- Wavelength-tunable and shape-reconfigurable photonic capsule resonators containing cholesteric liquid crystals
Shape-reconfigurable photonic capsules are microfluidically designed to make wavelength- and intensity-tunable microlasers.
- Observation of Poiseuille flow of phonons in black phosphorus
Hydrodynamic flow of phonons, previously detected only in a handful of solids, is observed in black phosphorus.
- Self-consistent determination of spin Hall angle and spin diffusion length in Pt and Pd: The role of the interface spin loss
Self-consistent determination of the key parameters in spin-charge conversion via spin pumping–induced inverse spin Hall effect.
- Direct metabolite detection with an n-type accumulation mode organic electrochemical transistor
This is the first ever demonstration of an accumulation mode OECT for biosensing and n-type polymer in electrocatalysis.
- Constraint of a ruthenium-carbon triple bond to a five-membered ring
The first incorporation of a second-row transition metal carbyne unit into a ring is realized by virtue of aromaticity.
- Materials for lithium-ion battery safety
We summarize the origins of lithium-ion battery safety issues and discuss recent progress in materials design to improve safety.
- Low temperature rates for key steps of interstellar gas-phase water formation
Combined experimental-theoretical study suggests facile formation of water in diffuse interstellar media.
- Excited state engineering for efficient reverse intersystem crossing
Excited state engineering in purely organic molecules provides highly efficient and stable TADF-OLEDs.
- Upper and lower plate controls on the great 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake
The 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake was caused by structural heterogeneities in both the upper and lower plates.
- The brain-penetrant clinical ATM inhibitor AZD1390 radiosensitizes and improves survival of preclinical brain tumor models
Preclinical data highlight AZD1390 as a potentially powerful new therapy to enhance brain tumor patient responses to radiotherapy.
- Heterogeneity of spontaneous DNA replication errors in single isogenic Escherichia coli cells
We found elevated DNA replication errors in isogenic E. coli subpopulations experiencing endogenous stresses.
- The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade
For decades China imported much of the world’s plastic waste; but a recent import ban requires new ideas and systemic change.
- A transgenic mouse for imaging activity-dependent dynamics of endogenous Arc mRNA in live neurons
A transgenic mouse reveals real-time dynamics of transcription and transport of endogenous Arc mRNA in live neurons.
- Age and performance at fledging are a cause and consequence of juvenile mortality between life stages
Age and wing development at fledging balances mortality in and out of the nest in a compromise between parents and offspring.
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COVER Modern tactics to visualize data, such as rendering of patient data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), often rely on 2-D computer displays of 3-D data sets. Current 3-D printing methods have strong limitations when applied to complex or highly diverse data sets, but experts agree that such high-resolution physical representations of scientific data would provide a better way for scientists to understand and interact with many data sets. By extending advances in multimaterial 3-D printing, Bader et al. have created a new method to 3-D print complex scientific data sets as physical objects identical to their on-screen visualizations. This new approach eliminates the traditional need to create an intermediate "boundary" representation of an object—a step that can result in data alteration or information loss and thus, less-than-realistic physical manifestations. The method has potential application in a wide variety of fields including conservation and preservation of cultural artifacts, presurgical planning and education, to name a few. [CREDIT: THE MEDIATED MATTER GROUP]