Enhanced charge density wave coherence in a light-quenched, high-temperature superconductor
The deubiquitinase USP8 targets ESCRT-III to promote incomplete cell division
All topological bands of all nonmagnetic stoichiometric materials
Tag Archives: Science Reviews
Cover Preview: Nature Magazine – May 19, 2022
Nature Magazine, May 19, 2022 – At industrial scales, chemical reactions are typically driven by applying continuous heat to the reactants. In this week’s issue, Liangbing Hu and his colleagues show that pulsed heating and quenching can enhance synthetic performance while also saving energy.
The researchers use a programmable electric current to switch between high and low temperatures very quickly — typically 0.02 seconds on, 1.08 seconds off. Rapidly quenching the reaction gives high selectivity, maintains catalyst stability and reduces energy usage. The cover image illustrates the heater in action for the pyrolysis of methane — the model reaction the team tested. Methane molecules travel through the pores of the high-temperature heater and are selectively converted into useful products.
Cover Preview: Science Magazine – May 13, 2022
A survey of cell types across tissues as part of the Human Cell Atlas, mapped with single-cell transcriptomics in three papers in this issue, lays the foundation for understanding how cellular composition and gene expression vary across the human body in health, and for understanding how genes act in disease.
Cover Previews: Nature Magazine – May 12, 2022
Nova explosions occur when a runaway thermonuclear reaction is triggered in a white dwarf that is accreting hydrogen from a companion star. The massive amount of energy released ultimately creates the bright light source that can be seen with a naked eye as a nova. But some of the energy has been predicted to be lost during the initial stages of the reaction as a flash of intense luminosity — a fireball phase — detectable as low-energy X-rays. In this week’s issue, Ole König and his colleagues present observations that corroborate this prediction. Using scans taken by the instrument eROSITA, the researchers identified a short, bright X-ray flash from the nova YZ Reticuli a few hours before it became visible in the optical spectrum. The cover shows an artist’s impression of the nova in the fireball phase.
Previews: New Scientist Magazine – May 14, 2022
New Scientist Magazine, May 14, 2022
COVER STORIES
- FEATURES Fascia: The long-overlooked tissue that shapes your health
- FEATURES The grand plan to create a periodic table of all animal intelligence
- FEATURES Have we been measuring the expansion of the universe wrong all along?
- NEWS Simple webcam test could show whether you lack a mind’s eye
- NEWS How quickly can you catch covid-19 again if you have already had it?
Cover Preview: Science Magazine – May 6, 2022
IN DEPTH
Bids for Anthropocene’s ‘golden spike’ emerge
Download PDF – Sites compete to mark global changes of the 1950s and define new geological age
Census aims for better U.S. statistical portrait
Download PDF – Agency wants to retool its surveys and decennial census to improve efficiency and generate better data
Doubt cast on inflammation’s stop signals
Download PDF – Critics challenge data underpinning “resolution immunology,” triggering university probes
Germany weighs whether culling excess lab animals is a crime
Download PDF – As prosecutors evaluate complaints from animal rights groups, labs try to reduce surplus
Balloon detects first signs of ‘sound tunnel’ in the sky
Download PDF – Atmospheric analog to ocean’s acoustic channel could be used to monitor eruptions and bombs
Science Magazine: “Why We Sleep” – October 29
Science: NASA’s First Moon Mission In 50 Years, Robots That Look, Act Like People
Staff Writer Paul Voosen talks with host Sarah Crespi about plans for NASA’s first visit to the Moon in 50 years—and the quick succession of missions that will likely follow.
Next, Eileen Roesler, an engineering psychologist at the Technical University of Berlin, discusses the benefits of making robots that look and act like people—it’s not always as helpful as you would think.
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