Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Arctic climate change paces Antarctic carbon pump
The Southern Westerly Winds store vast volumes of greenhouse gas emissions in the ocean. Worryingly, climate change seems to reduce the effectiveness of this carbon pump. A new study uses hydrogen from fossil leaves to better understand the links between shifts in climate and wind strength.
Photoinduced Decatungstate-Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloaddition of Internal Alkynes Using Aliphatic Aldehydes as a Three-Carbon Synthon
In contrast to the prevalence of 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions, radical [3+2] annulations of alkynes are underexplored. Here, the authors describe [3+2] cycloadditions of various internal alkynes with readily accessible aliphatic aldehydes via photoinduced decatungstate catalysis.
Graph deep learning detects contextual prognostic biomarkers from whole slide images
We recently developed a graph deep learning method that considers contextual histopathological features from the whole-slide images. We show that the proposed method can provide interpretable prognostic biomarkers in a semi-supervised manner. We believe it will aid prognostic tasks in the future.
Biocrust cyanobacteria are susceptible to bacterial predation
Cyanobacteria found within biocrusts are pivotal to the development and health of these dryland microbial communities. Discovery of a biocrust-native predatory bacterium of cyanobacteria indicates there are internal and unknown disease factors these communities must contend with.
Multiplexed Electrochemical detects both Nucleic acids and Proteins
In this paper, we designed an electrochemical diagnostic device that bridges biology and electronics to simultaneously detect viral RNA and human antibodies for diagnosing and tracking the course of COVID-19 and potentially other infections.
Ferroelectricity modulates polaronic coupling at multiferroic interfaces
Soft X-ray angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy is employed here to record the band structure of buried multiferroic interfaces where ferroelectric-induced charge modulation propagates into tunable electron-phonon interaction.
