Vol.38 No.1 2024
Cover story:
How does our brain decode the invisible world of smells around us? Researchers from the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPCAS) unveiled a new episode of this sensory enigma – it seems the human brain is a big fan of solving Jigsaw puzzles posed by odor molecules we breathe in. Like a connoisseur savoring a fine wine, our olfactory system discerns the subtle “shades” of a scent, reassembling them into the complex perceptions that we experience as specific scents (page 20).
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- Contents
- 2 In This Issue
- 5 InBrief
- 8 “Einstein Probe” Mission Holds New Promise in Time-domain Astronomy
- 11 CAS Highlighted in Annual Top 10 Science Advances for 2023 of China
- 20 Smells Are Built from Chemical Substructures in the Brain
- 22 Recycling Carbon: A Leap towards Greener Chemicals
- 25 Decoding the Genetic Blueprint of Grass Skyscrapers
- 27 Differentiated Paths of Regional Green Development Driven by Industrial Enterprise Innovation
- 43 High Harmonic Spectroscopy Retrieves Electronic Structure of High-pressure Superconductors
- 45 Unveil the Voltage-Controlled Magnon Transistor
- 47 Scientists Discover Spin Supersolid and Its Giant Magnetocaloric Effect
- 48 Decorating Single-Atom Catalysts with CO for Efficient Methane Conversion
- 49 Researchers Reveal Interfacial Confinement on Open Space of Oxide-Oxide Catalysts
- 50 Mysterious Exporter for Brassinosteroid First Identified
- 52 Unlocking Cellular Mysteries: Advancements in Single-Cell Omics Analysis with Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling
- 53 Structural Basis of Gabija Bacterial Defense System
- 55 Unveiling the Whole-Brain Projection Patterns of Single Neurons in the Mouse Hippocampus
- 57 Becoming Human: An Ancient Genome Perspective
- 59 Inner Ear of Miocene Fossil Ape Gives Clues to Evolution of Bipedalism
- 61 Research Suggests New Tool-making Timeline for East Asian Hominins
- 63 The Extinction of the Giant Ape – A Long-standing Mystery Solved