WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- ACS Omega, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features findings in chemistry and interfacing areas of science from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 6, 2024, edition (Vol. 9, Issue 5). Here are excerpts: Mini-Reviews: * Amino Acid Chirality: Stereospecific Conversion and Physiological Implications Reviews: * The Toxicity of Mercury and Its Chemical Compounds: Molecular Mechanisms and Environmental and Hum more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- ACS Omega, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features findings in chemistry and interfacing areas of science from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 30, 2024, edition (Vol. 9, Issue 4). Here are excerpts: Perspectives: * Language of Chemistry: Making IUPAC Nomenclature Available in Spanish Mini-Reviews: * Photoswitchable Photochromic Chelating Spironaphthoxazines: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, Quan more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, a journal that says it features challenges of sustainability in the chemical enterprise and advance principles of green chemistry and green engineering from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 5, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 5): Perspectives: * A Review of the Current and Future Prospects for Producing Bioplastic Films Made from Starch and Chitosan * Thermochemical Val more PR

CHESTER, England, Feb. 10 -- Acta Crystallographica Section B-Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, a journal that says it features structural science of compounds and materials from the International Union of Crystallography, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition: Scientific Commentaries: * Radiation damage as a source of information Research papers: * High-throughput nanoscale crystallization of dihydropyridine active pharmaceut more PR

LONDON, England, Feb. 9 -- Analytical Methods, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features an early applications of new analytical methods with clear societal impact, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 6): * Recent progress on the CRISPR/Cas system in optical biosensors * Determination of promethazine in forensic samples using multi-walled carbon nanotube-gold nanoparticle electrochemical senso more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Feb. 7 -- Applied Physics Letters, a journal from the American Institute of Physics, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 5, 2024, edition (Vol. 124, Issue 6): PERSPECTIVES: * Optical properties of two-dimensional Dirac-Weyl materials with a flatband * Exceptional points in non-Hermitian systems: Applications and recent developments SURFACES AND INTERFACES: * Designable and unidirectional motion of Leidenfrost droplets on heated asymmetri more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Astrophysical Journal Letters, a scientific journal from the American Astronomical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 961, No. 2): * The Radial Interplanetary Field Strength at Sunspot Minimum as Polar Field Proxy and Solar Cycle Predictor * Protoplanetary Disk Size under Nonideal Magnetohydrodynamics: A General Formalism with Inclined Magnetic Field * The Link between Nonthermal Velocity and Free Magnetic Ener more PR

ALBANY, California, Feb. 5 -- Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, a peer-reviewed journal in seismology, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 114, No. 1): Special Section: Seismic Hazard Modeling: * The 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model: Process, Overview, and Results * Upper Plate and Subduction Interface Deformation Models in the 2022 Revision of the Aotearoa New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model * G more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Crystal Growth and Design, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features the study of the design, growth and application of crystalline materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 24, Issue 3): Perspectives: * Growth of ZnO Polytypes: Multiple Facets of Diverse Applications Communications: * Water-Soluble, Self-Assembled Molecular Cage and Two-Dimensional Framework through Flexibi more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Feb. 5 -- Geosphere, a journal on geosciences from the Geological Society of America, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 20, No. 1): Current Issue Articles: * Reconciling complex stratigraphic frameworks reveals temporally and geographically variable depositional patterns of the Campanian Ignimbrite * Precursors to a continental-arc ignimbrite flare-up: Early central volcanoes of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA * T more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Inorganic Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features bioinorganic, organometallic, solid-state, materials and nanoscale chemistry, energy and photochemistry, catalysis, theory and computation, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 5, 2024, edition (Vol. 63, Issue 5): Featured Articles: * Zwitterionic Aqua Palladacycles with Noncovalent Interactions for meta-Selective Suzuki Coupling of 3,4-Dichlor more PR

WESTMINSTER, Colorado, Feb. 8 -- Invasive Plant Science and Management, a journal that says it focuses on plant biology, ecology, management and restoration of non-crop areas and aspects relevant to invasive species from the Weed Science Society of America, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 4): Research Article: * High-impact invasive plants expanding into mid-Atlantic states: identifying priority range-shifting species for monito more PR

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 7 -- The Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Japan Society of Applied Physics, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 63, No. 1): Editorial: * Nano Electronic Materials and Related Technologies 2023 Progress Reviews: * Visualizing the inside of three-dimensional self-organizing systems by three-dimensional atomic force microscopy * Upconversion emission using the interfacial charge transfer more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Feb. 9 -- The Journal of Applied Physics, a journal from the American Institute of Physics that publishes experimental and theoretical results of applied physics research, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 135, Issue 6): ARTICLES: - Photonics, plasmonics, photovoltaics, lasers, optical phenomena, materials, and metamaterials * Optimizing electron injection barriers and hole-trapping ability for high-performance pho more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Feb. 8 -- The Journal of Chemical Physics, a journal that says it features methods and applications of chemical physics from the American Institute of Physics, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 160, Issue 6): REVIEWS: * Chiral plasmonic sensing: From the perspective of light-matter interaction ARTICLES: - Theoretical Methods and Algorithms * On a direct method of calculating pressure in the canonical ensemble * more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 5 -- The Journal of Mammalogy, a scientific journal that says it features mammalian behavior, conservation, ecology, genetics, morphology, physiology and taxonomy from the American Society of Mammalogists, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 105, Issue 1): Research Articles: * Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes contribute to mass gain variation in female obligate hibernators * Sex and age mediate the effects of rapid environme more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it advances in physical chemistry, chemical physics and materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 8, 2024, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 5): Perspectives: * Constraints upon Functionals of the 1-Matrix, Universal Properties of Natural Orbitals, and the Fallacy of the Collins "Conjecture" Physical Insights into Quantum Phenome more PR

BRISTOL, England, Feb. 7 -- The Journal of Physics B-Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, a journal that says it covers the study of atoms, ions, molecules and clusters, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 57, No. 2): Papers: - Atomic and Molecular Collisions * A data-driven machine learning approach for electron-molecule ionization cross sections - Optical and Laser Physics * Compact gap solitons and compact edge states of exciton-pola more PR

BRISTOL, England, Feb. 5 -- Journal of Physics-Materials, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features biological and biomedical materials, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 7, No. 1): Topical Reviews: * Ionic hydrogels-based triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered human-machine interfaces * Contact engineering for organic CMOS circuits * How to identify and characterize strongly correlated topological semimetals * Applications of  more PR

BRISTOL, England, Feb. 5 -- Journal of Physics-Photonics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it showcases the developments in the science, technology and application of photonics, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 6, No. 1): Perspective: * Towards truly sustainable IoT systems: the SUPERIOT project Papers: * Simultaneous nonlinear spectral broadening and temporal contrast enhancement of ultrashort pulses in a multi-pass cell * Off-the-she more PR

MELVILLE, New York, Feb. 5 -- The Journal of Rheology, a journal from the Society of Rheology that says it provides coverage of issues drawn from industry and academia, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 68, Issue 2): * No yield stress required: Stress-activated flow in simple yield-stress fluids * In situ experimental investigation of fiber orientation kinetics during uniaxial extensional flow of polymer composites * Modeling linear and nonlin more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, a peer reviewed journal that says it covers interfaces and surfaces of materials, thin films and plasmas, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 42, Issue 1): Letters: * Oxidation properties of quaternary Zr-based diboride thin films grown by hybrid high-power impulse/DC magnetron co-sputtering * Mechanical and tribological properties of diamondlike carbon-coated polycarbonate more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Langmuir, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it focuses on the science and application of systems and materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 6, 2024, edition (Vol. 40, Issue 5): Reviews: * Main-Chain Cationic Polyelectrolytes: Design, Synthesis, and Applications * Polymer Brushes and Surface Nanostructures: Molecular Design, Precise Synthesis, and Self-Assembly * Recent Progress on Nickel- and Iron-B more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Langmuir, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it focuses on the science and application of systems and materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 30, 2024, edition (Vol. 40, Issue 4): Perspectives: * Atomistic Scale Modeling of Anode/Electrolyte Interfaces in Li-Ion Batteries Reviews: * Interactions between Lipid Vesicle Membranes and Single Amino Acid Fibrils: Probable Origin of Specific Neurological Di more PR

OXFORD, England, Feb. 9 -- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a journal that features astronomy and astrophysics, published research articles, including the following topics, in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 528, Issue 2). Here are excerpts: Article: * Predictions for electromagnetic counterparts to Neutron Star mergers discovered during LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing runs 4 and 5 * Diagnostic diagrams for ram pressure stripped candidates * Truncated, tilted discs as a possib more PR

CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 9 -- Network Science, a journal that says it uses the network paradigm, focusing on actors and relational linkages, to inform research, methodology and applications from fields across the natural, social, engineering and informational sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 12, Issue 1): Research Article: * Business transactions and ownership ties between firms * Graph-based methods for discrete choice * Reengine more PR

LONDON, England, Feb. 5 -- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, a peer-reviewed journal in the life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its March 25, 2024, edition (Vol. 379, Issue 1898): INTRODUCTION: * Endocrine responses to environmental variation ARTICLES: * Modelling the role of glucocorticoid receptor as mediator of endocrine responses to environmental challenge * Glucocorticoids and land cover: a largescale comparative approach to assess a more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Feb. 5 -- Physical Review Letters, a journal from the American Physical Society that publishes reports of fundamental and interdisciplinary physics research, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 2, 2024, edition (Vol. 132, No. 5): LETTERS: - Quantum Information, Science, and Technology * Indistinguishability of Identical Bosons from a Quantum Information Theory Perspective * Linear Program for Testing Nonclassicality and an Open-Source Impl more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 6, 2024, edition (Vol. 121, No. 6). Here are excerpts: Commentary: * Aerosols hold the key to recent and future Pacific warming patterns Physical Sciences: - Applied Physical Sciences * Learning the shape of protein microenvironments with a holographic convolutional neural network * Viral afterlife: SARS-CoV-2 as a more PR

LONDON, England, Feb. 7 -- Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a peer-reviewed biological research journal that covers evolution, behavior, health and disease epidemiology, neuroscience and cognition, behavioral genetics, biomechanics, paleontology, molecular ecology and global change, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 291, Issue 2016): Review articles: * Unpacking the navigation toolbox: insights from comparative cognition Darwin review: more PR

BRISTOL, England, Feb. 7 -- Quantum Science and Technology, a journal that says it features quantum information science and quantum-enabled technologies, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 9, No. 1): Letters: * Boosting quantum amplitude exponentially in variational quantum algorithms * Verification of continuous-variable quantum memories Papers: * Quantum kernel evaluation via Hong-Ou-Mandel interference * Linear-depth quantum circuits  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Science Advances, an open access online journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that focuses on advances on the frontiers of science, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 9, 2024, edition (Vol. 10, Issue 6): Social and Interdisciplinary Sciences: * Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries Neuroscience: * RNF220-mediated K63-linked polyubiquitination stabi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that says it features human genome, martian surface and studies tying AIDS to human immunodeficiency virus, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 9, 2024, edition (Vol. 383, Issue 6683): Editorial: * Help wanted, scientists need apply News: - In Depth * Researchers discover new kind of magnetism * NASA mission will zoom in on ocean life and bright  more PR