Touch is essential for survival, guiding interactions with the environment and forming the basis of social and emotional connection. While touch perce…

Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) are widespread bacterial anti-phage systems that use unconventional mechanisms of polynucleotide synthesis. We show that DRT3, which comprises two dist...

This study shows that kinesin-driven buckling induces extensive microtubule lattice damage that often exceeds intrinsic self-repair and leads to filament failure. While curvature, motor motility, and...