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Vol 2, Issue 3
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Research Articles
- Land-cover changes predict steep declines for the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)
New surveys provide higher estimate of Sumatran orangutans than previously, but future scenarios indicate decline continues.
- Mismatched partners that achieve postpairing behavioral similarity improve their reproductive success
In the monogamous convict cichlid, mismatched partners become better parents by adjusting their behaviors to each other.
- Mid-Cretaceous amber fossils illuminate the past diversity of tropical lizards
Exquisitely preserved fossil lizards from 99-million-year-old Burmese amber provide new insights into paleotropical diversity.
- Integrating simultaneous prosocial and antisocial behavior into theories of collective action
Cooperation can coexist with antisocial behavior without undermining successful collective action.
- Quantitative determination of pairing interactions for high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates
The extracted pairing interactions responsible for high-temperature superconductivity lead to a clear discrimination among theories.
- Bacterial antisense RNAs are mainly the product of transcriptional noise
Most of the antisense transcripts in bacteria are the product of transcriptional noise derived from spurious promoters.
- Origin of uranium isotope variations in early solar nebula condensates
Research shows that 247Cm was present in meteorites at a level consistent with a single stellar environment of r-process nucleosynthesis.
- A three-dimensional culture system recapitulates placental syncytiotrophoblast development and microbial resistance
A three-dimensional cell culture model of syncytiotrophoblasts recapitulates their secretory, morphological, and microbial resistance phenotypes.
- Biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerator as a life-time designed implantable power source
Mechanical energy in vivo could be harvested by BD-TENG in a designed time frame.
- Structures of ribosome-bound initiation factor 2 reveal the mechanism of subunit association
Researchers determine the structure of the ribosome-bound initiation factor 2.
- Host-parasite Red Queen dynamics with phase-locked rare genotypes
Red Queen dynamics are observed in selected genotypes, whereas the rest of the genotypes remain subordinate in synchronized dynamics.
- A universal cooperative assembly-directed method for coating of mesoporous TiO2 nanoshells with enhanced lithium storage properties
A universal cooperative assembly method is developed for growing mesostructured TiO2 shells on diverse functional particles.
- Experimental test of Landauer’s principle in single-bit operations on nanomagnetic memory bits
The minimum energy dissipated in switching a magnetic bit measured to be consistent with the Landauer limit of kBT ln(2).
- Single-plasmon interferences
The wave-particle duality of single surface plasmons is demonstrated using a plasmonic beam splitter on a flat gold device.
- Resolving enantiomers using the optical angular momentum of twisted light
Helical dichroism to resolve enantiomers using twisted light carrying only optical orbital angular momentum.
- Low-temperature plasticity of olivine revisited with in situ TEM nanomechanical testing
The flow properties of the mineral olivine under lithospheric conditions, as seen in the transmission electron microscope (TEM).
- Accurate and predictive antibody repertoire profiling by molecular amplification fingerprinting
A new experimental-bioinformatic method was developed for error and bias correction in high-throughput antibody sequencing.
- Electromagnetic stress at the boundary: Photon pressure or tension?
Whether light pulls or pushes a material boundary depends on the underlying microscopic structure.
- Designing durable icephobic surfaces
Researchers successfully design materials with extremely low ice adhesion.
- Rapid assessment of disaster damage using social media activity
Researchers show a correlation between per-capita social media activity and disaster damage, facilitating its rapid assessment.
- A case for historic joint rupture of the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults
The San Andreas and San Jacinto faults likely slipped together in a single earthquake in 1812 and are capable of doing so again.
- Universal dependence of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reaction activity of platinum-group metals on pH and hydrogen binding energy
A universal correlation is established between HOR/HER activity and hydrogen binding energy on platinum-group metals.
- Critical role of intercalated water for electrocatalytically active nitrogen-doped graphitic systems
Removal of intercalated water within graphitic sheets is critical to achieving high-performing oxygen reduction reaction catalysts.
- Universal diffraction of atoms and molecules from a quantum reflection grating
Researchers observed universal diffraction of He, He2, and D2 quantum-reflected tens of nanometers above a ruled diffraction grating.
- Harnessing surface-bound enzymatic reactions to organize microcapsules in solution
A model developed for convective aggregation of microcapsules predicts a mechanism for the spontaneous assembly of protocells.
- FOXA1 defines cancer cell specificity
Functional FOXA1 targeting is mostly unique to each of the four human cancer cell lines HepG2, LNCaP, MCF7, and T47D.
- Inverse correlation between quasiparticle mass and Tc in a cuprate high-Tc superconductor
Contrary to what is expected near a quantum critical point, pressure decreases the quasiparticle mass of a high-Tc superconductor.
- Assessing faculty professional development in STEM higher education: Sustainability of outcomes
New faculty sustained the implementation of learner-centered courses in biology following professional development.
- Cavity magnomechanics
Coherent magnon-phonon interaction is demonstrated in a ferrimagnetic sphere.
- Effects of conservation policy on China’s forest recovery
China’s forest cover exhibited a positive trend that was significantly related with the implementation of a national conservation policy.
- Why do some males choose to breed at home when most other males disperse?
A long-term study on spotted hyenas shows that male philopatry and dispersal may result from a single process of habitat selection.
- Discovery of natural MgSiO3 tetragonal garnet in a shocked chondritic meteorite
A high-pressure phase is discovered in a shocked, stony meteorite.
- Boundary lubrication of heterogeneous surfaces and the onset of cavitation in frictional contacts
Molecular dynamics simulations show that cavitation occurs when liquids flow over surfaces with sticking and slipping domains.
- Direct and cost-efficient hyperpolarization of long-lived nuclear spin states on universal 15N2-diazirine molecular tags
More than 10,000-fold enhanced magnetic resonance signals with >20-min signal lifetimes on universal biomolecular markers.
- Nanoscale chemical imaging by photoinduced force microscopy
Photoinduced force microscopy resolves nanometer-scale topology with chemical recognition based on material absorption.
- Climate, CO2, and the history of North American grasses since the Last Glacial Maximum
Bisoscapes: Bison isotopes show that temperature and precipitation outweigh CO2 changes for North American grass landscapes.
- Deterministic reshaping of single-photon spectra using cross-phase modulation
With an ultrafast refractive index change in an optical fiber, frequency entanglement of twin photons is modulated on the fly.
- Obesity-induced DNA released from adipocytes stimulates chronic adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance
DNA released from obesity-induced degenerated adipocytes stimulates inflammation in adipose tissue and insulin resistance.
- Regulation of protein-ligand binding affinity by hydrogen bond pairing
Receptor-ligand H-bond pairings have evolved to promote high-affinity binding by reducing competitive interference with water.
- Template-dependent nucleotide addition in the reverse (3′-5′) direction by Thg1-like protein
Structures of Thg1-like proteins provide insight into the template-dependent nucleotide addition in the reverse (3′-5′) direction.
- Nutritional input from dinoflagellate symbionts in reef-building corals is minimal during planula larval life stage
During their early life stage as planktonic larvae, reef-building corals do not rely on their photosynthesizing symbionts for nutrition.
- A quantum Fredkin gate
A quantum controlled-SWAP gate is demonstrated and used to implement small-scale algorithms and produce high-fidelity GHZ states.
- Real-space localization and quantification of hole distribution in chain-ladder Sr3Ca11Cu24O41 superconductor
Atomic resolution core-level spectroscopy in the TEM reveals the hole distribution among chains and ladders in Sr3Ca11Cu24O41.
- Intrinsically core-shell plasmonic dielectric nanostructures with ultrahigh refractive index
A new type of plasmonic nanostructures with topologically protected metallic shells and high–refractive index dielectric cores.
Review
- Mutations in chromatin machinery and pediatric high-grade glioma
Mutations in chromatin machinery define pediatric high-grade gliomas; efforts to define and target their functions are under way.