News at a glance
Summary In science news around the world, Johnson & Johnson becomes the third COVID-19 vaccinemaker to receive U.S. emergency use…
Editorial Expression of Concern
On 24 February 2006, Science published the Report “Molecular linkage between the kinase ATM and NF-κB signaling in response to…
Cygnus X-1 contains a 21-solar mass black hole–Implications for massive star winds
A heavy black hole in an x-ray binary If a black hole interacts with a binary companion star, the system…
WHO’s treatment megatrial is at a standstill
Summary The only global trial of potential COVID-19 treatments is languishing. The World Health Organization’s Solidarity trial, set up last…
China’s new laws overlook native herpetofauna
Letters Kai Wang1, Yunke Wu2, Zhiyong Yuan3,* 1Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology, University of…
Toroidal polar topology in strained ferroelectric polymer
Polarization hits a bull’s-eye Polymer-based ferroelectric materials are attractive because they can be solution processed cheaply and have much greater…
Data in paper about Swedish schoolchildren come under fire
Pediatrician and epidemiologist Jonas Ludvigsson of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute has been a staunch defender of his country’s unorthodox coronavirus policies.…
Protecting China’s finless porpoise
Letters Qi Yan1,*, Yunhong Hu2,3 1School of Tourism and Social Administration, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, China. 2School of Landscape Architecture,…
Tracing orbital images on ultrafast time scales
Electron dynamics in time and space Following molecular excitation and electron transfer processes in time and space within a single…
Life could use oxygen long before it was abundant
Summary The first organisms to “breathe” oxygen—or at least use it—appeared 3.1 billion years ago, according to a new genetic…