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    Certain proteins are capable of self-replicating, including those associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Simulations now pinpoint the adsorption of monomeric proteins onto protein fibril surfaces as the mechanism responsible for self-replication.

    • Anđela Šarić
    • , Alexander K. Buell
    •  & Daan Frenkel

  • Measure for Measure |

    Enrico Massa and Giovanni Mana expound on the substance of the Avogadro constant.

    • Enrico Massa
    •  & Giovanni Mana

  • News & Views |

    The concept of an evolving jamming density explains a multitude of mechanisms in granular matter. Simulations of systems with friction now consolidate this notion and highlight that the jamming point is a variable that can move in various ways whenever the system is deformed.

    • Stefan Luding

  • Research Highlights |

    • Bart Verberck

  • News & Views |

    Anharmonicity is a property of lattice vibrations governing how they interact and how well they conduct heat. Experiments on tin selenide, the most efficient thermoelectric material known, now provide a link between anharmonicity and electronic orbitals.

    • Joseph P. Heremans

  • Article |

    Heat transport is well described by the Green–Kubo formalism. Now, the formalism is combined with density-functional theory, enabling simulations of thermal conduction in systems that cannot be adequately modelled by classical interatomic potentials.

    • Aris Marcolongo
    • , Paolo Umari
    •  & Stefano Baroni

  • Article |

    Tin selenide is at present the best thermoelectric conversion material. Neutron scattering results and ab initio simulations show that the large phonon scattering is due to the development of a lattice instability driven by orbital interactions.

    • C. W. Li
    • , J. Hong
    •  & O. Delaire

  • News & Views |

    Subradiant states have remained elusive since their prediction sixty years ago, but they have now been uncovered in ultracold molecules, where they could prove useful for ultra-high precision spectroscopy.

    • Benjamin Pasquiou

  • Letter |

    An experimental study characterizes subradiance—inhibited emission due to destructive interference—in ultracold molecules close to the dissociation limit and shows that it could be used for precision molecular spectroscopy.

    • B. H. McGuyer
    • , M. McDonald
    •  & T. Zelevinsky

  • Research Highlights |

    • Bart Verberck

  • News & Views |

    For almost a century, deviations of Ohm's law have been known to occur in electrolyte solutions. Now, lattice model simulations of these systems are providing valuable insight into the microscopic mechanisms involved.

    • Erik Luijten

  • Research Highlights |

    • Abigail Klopper

  • News & Views |

    A technique for protecting out-of-equilibrium nuclear spin states from thermalization while offering a route to converting them into observable NMR signal is an important contribution to a field that welcomes every bit of extra signal.

    • Andreas Trabesinger

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