Contents
January 2017
Vol 3, Issue 1
Vol 3, Issue 1
Contents
Research Articles
- Marrow-inspired matrix cues rapidly affect early fate decisions of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
Primary murine HSCs show divergent fate decisions with biomaterial engagement and due to marrow-inspired biophysical cues.
- Molecular ligand modulation of palladium nanocatalysts for highly efficient and robust heterogeneous oxidation of cyclohexenone to phenol
Molecular ligand modulation of Pd nanoparticle catalysts achieves exceptional activity and stability.
- Assessing recent warming using instrumentally homogeneous sea surface temperature records
Instrumentally homogeneous SST records show a cooling bias in composite SST products and validate recent NOAA recent record revision.
- Resource tracking within and across continents in long-distance bird migrants
Migrant birds track seasonally available resources on a continental scale across the annual cycle.
- Interlayer couplings, Moiré patterns, and 2D electronic superlattices in MoS2/WSe2 hetero-bilayers
A periodic modulation of the local bandgap in the rotationally aligned MoS2/WSe2 bilayer creates a 2D electronic superlattice.
- The mechanics and design of a lightweight three-dimensional graphene assembly
The mechanics of a lightweight three-dimensional graphene assembly, quantified by computational simulation and 3D printing, are discussed.
- Overlooked possibility of a collapsed Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in warming climate
Climate models underestimate the possibility of a collapsed Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation under climate warming.
- The discovery of a conjugate system of faults in the Wharton Basin intraplate deformation zone
A conjugate system of faults (shear and reactivated fracture zones) accommodates intraplate deformation in the Wharton Basin.
- Amylose recognition and ring-size determination of amylomaltase
The crystal structure of amylomaltase provides insights into the interaction of glycoside hydrolases with their polymeric substrate.
- Key role of the dopamine D4 receptor in the modulation of corticostriatal glutamatergic neurotransmission
The function of the dopamine D4 receptor and the product of a clinically significant gene polymorphic variant is revealed.
- Slab temperature controls on the Tonga double seismic zone and slab mantle dehydration
The Tonga double seismic zone depth and distribution are controlled by slab temperature, which affects dehydration reactions.
- Energy penetration into arrays of aligned nanowires irradiated with relativistic intensities: Scaling to terabar pressures
Nanowire arrays heated by laser pulses of relativistic intensity open a path to extreme energy densities and pressures.
- Early formation of the Moon 4.51 billion years ago
Data on lunar zircons require the formation of the Moon by 4.51 Gy, therefore within the first 60 My of the solar system.
- Electrospun core-shell microfiber separator with thermal-triggered flame-retardant properties for lithium-ion batteries
A novel “smart” separator with thermal-triggered flame-retardant properties for lithium-ion batteries to improve their safety.
- The last frontiers of wilderness: Tracking loss of intact forest landscapes from 2000 to 2013
Intact forest landscapes have the greatest conservation value but are shrinking due to industrial logging and fragmentation.
- An ambiguity principle for assigning protein structural domains
Our novel algorithm for delimiting protein structural domains provides insights into protein folding, function, and evolution.
- ASXL1 interacts with the cohesin complex to maintain chromatid separation and gene expression for normal hematopoiesis
Asxl1 loss–induced myeloid malignancies are mediated partially through impaired ASXL1 cohesin interaction and cohesin functions.
- Single-shot real-time video recording of a photonic Mach cone induced by a scattered light pulse
Lossless-encoding compressed ultrafast photography captures a movie of a photonic Mach cone at 100 billion frames per second.
- Pure iron grains are rare in the universe
The extremely low sticking probability of iron inhibits the formation of metallic iron grains around evolved stars.
- Dynamic interactions between a membrane binding protein and lipids induce fluctuating diffusivity
The number of interacting lipids regulates the diffusivity of a peripheral membrane protein bound on a membrane surface.
- Rainfall regimes of the Green Sahara
We estimate rainfall during the “Green Sahara” period.
- Physical determinants of bipolar mitotic spindle assembly and stability in fission yeast
A physical model that exhibits de novo bipolar spindle assembly is used to study the mechanisms of spindle bipolarity.
- Visible/near-infrared subdiffraction imaging reveals the stochastic nature of DNA walkers
Super-resolution imaging reveals the stochastic behavior of DNA walkers.
- Tambora and the mackerel year: Phenology and fisheries during an extreme climate event
Two hundred years ago, the volcano Tambora caused an extreme climate event that altered fisheries halfway around the world.
- Rapid decadal convective precipitation increase over Eurasia during the last three decades of the 20th century
More prevalent showers and thunderstorms are responsible for higher daily extremes and intensity over northern Eurasia.
- Understanding charge transport in lead iodide perovskite thin-film field-effect transistors
Band-like charge transport is observed in lead halide perovskite field-effect transistors.
- The tropical lapse rate steepened during the Last Glacial Maximum
A new temperature record from East Africa demonstrates that the tropical lapse rate steepened during the last ice age.
- Semiconducting polymers are light nanotransducers in eyeless animals
Light polymer nanotransducers control cell functions in vivo.
- Terrestrial discharges mediate trophic shifts and enhance methylmercury accumulation in estuarine biota
Terrestrial discharge can cause pelagic zone trophic shifts and enhance methylmercury accumulation in plankton three- to sixfold.
- Knitting and weaving artificial muscles
Textile artificial muscles were developed using weaving to increase the force and knitting to amplify the strain.
- Concurrence of extracellular vesicle enrichment and metabolic switch visualized label-free in the tumor microenvironment
Label-free molecular imaging of the tumor microenvironment interrelates well-known events in carcinogenesis across spatial scales.
- Splashing transients of 2D plasmons launched by swift electrons
Revealing how 2D plasmons emerge and evolve in electron energy–loss spectroscopy (EELS).
- Accelerated freshening of Antarctic Bottom Water over the last decade in the Southern Indian Ocean
Accelerated freshening reduced warming of Antarctic Bottom Water from 2007 to 2016 in the Australian-Antarctic Basin.
Review
- Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter
Impending extinction of the world’s primates due to human activities; immediate global attention is needed to reverse the trend.