Tag Archives: Previews
Cover Preview: Science Magazine – April 15, 2022
COVER – A glass structure about 4.5 mm tall with features as small as 0.25 mm is 3D printed with microscale computed axial lithography followed by high-temperature sintering. The process enables the synthesis of highly transparent and inert glass parts with fine details, which are useful for a variety of applications.
IN DEPTH
Global project gears up to study vaccine safety
Pandemic propels international efforts to understand incidence of rare side effects
Earth’s oldest land ecosystem spotted in drilled cores
Campaign probes for earliest signs of oxygen-producing life
Thermal batteries could back up green power
Efficiency jump in key component raises hopes for storing renewable energy as heat
Previews: The Economist Magazine – April 16, 2022
Preview: New Scientist Magazine – April 16, 2022
Cover Previews: Nature Magazine – April 14, 2022
- Editorial | 12 April 2022The war in Ukraine is exposing gaps in the world’s food-systems researchRussia’s invasion is the latest threat to the stability of world food supplies. Researchers must act now to halt the cycle of repeated food crises.
- Editorial | 13 April 2022Global science must stand up for Iran’s imprisoned scholarsIranian researchers are at risk as never before. Governments are urging quiet diplomacy. But a new book shows why public campaigns matter.
- World View | 12 April 2022University culture wars over race theory recall 1920s fight to teach evolutionArguments for quality work better than quibbles over facts.
- Adam Laats
- Research Highlight | 04 April 2022The miniature mice locked in an evolutionary battle of the sexesThe African pygmy mouse, which weighs only 3–12 grams, has a complicated sex-determination system that pits males against females.
- Research Highlight | 04 April 2022Your morning coffee is served up by the birds and the beesExcluding the winged creatures from the branches of coffee plants meant fewer flowers and smaller fruit.
- Research Highlight | 06 April 2022Keeping it cool: a laser delicately carves up a crystal without heatingLight-sensitive dye molecules make a crystalline material sliceable.
Previews: Science Focus Magazine – April 13, 2022
The race for the Moon
No human has set foot on the Moon for decades. But an armada of exciting new missions are set to explore the lunar surface once more.
The DNA detective
The consumer genetic testing kits hitting the shelves have allowed scientists to piece together our family trees better than ever before. Geneticist Prof Turi King tells us more.
Fit to burst
Inflation is a pretty useful tool in nature. Zoologist Jules Howard takes a closer look at some of the incredible animals that can blow themselves up like balloons.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Metaverse
What is the metaverse, can anyone visit, and where’s the best place to go?
Previews: Times Literary Supplement – April 15, 2022
Previews: London Review Of Books – April 21, 2022
Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – April 18, 2022
April 18, 2022 – The street corner on this week’s cover, with towering luxury condos rising among modest family homes, evokes a neighborhood in transition—a scene that is being repeated across New York City’s outer boroughs. We talked to the artist Nicole Rifkin, who lived in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights before rising rents pushed her out, about a sense of belonging and observing the small details of the place where you live.
Italy Previews: Bellissimo Magazine – Spring 2022
This issue’s features include:
- An in-depth look at the region’s Etruscan history and best archaeological sites
- New Florence hotels that artfully blend heritage and modernity
- Why your next al fresco meal in Tuscany should be at a vineyard
- The regional dish Tuscany’s top food writers can’t live without
Plus learn how to make the ultimate Tuscan comfort food, pappa al pomodoro, visit smaller towns for charm without the crowds, wade into the region’s best thermal spas, and more!
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