Contents
03 June 2016
Vol 352, Issue 6290
Vol 352, Issue 6290
Contents
This Week in Science
Editorial
Editors' Choice
Products & Materials
- New Products
A weekly roundup of information on newly offered instrumentation, apparatus, and laboratory materials of potential interest to researchers.
In Brief
In Depth
- Mosquito hunters search for Zika vectors
Yellow fever mosquito is confirmed, but others may contribute.
- Dogs may have been domesticated more than once
But all living dogs have Asian roots.
- ‘Culinary frontier’ tracks Madagascar's Asian settlers
Crop remains record wave of arrivals from the East.
- Telescope and NASA mission get under Jupiter's skin
Ground-based VLA spies giant wave of ammonia, while the Juno spacecraft gears up to go after the water.
- CRISPR views of embryos and cells
Genome editor helps record development, cell influences.
Feature
- Peace of mind
A young Palestinian neuroscientist hopes to create a research oasis in the West Bank that transcends politics.
- Gatherings aim to bridge a wide divide
An annual meeting brings together Arab and Israeli neuroscientists.
- Stranding sleuth
Gleaning clues from beached marine mammals, Frances Gulland takes the measure of ocean health.
Working Life
Letters
Books et al.
Policy Forum
- Aligning statistical and scientific reasoning
Misunderstanding and misuse of statistical significance impede science
Perspectives
- Ecologically relevant data are policy-relevant data
Microplastics reduce fish hatching success and survival
- A lipid arsenal to control inflammation
Lipids released from dying cells control immune responses to microbial products
- Beyond prebiotic chemistry
What dynamic network properties allow the emergence of life?
- Connecting the dots in magnetic reconnection
Four formation-flying spacecraft reveal the 3D electron physics of magnetic reconnection
- Photonic multitasking enabled with geometric phase
Metasurface-based phased-array antennas help implement flat optical devices that perform multiple functions
- Drugging DNA repair
Inhibiting DNA repair can have a positive outcome on therapeutic interventions
Research Articles
- Electron-scale measurements of magnetic reconnection in space
Magnetic reconnection is driven by the electron-scale dynamics occurring within magnetized plasmas.
- Metalenses at visible wavelengths: Diffraction-limited focusing and subwavelength resolution imaging
A planar metasurface can function as a high-end optical lens.
Review
Reports
- Structure and torsional dynamics of the water octamer from THz laser spectroscopy near 215 μm
A water cluster of great theoretical interest has been characterized by high-resolution spectroscopy.
- Peering through Jupiter’s clouds with radio spectral imaging
Radio observations probe beneath the clouds of Jupiter’s atmosphere.
- Photonic spin-controlled multifunctional shared-aperture antenna array
A 2D nanophotonic system can be designed with multifunctional optical capability.
- Orbital-exchange and fractional quantum number excitations in an f-electron metal, Yb2Pt2Pb
Neutron-scattering measurements indicate that a 3D metal with high atomic magnetic moments behaves like a 1D spin chain.
- Water splitting–biosynthetic system with CO2 reduction efficiencies exceeding photosynthesis
A biocompatible catalyst in an artificial photosynthesis system leads to efficient solar-to-fuel conversion.
- Environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastic particles influence larval fish ecology
Microplastics alter the behavior and reduce the survival and growth of European perch.
- Conversion of human fibroblasts into functional cardiomyocytes by small molecules
Heart-like cells can be generated from human skin cells by using small molecules and without genetic manipulation.
- ADP-ribose–derived nuclear ATP synthesis by NUDIX5 is required for chromatin remodeling
Energy needed to remodel chromatin to make DNA accessible can be generated in situ in the nucleus from ADP-ribose.
- TT-seq maps the human transient transcriptome
Transient transcriptome sequencing maps short-lived RNAs, estimates RNA half-lives, and uncovers transcription termination sites.
- Genomic and archaeological evidence suggest a dual origin of domestic dogs
Dogs may have been domesticated independently in Eastern and Western Eurasia from distinct wolf populations.
- An endogenous caspase-11 ligand elicits interleukin-1 release from living dendritic cells
Oxidized phospholipids released from dying cells shape dendritic cell immunity.
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About The Cover
COVER Nanoscale titanium dioxide fins in an ultrathin planar lens (a metalens) focus visible light (entering from the bottom and propagating upward) with high efficiency down to a subwavelength spot (yellow area). Due to their ultracompact geometry and high-resolution imaging capabilities, metalenses have potential to replace conventional lenses in a wide range of applications, such as cameras, wearable displays, and microscopes. See page 1190.
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