Contents
June 2016
Vol 2, Issue 6
Vol 2, Issue 6
Contents
Research Articles
- Dopamine D1 signaling organizes network dynamics underlying working memory
Dopamine orchestrates changes in cortical network synchrony that underlie working memory, as revealed with simultaneous PET-MRI.
- A Devonian predatory fish provides insights into the early evolution of modern sarcopterygians
A 409-million-year-old predatory fish provides unique insights into the early evolution of modern lobe-finned fishes.
- Noninvasive, near-field terahertz imaging of hidden objects using a single-pixel detector
Terahertz imaging for noninvasive measurements.
- Off-axis magmatism along a subaerial back-arc rift: Observations from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
A study of the growth of a large off-axis magma body along the Taupo Volcanic Zone.
- Tuning ice nucleation with counterions on polyelectrolyte brush surfaces
This work is the first to show that the ion specificity in tuning HIN on ionic surfaces follows the Hofmeister series.
- Women’s connectivity in extreme networks
Women show superior connectivity to men in extreme networks, even though they are typically outnumbered.
- The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness
The world atlas of zenith artificial night sky brightness is modelled with VIIRS DNB data and calibrated with more than 35,000 observations.
- Ultrasensitive interferometric on-chip microscopy of transparent objects
An optical reader made of consumer electronics components interferometrically detects ultrathin glass and protein patterns.
- Matrix-bound nanovesicles within ECM bioscaffolds
Matrix-bound vesicles within ECM bioscaffolds provide mechanistic insight into inductive properties.
- Role of scaffold network in controlling strain and functionalities of nanocomposite films
The tuning of functional properties in thick oxide films via nanoscaffolds induced large vertical lattice strain.
- Time-gated FRET nanoassemblies for rapid and sensitive intra- and extracellular fluorescence imaging
The time-gated FRET technique is used for rapid, sensitive intra- and extracellular imaging.
- Waveguide metatronics: Lumped circuitry based on structural dispersion
A microwave test bed for metatronic “lumped” circuitry is introduced by exploiting structural dispersion in waveguides.
- Domain morphology, boundaries, and topological defects in biophotonic gyroid nanostructures of butterfly wing scales
Coherent X-rays reveal defects in photonic crystals of butterfly wings.
- Highly sensitive sequencing reveals dynamic modifications and activities of small RNAs in mouse oocytes and early embryos
Expression, modification, and activity of microRNAs are dynamically regulated in early mouse embryos unveiled by sensitive sequencing.
- Interfacial gauge methods for incompressible fluid dynamics
A new class of numerical algorithms facilitates accurate computational modeling of intricate fluid interface phenomena.
- Enhanced economic connectivity to foster heat stress–related losses
Susceptibility of global economic network to production loss has increased since the beginning of this century.
- Novel multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci implicated in epigenetic regulation
Genome-wide study in Germans identifies four novel multiple sclerosis risk genes and confirms already known gene loci.
- Efficient solar-driven water splitting by nanocone BiVO4-perovskite tandem cells
Efficient solar water splitting is achieved by a nanocone BiVO4 photoelectrochemical cell in tandem with a perovskite solar cell.
- The transition from linear to highly branched poly(β-amino ester)s: Branching matters for gene delivery
Highly branched poly(β-amino ester) polymers are developed to carry a gene and to enter cells for the production of protein.
- Efficient and selective degradation of polyethylenes into liquid fuels and waxes under mild conditions
A catalytic alkane metathesis provides a mild and selective degradation of polyethylene wastes into valuable fuels and waxes.
- A highly shape-adaptive, stretchable design based on conductive liquid for energy harvesting and self-powered biomechanical monitoring
Researchers report a scalable approach for highly deformable and stretchable energy harvesters and self-powered sensors.
- Tunable room-temperature spin-selective optical Stark effect in solution-processed layered halide perovskites
A new spin on perovskites untwined: Ultrafast optical switching and tuning of spin-energy states in layered halide perovskites.
- Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation
Patagonian megafaunal extinctions reveal synergistic roles of climate change and human impacts.
- Edge-selenated graphene nanoplatelets as durable metal-free catalysts for iodine reduction reaction in dye-sensitized solar cells
The I3− reduction mechanism on carbon-based materials is clarified by electrochemical kinetics and DFT-NEGF calculations.
- Organic core-sheath nanowire artificial synapses with femtojoule energy consumption
Researchers report an organic nanowire artificial synapse that emulates working principles and energy consumption of biological synapses.
- Oil droplet self-transportation on oleophobic surfaces
Oleophobic surfaces capable of power-free self-transportation of oil droplets are designed.
- High functional diversity stimulates diversification in experimental microbial communities
High biodiversity promotes the evolution of more biodiversity by selecting for new species exploiting resources more thoroughly.
- The anatomical placode in reptile scale morphogenesis indicates shared ancestry among skin appendages in amniotes
Researchers show that scales, feathers, and hairs of reptiles, birds, and mammals evolved from the scales of their common reptilian ancestor.
- Global warming without global mean precipitation increase?
Robust response of the hydrological cycle to aerosol has thus far suppressed global mean precipitation increase.
- An electromechanical Ising Hamiltonian
The phonons localized in a mechanical resonator can be electrically manipulated to emulate the Ising Hamiltonian.
- Diverse rupture processes in the 2015 Peru deep earthquake doublet
The nearby Mw 7.5 and Mw 7.6 events in a deep earthquake doublet under Peru have diverse stress drops and radiation efficiency.
- Debris-carrying camouflage among diverse lineages of Cretaceous insects
A diverse insect assemblage of exceptionally preserved debris carriers is reported from Cretaceous Burmese, French, and Lebanese ambers.
- Mimosa Origami: A nanostructure-enabled directional self-organization regime of materials
Mimosa Origami: Large-scale dynamic self-assembly of soft materials powered by capillary-driven propagation of a pinpoint stimulus.
- Genomic agonism and phenotypic antagonism between estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer
Individual and concerted actions of ER and PR highlight the prognostic and therapeutic value of PR in ER+/PR+ breast cancers.
- A strongly robust type II Weyl fermion semimetal state in Ta3S2
A new methodology is used to design robust Weyl semimetals and to identify the most robust and ideal Weyl semimetal candidate in Ta3S2.
Review
- Gravel-bed river floodplains are the ecological nexus of glaciated mountain landscapes
Gravel-bed rivers are disproportionately important to regional biodiversity, species interactions, connectivity, and conservation.