Submissions from pnas.org

• Scientists have discovered that the building blocks of proteins can stabilize cell membranes. This finding may explain how the first cells emerged from the primordial soup billions of years ago.

  (pnas.org)

  Published 13th Aug 2019
• A massive atmospheric release of radioactive ruthenium in 2017 was likely caused by an undeclared nuclear accident at the Mayak Production Association in southern Russia according to a comprehensive analysis of European radionuclide monitoring data.

  (pnas.org)

  Published 1st Aug 2019