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Denisovan hybrid cave yields four more hominin bones

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Letter | 19 September 2018

Glider soaring via reinforcement learning in the field

A reinforcement learning approach allows a suitably equipped glider to navigate thermal plumes autonomously in an open field.
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Hydraulic diversity of forests regulates ecosystem resilience during drought

The diversity in the hydraulic traits of trees mediates ecosystem resilience to drought and will probably have an important role in future ecosystem–atmosphere feedback effects.
- William R. L. Anderegg
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T cells in patients with narcolepsy target self-antigens of hypocretin neurons

The detection of hypocretin-specific autoreactive CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells in patients with narcolepsy reveals the autoimmune aetiology of this disorder.
- Daniela Latorre
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Letter | 19 September 2018

Superstructures generated from truncated tetrahedral quantum dots

Truncated tetrahedral nanocrystals can self-assemble into one-, two- and three-dimensional superstructures.
- Yasutaka Nagaoka
- , Rui Tan
- , Ruipeng Li
- , Hua Zhu
- , Dennis Eggert
- , Yimin A. Wu
- , Yuzi Liu
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Article | 19 September 2018

Tc toxin activation requires unfolding and refolding of a β-propeller

A high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of a complete Tc holotoxin complex reveals the precise mechanism of Tc toxin assembly, gate opening and release of the cytotoxic enzyme into the translocation channel.
- Christos Gatsogiannis
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Letter | 19 September 2018

Clearance of senescent glial cells prevents tau-dependent pathology and cognitive decline

In a mouse model of tau-dependent neurodegenerative disease, the clearance of senescent glial cells prevents the degeneration of cortical and hippocampal neurons and preserves cognitive function.
- Tyler J. Bussian
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- , Charlton F. Meyer
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Letter | 19 September 2018

Absolute timing of the photoelectric effect

The absolute timing of the photoelectric effect has proved difficult to measure, but the delay between photon arrival at a tungsten surface and ejection of photoelectrons has now been determined.
- M. Ossiander
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- , S. Neppl
- , M. Mittermair
- , M. Schäffer
- , A. Duensing
- , M. S. Wagner
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Letter | 19 September 2018

Device-independent quantum random-number generation
- Yang Liu
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Letter | 19 September 2018

A dynamically young and perturbed Milky Way disk

An analysis of the motions of six million stars in the Milky Way disk reveals substructures such as snail shells and ridges, indicating that our Galaxy has been recently perturbed.
- T. Antoja
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- , M. Romero-Gómez
- , D. Katz
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News & Views | 19 September 2018

Elimination of senescent cells prevents neurodegeneration in mice

Aggregation of the protein tau is implicated in neurodegenerative diseases in humans. It emerges that eliminating a type of damaged cell that no longer divides can prevent tau-mediated neurodegeneration in mice.
- Jay Penney
- & Li-Huei Tsai
News & Views | 19 September 2018

A core problem in nuclear assembly

Chromosomes can exist outside the nucleus in rupture-prone structures called micronuclei. It emerges that micronuclei are fragile because their outer layer lacks some nuclear-envelope components.
- Matthias Samwer
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News & Views | 19 September 2018

Timing the action of light on matter

Photoemission, the ejection of an electron from a material on the absorption of a photon, is one of the fastest processes in nature. An experiment demonstrates how the dynamics of this process can be captured in real time.
- Thomas Fennel
News & Views | 19 September 2018

Put to sleep by immune cells

The sleep disorder narcolepsy is linked to immune-system genes and is caused by the loss of neurons that express the protein hypocretin. Hypocretin-targeting immune cells have now been found in people with narcolepsy.
- Roland S. Liblau
News & Views | 19 September 2018

Short proton bunches rapidly accelerate energetic electrons

Experiments show that short bunches of protons can produce electric fields that are strong enough to accelerate energetic electrons compactly. This discovery could lead to miniaturized high-energy particle accelerators.
- Toshiki Tajima
News & Views | 18 September 2018

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Discovery of Galileo’s long-lost letter shows he edited his heretical ideas to fool the Inquisition

Exclusive: Document shows that the astronomer toned down the claims that triggered science history’s most infamous battle — then lied about his edits.
- Alison Abbott
News | 21 September 2018

Discovery of vibrant deep-sea life prompts new worries over seabed mining

“Gummy squirrels,” single-celled organisms the size of softballs and strange worms thrive in a Pacific Ocean zone some considered an underwater desert.
- Amy Maxmen
News | 21 September 2018

University says prominent food researcher committed academic misconduct

Brian Wansink will retire at the end of the academic year, according to Cornell University.
- Sara Reardon
News | 21 September 2018

Japan’s asteroid mission drops first rovers onto ‘dumpling’ space rock

The two landers will hop around Ryugu to take pictures and measure temperatures.
- Elizabeth Gibney
News | 20 September 2018

World's first animal was a pancake-shaped prehistoric ocean dweller

Fossils of ancient sea creatures answer a long-standing question about how animals became bigger and more complex.
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Denisovan hybrid cave yields four more hominin bones

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