

Hawaiian Starligth

Timescapes Timelapse: Mountain Light

Building Rome in a Day

Top five of the week (14.to.18.09.09)

Human RAP1 inhibits non-homologous end joining at telomeres

Evolution of the neocortex: a perspective from developmental biology

Effect of carbonate ion concentration and irradiance on calcification in foraminifera


Mitotic instability in resynthesized and natural polyploids of the genus Arabidopsis (Brassicaceae)

A comment on the papers using the new WFC3 data of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Take care!




Exact Spectrum of Anomalous Dimensions of Planar N=4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory

"All wars should be fought like this."

Selected papers of the past week (07.to.11.09.09)

Atmospheric carbon dioxide through the Eocene–Oligocene climate transition

The genomic basis of trophic strategy in marine bacteria

Active turnover modulates mature microRNA activity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Whirly proteins maintain plastid genome stability in Arabidopsis

Differential distribution of endoplasmic reticulum controls metabotropic signaling and plasticity at hippocampal synapses

I'm back

Dirac Strings and Magnetic Monopoles in Spin Ice Dy2Ti2O7

Recent de novo origin of human protein-coding genes

A Serotonin-Dependent Mechanism Explains the Leptin Regulation of Bone Mass, Appetite, and Energy Expenditure

Googling Food Webs: Can an Eigenvector Measure Species' Importance for Coextinctions?

Video of the week: A 3D view of Rama object

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