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Low-mass Stars: Their Protoplanetary Disk Lifetime Distribution

The Astrophysical Journal
While most protoplanetary disks lose their gas within less than 10 Myr, individual disk lifetimes vary from 5 Myr. The next challenge is to quantitatively link the diversity of disk lifetimes to the diversity in planets.
Susanne Pfalzner, Furkan Dincer
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Ages of evolved low mass stars: Central stars of planetary nebulae and white dwarfs

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2013
We have developed several methods to estimate the ages of central stars of planetary nebulae (CSPN), which are based either on observed nebular properties or on data from the stars themselves. Our goal is to derive the age distribution of these stars and
Costa R.D.D., Rodrigues T.S., Maciel W.J.   +2 more
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Functional comparison of EncB and EncC cargo proteins in iron storage within the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Encapsulins are protein nanocompartments that play an important role in iron storage. In the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin system, two cargo proteins called EncB and EncC contribute to iron mineralization. Here, we show that EncB and EncC generate iron‐containing minerals with distinct chemical compositions, suggesting that the composition of stored ...
Harry B. McDowell, Thomas Walther, Egbert Hoiczyk   +2 more
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Discovery of 118 New Ultracool Dwarf Candidates Using Machine-learning Techniques

The Astronomical Journal
We present the discovery of 118 new ultracool dwarf candidates, discovered using a new machine-learning tool, named SMDET , applied to time-series images from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
Hunter Brooks, Dan Caselden, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Yadukrishna Raghu, Charles A. Elachi, Jake Grigorian, Asa Trek, Andrew Washburn, Hiro Higashimura, Aaron M. Meisner, Adam C. Schneider, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Federico Marocco, Christopher R. Gelino, Jonathan Gagné, Thomas P. Bickle, Shih-Yun Tang, Austin Rothermich, Adam J. Burgasser, Marc J. Kuchner, Paul Beaulieu, John Bell, Guillaume Colin, Giovanni Colombo, Alexandru Dereveanco, Deiby Pozo Flores, Konstantin Glebov, Leopold Gramaize, Les Hamlet, Ken Hinckley, Martin Kabatnik, Frank Kiwy, David W. Martin, Raúl F. Palma Méndez, Billy Pendrill, Lizzeth Ruiz, John Sanchez, Arttu Sainio, Jörg Schümann, Manfred Schonau, Christopher Tanner, Nikolaj Stevnbak, Andres Stenner, Melina Thévenot, Vinod Thakur, Nikita V. Voloshin, Zbigniew Wȩdracki, The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Collaboration   +47 more
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Structural and biochemical analysis of a B12 superbinder

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
BtuG proteins are vitamin B12 scavengers in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a dominant human gut bacterium. We present crystal structures of three BtuG homologs bound to cobalamin and its precursor cobinamide, revealing picomolar binding affinities, among the highest known for any natural protein.
Jose M. Martinez Felices, Jacob J. Whittaker, Dirk J. Slotboom, Albert Guskov   +3 more
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Starspot Coverage on Two New K-type Low-mass Eclipsing Binaries with Radius Inflation

The Astronomical Journal
Utilizing data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and LAMOST, we present a photometric and spectroscopic investigation of two new K-type low-mass eclipsing binaries, TIC 56913729 and TIC 97729372.
Yang Pan, Antonio Frasca, Jia-Xin Wang, Jian-Ning Fu, Xiao-Bin Zhang   +4 more
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Constraining the model-based uncertainties of asteroseismic magnetic field measurements in red giants

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Context. Magnetic fields in the radiative interiors of red giants are measured using shifts in the stellar oscillation frequencies. In the asymptotic framework, however, converting an observed frequency shift into a radial magnetic field strength ...
Buchele L., Bugnet L., Muntean N., Hatt E.   +3 more
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The Shewanella oneidensis Fic enzyme SoFic targets the switch‐I region of EF‐Tu for AMPylation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fic enzymes mediate diverse post‐translational modifications across all domains of life, including AMPylation. Prokaryotic EF‐Tu can be AMPylated and deAMPylated by the conserved Fic enzyme SoFic. Structural and biochemical approaches were used to characterize the effect of AMPylation on EF‐Tu, SoFic's enzymatic activities, and the enzyme‐target ...
Svenja Runge, Vivian Pogenberg, Alexander Baumgart, Bente Siebels, Hartmut Schlüter, Michael Hecht‐Bucher, Aymelt Itzen   +6 more
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From spectroscopic abundances to evolutionary [α/Fe] in stellar models

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Context. Large-scale, high-resolution spectroscopic surveys map detailed chemical-abundance patterns for up to millions of stars. The richness of this information is used in a wide range of studies, from galactic archaeology and stellar populations to ...
Diaz Reeve Pedro, Serenelli Aldo
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Chiral separation of chloroalkanes with the chromatographic column onboard Martian rovers

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Computer image of the Rosalind Franklin Rover of ESA's ExoMars mission. ExoMars is scheduled to land on planet Mars in Oxia Planum in 2029. This area represents an interesting spot to look for biosignatures. Investigations of ExoMars include measurement on molecular chirality. We show that chiral chloroalkanes, that have been identified on Mars, can be
Asma Merzougui, Agnes Banreti, Armelle L. Ernst, Guillaume Leseigneur, Uwe J. Meierhenrich   +4 more
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