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2024-07-19

丙烷(图片中从左侧进入的部分)可以在底层覆盖镍纳米颗粒(蓝色部分)的二氧化钛催化剂(红色和白色球体)上形成丙烯(一种重要的聚合物结构单元)和氢气(从右侧流出的部分),底层镍纳米颗粒由氧化铝(灰色部分)支撑。缺氧二氧化钛覆盖层在形成丙烯时会变得更加活跃,因为镍有助于激活碳氢键断裂和氢气解吸。

Propane (entering fromthe left) can form propylene—an important polymer buildingblock—and hydrogen (exiting tothe right) over a titanium oxidecatalyst (red and white spheres)coating an underlying nickelnanoparticle (blue) supportedon aluminum oxide (gray). Theoxygen-deficient titanium dioxideoverlayers become much moreactive for forming propylenebecause nickel helps activatecarbon-hydrogen bond breakingand hydrogen desorption.

2024-07-26

2023年6月, 加拿大野火燃烧产生的烟雾笼罩了美国纽约州纽约市,封面上展示的是6月7日拍摄到的克莱斯勒大厦及其周边的景象。过去10年的野火烟雾事件已经阻止或逆转了美国正在提升的空气质量趋势。本期特刊探讨了监测、健康影响,以及处理空气污染相关政策等方面的最新进展。

S m o k e f r o m w i l d f i r e sburning in Canada enveloped NewYork City, New York, in Juneof 2023, shown here in a photoof the Chrysler Building on 7June. Wildfire smoke events inthe past decade have halted orreversed positive air quality trendsin the United States. This specialissue considers recent developmentsin monitoring, health effects, andpolicy dealing with air pollution.

2024-08-02

番茄和茄子的近亲黑紫茄,是一种防御力很强的植物,原产于巴西。它的地上部分被尖锐的表皮突起覆盖,称为棘刺,这种突起在维管植物中至少重复出现28 次。最新研究表明,其中一些独立起源的物种具有共同的遗传基础,这为基因编辑提供了一个目标,有助于去除人工培育植物(如玫瑰)中的刺。

M a l e v o l e n c e (S o l a n u matropurpureum ), a close relativeof tomato and eggplant, is aw e l l - d e f e n d e d p l a n t s p e c i e snative to Brazil. Its aerial surfaceis covered in sharp epidermalprojections called prickles, whicharose repeatedly at least 28 timesa c r o s s v a s c u l a r p l a n t s . Newwo r k i n d i c a t e s t h a t s o m e o fthese independent origins share acommon genetic basis, providing agene editing target to facilitate theremoval of prickles in cultivatedplants, such as rose.

2024-08-09

封面图描绘的是历经几个世纪的殖民主义所遗留下来科学领域的不平等现象。但是来自世界各地的研究人员正在共同努力,试图改变科学影响力的轴心,让南半球国家的科学家成为焦点,并建立更公平的科学研究事业。

C e n t u r i e s o f c o l o n i a l i s mhave left lingering inequities inscience. But researchers aroundthe world are working togetherto shift the axis of scientifici n f l u e n c e , b r i n g i n g s c i e n t i s t sof the Global South into thespotlight and building a moreequitable research enterprise.