Article describes study where a powder of torreya grandis bark was prepared and analyzed qualitatively and quantitativelyiIn order to explore a new way to utilize said bark.

Article analyzing transposon insertion mutants resulting in independent loss of function of five enzymes of the monolignol pathway, as well as one double mutant, in the model legume Medicago truncatula, to address whether a common mechanism linking lignin modification with perturbations in plant growth and development exists.

Examines the novel optical properties of a graded photonic super-crystal (GPSC) with a large size of unit cell.

Correction to the previously published article "Multiple levers for overcoming the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass".

In this article, the authors propose a statistical method by Testing an Optimally Weighted Combination of Multiple traits (TOW-CM) to test the association between multiple traits and multiple variants in a genomic region (a gene or pathway). They investigate the performance of the proposed method through extensive simulation studies. Their simulation studies show that the proposed method has correct type I error rates and is either the most powerful test or comparable with the most powerful tests. Additionally, they illustrate the usefulness of TOW-CM based on a COPDGene study.

This article is a short biography of journalist Rebecca Lopez, reporter for WFAA in Dallas. Rebecca talks about her career as a crime reporter, her thoughts on the field of journalism, and her background and education.

Article presenting cc-pV(n+d)Z correlation consistent basis sets of double- through quintuple-ζ quality for the atoms Al-Ar that have been modified for use with density functional theory (DFT). These basis set modifications include truncation of high-angular momentum basis functions, recontraction of the s- and p-functions, and reoptimization of basis function exponents with generalized gradient approximation and hybrid-DFT functionals. The effects of basis set truncation, recontraction, and reoptimization are shown to improve convergence behavior in atomic energies as well as dissociation energies and enthalpies of formation.