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Can Competition Save Your Life?

Don't hide your light under a bushel.

We hypothesize that owing to limited investor attention and skepticism of complexity, innovative diversity (ID) of a firm's patent portfolio will be undervalued. ID strongly predicts stock returns after controlling for firm characteristics and risk. High ID portfolios provide Carhart alphas of 56-81 basis points per month and stronger and less volatile operating performance. The Diversified Min...

Damage recognition by UV damage endonuclease from Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

UV damage endonuclease (UVDE) from Schizosaccharomyces pombe initiates repair of UV lesions and abasic sites by nicking the DNA 5' to the damaged site. In this paper we show that in addition UVDE incises DNA containing a single-strand nick or gap, but that the enzymatic activity on these substrates as well as on abasic sites strongly depends on the presence of a neighbouring pyrimidine residue....

Evolutionary Ecology: Knowing How to Hide Your Eggs

A new study of camouflage in quail shows that individual birds know the appearance of their own eggs and select backgrounds that maximise concealment.