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X-ray diffraction experiments indicate that the depression of the Earth’s 660-kilometre seismic discontinuity beneath cold subduction zones is caused by a phase transition from akimotoite to bridgmanite, leading to slab stagnation.
High-dimensional datasets derived from time-resolved live imaging of leukocytes in mice were used to identify leukocyte identities and dynamic neutrophil states with high cellular resolution.
Using intracranial electrocorticography and a series of motor tasks, a speech planning network that is central to natural language generation during social interaction is identified.
The discovery and synthesis of a colistin congener provide a promising clinical lead against mcr-1-encoding colistin-resistant pathogens, which are responsible for an increasing number of deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections.
Multiple high-precision measurement campaigns at CERN of the antiproton-to-proton charge-to-mass ratio—to a precision of 16 parts per trillion—in a cryogenic multi-Penning trap offer no evidence of charge–parity–time violation, and set stringent limits on the clock-weak-equivalence principle.
Spontaneous crystallization of atoms occurs in a rotating ultracold Bose–Einstein condensate occupying the lowest Landau level, behaviour that is related to a quantum hydrodynamic instability driven by shear forces.
Some public-health researchers are embracing data and technology to target small groups with precise health interventions. Others fear that these tactics could fail millions.
Renowned scientist convicted as part of the US crackdown on researchers with connections to China. Plus, safety fears following fatal explosions in laboratories, and farewell to three scientific giants: Richard Leakey, E. O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy.