‘I've had a brilliant first year’

A 22-year-old woman had a lung mass.

A 22-year-old woman had an abnormal chest X-ray (Fig. 1) in her regular health examination. She was asymptomatic and a non-smoker. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a 4-cm soft tissue mass with internal calcifi cation (Fig. 2A) and enhancement in the left lower lobe (Fig. 2B). The patient received left lower lobectomy. What is the diagnosis? A. Bronchogenic carcinoma B. Bronchopulmonary c...

Insects had it first: surfactants as a defence against predators.

Insects have evolved an astonishing array of defences to ward off enemies. Well known and widespread is the regurgitation of oral secretion (OS), fluid that repels attacking predators. In herbivores, the effectiveness of OS has been ascribed so far to the presence of deterrent secondary metabolites sequestered from the host plant. This notion implies, however, that generalists experience less p...

A Successful First Year

Nanoparticle–Hydrogel Composites: Concept, Design, and Applications of These Promising, Multi-Functional Materials Praveen Thoniyot, Mein Jin Tan, Anis Abdul Karim, David James Young, Xian Jun Loh National University of Singapore, Singapore 21 January 2015 10.1002/advs.201400010 8 When we launched Advanced Science approximately one year ago, we did it with the intention to establish a publishin...

Brilliant displays.

November 20 07 T he next time you buy a cell phone, take a close look at the display panel. If things go the way Qualcomm hopes, that colorful little rectangle could give a whole new meaning to the expression “butterfly effect.” True, the interferometric modulator (IMOD) displays recently introduced by the San Diego– based firm have nothing to do with the unexpectedly strong effect a wing beat ...

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