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  1. Fierce flagellates

    Coordinated flagella movements help crop pest propagules called zoospores target host plants.

  2. Calculating the CIN of cancer

    A computer model can analyse changes to the amount of DNA in cells to identify their role in severe and treatment-resistant cancers.

  3. The inside job

    SARS-CoV-2 switches thousands of genes on or off using one of the cell’s own proteins.

  4. Slowing the countdown to cancer

    A meta-analysis of effects predicted by genetics suggests a link between epigenetic markers for biological age and the risk of developing colorectal cancer.

  5. A shortcut to protease control

    Studying the SpoIVFB:SpoIVFA:BofA complex in Bacillus subtilis reveals a new mechanism of intramembrane protease inhibition.

  6. Searching for the switch

    The simple genome of a filamentous fungus reveals one way cells can turn genes on and off.

  7. Attitudes to career disruption

    A survey of researchers in Australia reveals that those applying for funding often leave career disruptions out of their applications, and that disruptions included in the applications are not consistently assessed.

  8. Hide and seek

    Black-capped chickadees flexibly use their memories to store and retrieve food.
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