Contents
June 2015
Vol 1, Issue 5
Vol 1, Issue 5
Contents
Research Articles
- Staphylococcus aureus and the ecology of the nasal microbiome
Nasal turf wars may provide the secrets to stopping staph.
- Wear biomechanics in the slicing dentition of the giant horned dinosaur Triceratops
Triceratops developed complex dental morphology, allowing it to become a dominant herbivore in the late Mesozoic era.
- Topological RPdBi half-Heusler semimetals: A new family of noncentrosymmetric magnetic superconductors
Tunable superconductivity and magnetism in noncentrosymmetric RPdBi provide a new route to exotic topological excitations.
- Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH
Coral reef community responses vary but bioerosion increases under natural ocean acidification.
- Membrane pore architecture of the CslF6 protein controls (1-3,1-4)-β-glucan structure
The architecture of the pore membrane can control translocation of a growing polysaccharide across the membrane and alter the final polymer structure.
- Isolation of bis(copper) key intermediates in Cu-catalyzed azide-alkyne “click reaction”
Isolation of bis(copper) complexes that are kinetically more active than their mononuclear counterparts in the most popular “click chemistry” reaction.
- Transplantability of a circadian clock to a noncircadian organism
Researchers have reconstructed a circadian clock that can function by itself in a living, non-circadian bacteria.
- Testosterone biases the amygdala toward social threat approach
Testosterone administration in human participants increased amygdala responses during threat approach and decreased it during threat avoidance.
- Oklahoma’s recent earthquakes and saltwater disposal
Increasingly frequent earthquakes in Oklahoma are linked to saltwater disposal.
- Laser-assisted guiding of electric discharges around objects
We demonstrate that laser beam shaping can be used to precisely control an electric discharge trail, avoiding or bypassing obstacles in the line of sight.
- Biodiversity and distribution of polar freshwater DNA viruses
A metagenomics analysis of Arctic freshwater viral DNA communities uncovers unique genetics and bipolar lineages.
- Accelerated modern human–induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction
Humans are causing a massive animal extinction without precedent in 65 million years.
- Role of Toll-like receptors in diabetic renal lesions in a miniature pig model
Metabolic inflammation activated by the TLR pathway plays an important role in kidney injuries in a mini-pig model of diabetes.
- Exploration of metastability and hidden phases in correlated electron crystals visualized by femtosecond optical doping and electron crystallography
Using femtosecond photodoping and crystallography to explore metastable and hidden quantum phases in tantalum disulfide.
- Unraveling the complexity of iron oxides at high pressure and temperature: Synthesis of Fe5O6
A novel iron oxide obtained at mantle’s conditions could play a critical role in processes shaping planets from their interiors.
- Warm oceanographic anomalies and fishing pressure drive seabird nesting north
Since 2000, Elegant Terns have begun migrating northward in the face of warm oceanographic anomalies.
- Sacrificial amphiphiles: Eco-friendly chemical herders as oil spill mitigation chemicals
Eco-friendly chemical herders treat crude oil spills.
- Planning tiger recovery: Understanding intraspecific variation for effective conservation
Radical revision of tiger taxonomy for a pragmatic and scientifically sound approach to tiger conservation management.
Review
- Mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes and cancer: Mechanistic insights gained from human genomics
New human genetic findings paired with biochemical studies are challenging current thinking on the function of chromatin remodeling complexes.