Transceptor NRT1.1 and receptor-kinase QSK1 complex controls PM H-ATPase activity under low nitrate.

NRT1.1, a nitrate transceptor, plays an important role in nitrate binding, sensing, and nitrate-dependent lateral root (LR) morphology. However, little is known about NRT1.

Multiomics Analysis Reveals the Chemical and Genetic Bases of Pigmented Potato Tuber.

Anthocyanins and carotenoids determine the diversity of potato tuber flesh pigmentation; here, the underlying chemical and genetic bases were elucidated by multiomics analyses. A total of 31 anthocyanins and 30 carotenoids were quantified in five differently pigmented tubers. Cyanidin and pelargonidin derivatives determined the redness, while malvidin, petunidin, and delphinidin derivatives contributed to purpleness.

ScRNA-seq and ST-seq in liver research.

Spatial transcriptomics, which combine gene expression data with spatial information, has quickly expanded in recent years. With application of this method in liver research, our knowledge about liver development, regeneration, and diseases have been greatly improved. While this field is moving forward, a variety of problems still need to be addressed, including sensitivity, limited capacity to obtain exact single-cell information, data processing methods, as well as others.

The economic superorganism in the complexity of evolution.

The transition to grain agriculture restructured human societies, creating a new whole, an economic superorganism. became expansionary, structurally interdependent in material life, and a duality between them and Earth was created that had not previously existed. Yet are not the only species to make the transition to agriculture.

Nuclear waste from small modular reactors.

SignificanceSmall modular reactors (SMRs), proposed as the future of nuclear energy, have purported cost and safety advantages over existing gigawatt-scale light water reactors (LWRs). However, few studies have assessed the implications of SMRs for the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle. The low-, intermediate-, and high-level waste stream characterization presented here reveals that SMRs will produce more voluminous and chemically/physically reactive waste than LWRs, which will impact options for the management and disposal of this waste.