Transport

Hair-like rhizoids in liverworts transport phosphorus, shedding light on evolution of roots

• Liverwort uses hair-like rhizoids to collect phosphorus from its surroundings and deliver it to where it is needed • This Kobe University discovery sheds light on the evolution o

Roles of microtubules and LIS1 in dynein transport machinery assembly

• Abstract Cytoplasmic dynein-1, a microtubule (MT)-based motor protein, requires dynactin and a coiled-coil adaptor to form the processive dynein-dynactin-adaptor (DDA) complex1,2

'Flying' electric boats could remake urban transport

• The convergence of three technologies has made possible the reinvention of the hydrofoil