Contents
Vol 1, Issue 2
Contents
Research Articles
- Observation of the simplest Criegee intermediate CH2OO in the gas-phase ozonolysis of ethylene
Trace amounts of the simplest Criegee intermediate in the gas-phase ozonolysis of ethylene are detected by high-resolution spectroscopy.
- Pb pollution from leaded gasoline in South America in the context of a 2000-year metallurgical history
Ice core records show that anthropogenic Pb pollution levels from road traffic in South America exceed those of any historical metallurgy.
- Near-infrared–driven decomposition of metal precursors yields amorphous electrocatalytic films
A method for creating electrocatalyst films extends the scope of usable substrates to non-conducting and three-dimensional electrodes.
- New precise dates for the ancient and sacred coral pyramidal tombs of Leluh (Kosrae, Micronesia)
Dating of coral tombs sheds light on ancient trans-oceanic civilization.
- Adding up the odds—Nitric oxide signaling underlies the decision to flee and post-conflict depression of aggression
Aversive experiences summated during fighting in crickets activate the NO signaling pathway, which promotes the decision to flee and results in post-conflict depression of aggression.
- Quantum walks and wavepacket dynamics on a lattice with twisted photons
A discrete quantum walk occurs in the orbital angular momentum space of light, both for a single photon and for two simultaneous photons.
- Gene therapy rescues disease phenotype in a spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1) mouse model
Preclinical proof-of-principle data demonstrate the high efficacy of IGHMBP2 gene therapy in the SMARD1 mouse model as well as in an in vitro model of the human disease.
- The mobility of single-file water molecules is governed by the number of H-bonds they may form with channel-lining residues
Mobility of single-file water molecules determined by H-bonds.
- Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems
Urgent need for conservation and restoration measures to improve landscape connectivity.
- Structural patterns at all scales in a nonmetallic chiral Au133(SR)52 nanoparticle
X-ray crystallography unravels molecular self-assembly and structural ordering on the curved surface of the largest gold nanoparticle, consisting of 133 atoms.
- Co-infections determine patterns of mortality in a population exposed to parasite infection
Highly protective effect of co-infections on mortality due to East Coast fever and consequences for disease epidemiology and control.
- Vocal learning in a social mammal: Demonstrated by isolation and playback experiments in bats
Isolation and playback experiments demonstrate vocal learning in bats and reveal the learning mechanism by continuous recordings from birth.
- A general route to nanocrystal kebabs periodically assembled on stretched flexible polymer shish
Organic-inorganic 1D periodic necklace-like nanostructures are fabricated using confined synthesis of inorganic nanocrystals.
- Silver(I) as a widely applicable, homogeneous catalyst for aerobic oxidation of aldehydes toward carboxylic acids in water—“silver mirror”: From stoichiometric to catalytic
A universal method for oxidation of aldehyde conducted by using atmospheric oxygen in water.
- Natural and sexual selection act on different axes of variation in avian plumage color
Sexual selection has acted on sexual differences in bird plumage color, while natural selection has acted on the color of both sexes.
Review
- The search for signs of life on exoplanets at the interface of chemistry and planetary science
Present theory and future opportunities in the search for biosignature gases in exoplanet atmospheres are reviewed.
