- Facile manufacture of porous organic framework membranes for precombustion CO2 capture
Ultrastable and highly H2-selective porous organic framework membranes were successfully synthesized by interfacial polymerization.
- Magic angle spinning spheres
Spherical rotors can be used for magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance.
- Hydrogenation of terminal and internal olefins using a biowaste-derived heterogeneous cobalt catalyst
An active and renewable catalyst for olefin hydrogenation was obtained by inclusion of cobalt in a carbon matrix derived from the pyrolysis of chitosan.
- 2D titanium carbide (MXene) for wireless communication
Flexible 100-nm-thick antennas are made by one-step spray coating of metallic 2D titanium carbide MXene.
- Tailoring emergent spin phenomena in Dirac material heterostructures
Dirac material–based heterostructures reveal enhanced spin-orbit coupling with an emerging spin texture.
- Dislocation behaviors in nanotwinned diamond
The unprecedented hardness of nt-diamond originates from high lattice frictional stress and high athermal stress.
- New magnetic phase of the chiral skyrmion material Cu2OSeO3
A new magnetic phase is reported in the chiral magnet, Cu2OSeO3, which is predicted to affect its physical properties.
- Structural investigation of a chaperonin in action reveals how nucleotide binding regulates the functional cycle
Site-selective isotope labeling enables structural and functional investigation of a working 1-MDa chaperonin by NMR spectroscopy.
- Tracking the weight of Hurricane Harvey’s stormwater using GPS data
GPS can track terrestrial water storage following extreme precipitation events, with potential to improve flood planning.
- Recent intensification of Amazon flooding extremes driven by strengthened Walker circulation
A recent increase in extreme flooding in Amazonia is linked to intensification of the atmospheric east-west Walker circulation.
- Rapid eruption of the Columbia River flood basalt and correlation with the mid-Miocene climate optimum
U-Pb ages show Earth’s youngest flood basalt province erupted in 750 ka starting ~16.65 Ma during Miocene global warming.
- Discovery and structural characterization of a therapeutic antibody against coxsackievirus A10
Isolation of the first neutralizing antibody of CVA10 and the mechanism underlying its potency against all three existing capsid forms.
- Crystal structure of rhodopsin in complex with a mini-Go sheds light on the principles of G protein selectivity
The structure of the rhodopsin/mini-Go complex reveals new insights on G protein selectivity.
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COVER The Alemanni are a group of Germanic tribes that occupied a region spanning parts of present-day Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria. However, little is known about the tribes' household makeup. To glean insight, O'Sullivan et al. used ancient genome-wide analyses techniques to analyze bones from a 7th century AD Alemannic burial site at Niederstotzingen in southern Germany, where, decades ago, 13 skeletal remains, as well as collections of goods, were uncovered from 12 graves. At least 11 of the individuals were likely male, suggesting that burial rites were sex-biased. Strontium and oxygen isotope content of the individuals’ dental enamel revealed that five of the individuals were second-degree relatives born in the region, whereas three other individuals were not detectably related. These findings suggest that other social processes, such as personal fealty to powerful families, might have also influenced the composition of these cemeteries. [CREDIT: NIALL O'SULLIVAN]