In this week's issue:
|
|
| Special Section |
|
Introduction to Special Issue J.-P. Bibring et al.
|
|
| Research Summaries |
|
Editor summaries of this week's papers. Highlights of the recent literature.
|
|
| Editorial |
|
Mandë Holford and Rodney Nichols
|
|
| In Brief |
|
A roundup of weekly science policy and related news.
|
|
| In Depth |
|
Planetary Science Eric Hand Philae has fallen silent after fragmentary messages.
Biophysics Adrian Cho Technique could revolutionize tracking of individual cells.
Infectious Diseases Kai Kupferschmidt Controversial finding suggests they can speed the spread of deadly pathogens.
Science and the Law Kelly Servick Evidence examiners get practical about fighting cognitive bias.
Q&A Dennis Normile Jun Wang will concentrate on applying artificial intelligence to making sense of genome data.
Neuroscience Emily Underwood Trials of antibody drugs spawn hopes, doubts—and plans for more tests.
|
|
| Feature |
|
Adrian Cho Neutrinos from beyond our galaxy could be close kin to other mysterious visitors from space.
Kelly Servick As the U.S. military opens ground combat roles to women, it's looking to scientists to help define the standards.
|
|
| Working Life |
|
|
|
| Letters |
|
James W. Conrad Roger O. McClellan Gary K. Evans Andrew A. Rosenberg et al.
|
|
| Books et al. |
|
Genomics P. William Hughes How the life sciences changed in the wake of the genomics revolution
Engineering Sybil Derrible Engaging anecdotes offer readers a glimpse into the problem-solving processes employed by engineers
A listing of books received at Science during the week ending 24 July 2015.
|
|
| Policy Forum |
|
Water Water C. J. Vörösmarty et al.
Water J. G. Hering et al.
Biodiversity Tiffany A. Yap et al. A newly described pathogen poses a major threat to salamanders via trade
|
|
| Perspectives |
|
Robotics Dominic Vella Biomimetic robots can jump on land and on water [Also see Report by Koh et al.]
Organic Catalysis Shubhankar Kumar Bose and Todd B. Marder Boron-based catalysts add functional groups to normally unreactive carbon-hydrogen bonds [Also see Report by Légaré et al.]
Planetary Science Julien Aubert Magnetic studies of Earth and Mercury constrain their ancient core dynamics [Also see Report by Tarduno et al.]
Cancer Laurence Zitvogel and Guido Kroemer The tumor suppressor p53 may influence the ability of cancer cells to escape immune detection [Also see Research Article by Yoon et al.]
|
|
| Association Affairs |
|
Brian Lin Sarah Zielinski
|
|
| Reviews |
|
James J. De Yoreo et al. Materials nucleate and grow by the assembly of small particles and multi-ion complexes.
|
|
| Research Articles |
|
Kyoung Wan Yoon et al. p53 promotes clearance of dead cells and proper immune function. [Also see Perspective by Zitvogel and Kroemer]
Ling Yang et al. Altered S-nitrosylation of a key protein involved in the unfolded protein response interferes with proteostasis in obesity.
Jens Biele et al. Wlodek Kofman et al.
|
|
| Reports |
|
Takahiro Tomita et al. Transport measurements are used to identify a non–Fermi liquid phase in β-YbAlB4 that is not adjacent to a magnetic phase.
Jongjin B. Kim et al. Combined theory and experiment uncover subtle weakly bound states along the pathway of a widely studied chemical reaction.
Marc-André Légaré et al. Boron and nitrogen centers cooperatively catalyze a reaction that has previously relied on transition metal catalysts. [Also see Perspective by Bose and Marder]
Je-Sung Koh et al. Specialized leg design and motions allow both insects and robots to jump on water. [Also see Perspective by Vella]
John A. Tarduno et al. Paleomagnetic measurements on Jack Hills zircons suggest that the magnetic field may be at least 4.2 billion years old. [Also see Perspective by Aubert]
Ming-Yang Li et al. The regrowth of the second transition metal dichalcogenide monolayer by edge epitaxy creates a lateral p-n heterojunction.
W. R. L. Anderegg et al. Tree-ring data from 1338 forest sites show that after a drought tree growth is reduced for a further 3 to 4 years.
Veronica Nieves et al. Shifting ocean heat distributions slowed global warming.
David B. Heisler et al. An actin-specific toxin employs actin oligomers to subvert cellular functions at very low doses.
Caitlin E. Conn et al. Obligate parasitic Orobanchaceae plants germinate after sensing strigolactones exuded from host roots.
Hans-Ulrich Auster et al. S. Mottola et al. T. Spohn et al. J.-P. Bibring et al. I. P. Wright et al. Fred Goesmann et al.
|
|
| Technical Comments |
|
K. Jun Tong et al. K. M. Kjer et al.
|
|
| Podcast |
|
On this week's show: organic compounds on Comet 67P and a roundup of daily news stories.
|
|
| New Products |
|
A weekly roundup of information on newly offered instrumentation, apparatus, and laboratory materials of potential interest to researchers.
|
|
| From the AAAS Office of Publishing and Member Services |
|
Business Office Feature Chris Tachibana
|
