- Atomic-scale visualization of surface-assisted orbital order
First real-space visualization of an orbital order in the atomic scale by orbital-sensitive scanning tunneling microscopy.
- Stratified ubiquitination of RIG-I creates robust immune response and induces selective gene expression
Stratified multisite ubiquitination of RIG-I provides a robust and optimal control of innate antiviral responses.
- A predictive framework for the design and fabrication of icephobic polymers
Here, we show how to predictably impart extremely low ice adhesion to a range of different plastic materials.
- A variational approach to probing extreme events in turbulent dynamical systems
A variational framework for the analysis and data-driven prediction of extreme events is developed.
- New models for energy beam machining enable accurate generation of free forms
A generic mathematical model determines the beam paths for various energy beam machining processes to generate free-form surfaces.
- Borate esters: Simple catalysts for the sustainable synthesis of complex amides
A commercially available borate ester catalyzes amide formation from carboxylic acids and amines with very high efficiency.
- A customizable class of colloidal-quantum-dot spasers and plasmonic amplifiers
Colloidal quantum dots in silver cavities result in a versatile class of laser-like plasmonic devices for on-chip use.
- Inward H+ pump xenorhodopsin: Mechanism and alternative optogenetic approach
Neurons expressing a novel rhodopsin can be activated by light; a complete story of protein structure and function follows.
- Superadditivity of two quantum information resources
Demonstration of the superadditivity of two quantum information resources with three-partite nondistillable entangled states.
- Potyvirus virion structure shows conserved protein fold and RNA binding site in ssRNA viruses
A widespread common protein fold packages ssRNA in virus particles with diverse morphology and genomic structure.
- Intersectionality takes it to the streets: Mobilizing across diverse interests for the Women’s March
Participants at the Women’s March were motivated by issues that cross identity and issue-based themes in systematic ways.
- Structural analysis of BRCA1 reveals modification hotspot
Cracking the BRCA-BARD code—structural biology reveals the face of BRCA1.
- Latitudinal trends in shell production cost from the tropics to the poles
Shell cost is low in present-day oceans along the planetary temperature gradient, but global change may increase shell cost.
- Thresholds of catastrophe in the Earth system
The geochemical record of past disruptions of Earth’s carbon cycle reveals thresholds beyond which mass extinction occurs.
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Colorful ants and treehoppers on a bright bud in a thriving rainforest are shown here as examples of the kinds of species that could be lost due to fire suppression and afforestation in Brazilian tropical savanna.