With current climate trajectories, tree populations will encounter novel selection pressures that risk local extinction if they are unable to acclimate or adapt. Within a reciprocal transplant experiment with Quercus macrocarpa L. established across a latitudinal gradient, we asked: (1) Is there genetic variation within populations? (2) Are there differences in the direction and strength of selection? (3) Do traits within populations differ in adaptation potential in response to future climate...

High-efficiency inverted (p-i-n) wide-bandgap (WBG ≥ 1.67 eV) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are essential for tandem photovoltaics but remain constrained by surface defects and interfacial recombination at the perovskite/electron transport layer (ETL) interface. This study introduces an interfacial engineering approach involving the formation of a phase-pure quasi-2D perovskite layer (n = 2; PEA(2)FAPb(2)X(7), X = I/Br) atop a WBG perovskite (1.67 eV). By optimizing the 2D precursor...

CONCLUSION: The study shows that even though African women and African American women share similar barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening, the underlying causes differ. Among African women, poor screening uptake is largely due to inadequate health infrastructure, whereas African American women's barriers are rooted in historical medical mistrust. These findings highlight the need for culturally tailored interventions, such as community-driven awareness and culturally trained...

Climate forecasts project rising temperatures for every land surface on Earth. Predicting the consequences of climate warming poses a challenge for science and society. Shifts in plant-microbial interactions can lead to significant changes in ecosystem-level functioning. In one of the world's longest climate change experiments, we studied the effects of 29 y of warming on a native subalpine grassland in the Rocky Mountains of North America. Warming caused a transition from herbaceous to...

Despite research on the workplace challenges of pregnancy, there has been notable inattention toward those struggling to become pregnant-women experiencing infertility (one of the most stressful and life-altering experiences women endure that affects around 13% of women of childbearing age). From the perspective of transactional stress theory, a coping response that addresses the cause of infertility (assisted reproductive technology treatment, ART) should reduce anxiety. However, for millions...