In order to prevent myself (and others) from putting on too tight a pair of blinkers and not seeing the world/science outside my/their field, I have started to collect interesting/funny/strange/whatever publications on a more or less monthly basis.
Unfortunately, not all of these publications are available online for free. But check your nearest library…
And yes, I’m sorry, but I’m a bit behind :| I’ll try to improve.
December 2024
Comparing cooperative geometric puzzle solving in ants versus humans
Tabea Dreyer, Amir Haluts, Amos Korman and Ofer Feinerman
PNAS 122, 1 (2024)
October 2016
W. Yin, Y.L. Zheng, H.Y. Lu, X.J. Zhang and Y. Tian
Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 163701 (2016)
February 2015
Evidence for dark matter in the inner Milky Way
F. Iocco, M. Pato, G. Bertone
Nature online (9 Feb 2015)
November 2012
C. Amma, M. Georgi, T. Schultz
16th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (2102)
October 2012
Retinal prosthetic strategy with the capacity to restore normal vision
S. Nirenberg and C. Pandarinath
PNAS 109, 37 (2012)
September 2012
When Zombies Attack!: Mathematical Modelling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection
P. Munz, I. Hudea, J. Imad, R.J. Smith?
Infectious Disease Modelling Research Progress
August 2012
Locating the Source of Diffusion in Large-Scale Networks
P.C. Pinto, P. Thiran and M. Vetterli
Phys. Ref. Lett. 109, 068702 (2012)
July 2012
Birds have paedomorphic dinosaur skulls
B.S. Bhullar, J. Marugan-Lobon, F. Racimo, G.S. Bever, T.B. Rowe, M.A. Norell and A. Abzhanov
Nature 487, 223–226 (12 July 2012)
June 2012
International trade drives biodiversity threats in developing nations
M. Lenzen, D. Moran, K. Kanemoto, B. Foran, L. Lobefaro and A. Geschke
Nature 486, 109–112 (07 June 2012)
May 2012
Restoration of vision after transplantation of photoreceptors
R.A. Pearson et al.
Nature 485, 99–103 (03 May 2012)
April 2012
Don’t Look Back in Anger! Responsiveness to Missed Chances in Successful and Nonsuccessful Aging
S. Brassen, M. Gamer, J. Peters, S. Gluth and C. Büchel
Science 336, 612 (2012)
March 2012
The Effects of Experience and Attrition for Novice High-School Science and Mathematics Teachers
G.T. Henry, C.K. Fortner,K.C. Bastian
Science 335, 1118 (2012)
February 2012
Central Pacific El Niño, the “subtropical bridge,” and Eurasian climate
H.-F. Graf, D. Zanchettin
J. Geophys. Res., 117, D01102
January 2012
Ancestral Developmental Potential Facilitates Parallel Evolution in Ants
R. Rajakumar, et al.
Science 335, 79 (2012)
December 2011
Detecting Novel Associations in Large Data Sets
D.N. Reshef, et al.
Science 334, 1518 (2011)
November 2011
Multigait soft robot
R.F. Shepherda, F. Ilievskia, W. Choia, S.A. Morina, A.A. Stokesa, A.D. Mazzeoa, X. Chena, M. Wanga, and G.M. Whitesides
PNAS (2011)
October 2011
Unprecedented Arctic ozone loss in 2011
G.L. Manney et al.
Nature (2011)
September 2011
Redirecting T Cells
W.J. Urba and D.L. Longo
N Engl J Med. 365(8), 725-733 (25 Aug 2011)
August 2011
Transparent lithium-ion batteries
Y. Yanga, S. Jeongb, L. Hua, H. Wua, S.W. Leea, and Y. Cui
PNAS 2011 – published ahead of print July 25, 2011
July 2011
Batteries for Efficient Energy Extraction from a Water Salinity Difference
F. La Mantia, M. Pasta, H.D. Deshazer, B.E. Logan and Y. Cui
Nano Lett., 2011, 11 (4), pp 1810-1813 (17 March 2011)
June 2011
Aerosol nucleation induced by a high energy particle beam
M.B. Enghoff, J.O.P. Pedersen, U.I. Uggerhøj, S.M. Paling, H. Svensmark
Geophys. Res. Let., 38, L09805 (May 2011)
May 2011
Photodetection with Active Optical Antennas
M.W. Knight, et al.
Science 332 (2011), 702 (6 May 2011)
April 2011
Surface-Plasmon Holography with White-Light Illumination
M. Ozaki, J. Kato, S. Kawata
Science 332 (6026), 218 (8 April 2011)
March 2011
Achieving Single Channel, Full Duplex Wireless Communication
J.I. Choiy, M. Jainy, K. Srinivasany, P. Levis, S. Katti
Stanford University 2011
February 2011
A damage-tolerant glass
M.D. Demetriou, M.E. Launey, G. Garrett, J.P. Schramm, D.C. Hofmann, W.L. Johnson and R.O. Ritchie
Nature materials (9 January 2011)
January 2011
The Social Sense: Susceptibility to Others’ Beliefs in Human Infants and Adults
A.M. Kovacs, E. Teglas, A.D. Endress
Science 330 (6012), 1830 (24 December 2010)
December 2010
Paradoxical False Memory for Objects After Brain Damage
S.M. McTighe, R.A. Cowell, B.D. Winters, T.J. Bussey, L.M. Saksida
Science 330 (6009), 1408 (3 December 2010)
November 2010
Holographic three-dimensional telepresence using large-area photorefractive polymer
P.-A. Blanche1 et.al.
Nature 468, 80-83 (4 November 2010)
October 2010
In vitro maturation of oocytes via the pre-fabricated self-assembled artificial human ovary
S. P. Krotz, J. C. Robins, T. Ferruccio, R. Moore, M. M. Steinhoff, J. R. Morgan, S. Carson
J. Assist. Reprod. Genet. (25. August 2010)
September 2010
Acting Deceptively: Providing Robots with the Capacity for Deception
A. R.Wagner, R. C. Arkin
Int J Soc Robot (3 September 2010)
August 2010
Predicting protein structures with a multiplayer online game
S. Cooper1, F. Khatib, A. Treuille1, J. Barbero1, J. Lee, M. Beenen, A. Leaver-Fay, D. Baker, Z. Popovic and Foldit players
Nature 466, 756-760 (5 August 2010)
July 2010
The size of the proton
R. Pohl et.al.
Nature 466, 213-217 (8 July 2010)
June 2010
Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome
D. G. Gibson et al.
ScienceExpress (May 2010)
May 2010
Regression of advanced rat and human gliomas by local or systemic treatment with oncolytic parvovirus H-1 in rat models
K. Geletneky et al.
Neuro-Oncology (March 2010)
April 2010
Inspired by the Audience – A Topic Suggestion System for Blog Writers and Readers
W. Geyer, C. Dugan
IBM, Cambridge, MA (Februar 2010)
March 2010
Willful Modulation of Brain Activity in Disorders of Consciousness
M. M. Monti, A. Vanhaudenhuyse, M. R. Coleman, M. Boly, J. D. Pickard, L. Tshibanda, A. M. Owen, S. Laureys
N Engl J Med 2010;362:579-589
February 2010
Spontaneous and X-ray Triggered Crystallization at Long Range in Self-Assembling Filament Networks
Honggang Cui, et al.
Science 327 (2010), 555 (29 January 2010)
January 2010
In Situ Regulation of DC Subsets and T Cells Mediates Tumor Regression in Mice
O. A. Ali, et al.
Sci Transl Med 1, 8ra19 (25 November 2009)
December 2009
Investigating the Psychopathic Mind
G. Miller
Science 321 (5894), 1284 (5 September 2008)
November 2009
PhotoSketch: Internet Image Montage
T. Chen, M. Cheng, P. Tan, A. Shamir, S. Hu
…
October 2009
Preferential Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Metallic Conductivity
A. R. Harutyunyan, G. Chen, T. M. Paronyan, E. M. Pigos, O. A. Kuznetsov, K. Hewaparakrama, S. Min Kim, D. Zakharov, E. A. Stach, G. U. Sumanasekera
Science 326 (5949), 116 (2 October 2009)
September 2009
Entropic Evidence for Linguistic Structure in the Indus Script
R. P. N. Rao, N. Yadav, M. N. Vahia, H. Joglekar, R. Adhikari, I. Mahadevan
Science 324 (5931), 1165 (29 May 2009)
August 2009
Modulation of Viscoelasticity and HIV Transport as a Function of pH in a Reversibly Crosslinked Hydrogel
J. I. Jay, S. Shukair, K. Langheinrich, M. C. Hanson, G. C. Cianci, T. J. Johnson, M. R. Clark, T. J. Hope, P. F. Kiser
Advanced Functional Materials Volume 19 Issue 18, Pages 2969-2977 (10 August 2009)
July 2009
Impact of Anode Microstructure on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
T. Suzuki, Z. Hasan, Y. Funahashi, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Fujishiro, M. Awano
Science 325 (5942), 852 (14 August 2009)
June 2009
Distilling Free-Form Natural Laws from Experimental Data
M. Schmidt, H. Lipson
Science 324 (5923), 81 (3 April 2009)
May 2009
Brain-scale simulation of the neocortex on the IBM Blue Gene/L supercomputer
M. Djurfeldt, M. Lundqvist, C. Johansson, M. Rehn, O. Ekeberg, A. Lansner
IBM Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 52, No. 1. (2008), pp. 31-41
April 2009
Converting Biomechanical Energy into Electricity by a Muscle-Movement-Driven Nanogenerator
R. Yang, Y. Qin, C. Li, G. Zhu, Z. Lin Wang
Nano Lett., 2009, 9 (3), pp 1201-1205 (9 February 2009)
March 2009
Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices
J. Halloy et al.
Science 318 (5853), 1155 (16 November 2007)
February 2009
Reconsidering physical key secrecy: teleduplication via optical decoding
B. Laxton, K. Wang, S. Savage
CCS’08: Proceedings of the 15th ACM conference on Computer and communications security 2008
January 2009
Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials
E. Munch, M. E. Launey, D. H. Alsem, E. Saiz, A. P. Tomsia, and R. O. Ritchie
Science 322 (5907), 1516 (5 December 2008)
December 2008
The untapped potential of virtual game worlds to shed light on real world epidemics
E. T. Lofgren, N. H. Fefferman
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 7, Issue 9, Pages 625-629 (September 2007)
November 2008
Correlation between nanosecond X-ray flashes and stick-slip friction in peeling tape
C. G. Camara, J. V. Escobar, J. R. Hird1, S. J. Putterman
Nature 455, 1089-1092 (23 October 2008)