- Electrolytes induce long-range orientational order and free energy changes in the H-bond network of bulk water
Ions induce changes in the H-bond network of water that extend by >20 nm, vary for H2O and D2O, and lead to surface tension anomalies.
- Filling-enforced quantum band insulators in spin-orbit coupled crystals
Quantum effects produce a band insulator with fewer electrons than permitted in any classical picture.
- The presence of clathrates in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
In situ coma measurements of 67P suggest that volatiles in the nucleus are stored as clathrates and pure condensates.
- A specialized flavone biosynthetic pathway has evolved in the medicinal plant, Scutellaria baicalensis
Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang-Qin in Chinese medicine) produces bioactive 4′-deoxyflavones by a newly evolved metabolic pathway.
- Climate-driven polar motion: 2003–2015
Ice sheets and continental hydrology changes on decadal time scales are the dominant drivers of decadal scale polar motion.
- Self-assembly of highly efficient, broadband plasmonic absorbers for solar steam generation
A self-assembling plasmonic absorber absorbs light efficiently across a wide range of wavelengths and could be used in nanophotonic devices.
- Hanbury Brown and Twiss interferometry with twisted light
Fluctuations of twisted beams of random light, such as sunlight, lead to an angular Hanbury Brown–Twiss effect.
- The crystal structure of human dopamine β-hydroxylase at 2.9 Å resolution
This first structure of the enzyme converting dopamine to norepinephrine provides new perspectives on numerous disorders.
- Neuron-specific SALM5 limits inflammation in the CNS via its interaction with HVEM
The SALM5-HVEM interaction limits inflammation and contributes to immune privilege in the CNS.
- Light-activated communication in synthetic tissues
Synthetic tissues with minimal cellular functionality can be externally controlled by light.
- Light-induced self-assembly of active rectification devices
Self-propelled particles that swim in response to light can self-assemble microfluidic rectification devices under nonuniform illumination.
- Programmable colloidal molecules from sequential capillarity-assisted particle assembly
Researchers produce tailor-made colloidal molecules from a variety of materials using a simple sequential assembly process.
- Tracking changes and preventing loss in critical tiger habitat
Real-time forest monitoring technologies could help track changes in tiger populations.
- A highly conserved G-rich consensus sequence in hepatitis C virus core gene represents a new anti–hepatitis C target
A conserved guanine-rich sequence could be a new target for anti–hepatitis C virus drug development.
