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The following is a list of recently published Special Features from the National Academy of Sciences. For earlier Special Features, click here.
Biological Embedding Across Timescales Special Feature
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September 22, 2020; 117 (38)
Introduction: Genes and environments, development and time
W. Thomas Boyce, Marla B. Sokolowski, and Gene E. Robinson
PNAS 2020 117:23235
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Archaeology, Climate, and Global Change Special Feature
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April 14, 2020; 117 (15)
Introduction: Archaeology, climate, and global change in the Age of Humans
Torben C. Rick and Daniel H. Sandweiss
PNAS 2020 117:8250
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Interfaces and Mixing: Nonequilibrium Transport Across the Scales Special Feature
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September 10, 2019; 116 (37)
Introduction: Interfaces and Mixing: Nonequilibrium transport across the scales
Snezhana I. Abarzhi and William A. Goddard III
PNAS 2019 116:18171
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Antimicrobial Resistance and the Role of Vaccines Special Feature
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December 18, 2018; 115 (51)
Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance and the role of vaccines
David E. Bloom, Steven Black, David Salisbury, and Rino Rappuoli
PNAS 2018 115:12868
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Trisections of Smooth Manifolds Special Feature
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October 23, 2018; 115 (43)
Introduction: Trisections of 4-manifolds
Robion Kirby
PNAS 2018 115:10853
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Artificial Molecular Machines Special Feature
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September 18, 2018; 115 (38)
Introduction: Growing community of artificial molecular machinists
Damien Sluysmans and J. Fraser Stoddart
PNAS 2018 115:9359
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Climate Change, Policy, and Carbon Sequestration in China Special Feature
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April 17, 2018; 115 (16)
Introduction: Climate change, human impacts, and carbon sequestration in China
Jingyun Fang, Guirui Yu, Lingli Liu, Shuijin Hu and F. Stuart Chapin III
PNAS 2018 115:4015
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Chemical Physics of Water Special Feature
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December 19, 2017; 114 (51)
Introduction: Chemical physics of water
Pablo G. Debenedetti and Michael L. Klein
PNAS 2017 114:13325
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Sustainability in an Urbanizing Planet Special Feature
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August 22, 2017; 114 (34)
Introduction: Sustainability in an urbanizing planet
Karen C. Seto, Jay S. Golden, Marina Alberti, and B. L. Turner II
PNAS 2017 114:8935
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Novel Materials Special Feature
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October 18, 2016; 113 (42)
Introduction: Novel materials
John A. Rogers and Joseph M. DeSimone
PNAS 2016 113:11667
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Human Origins Special Feature
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June 7, 2016; 113 (23)
Introduction: Issues in human evolution
Richard G. Klein
PNAS 2016 113:6345
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Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium
Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development Special Feature
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April 26, 2016; 113 (17)
Introduction: Crafting usable knowledge for sustainable development
William C. Clark, Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Louis Lebel, and Gilberto C. Gallopin
PNAS 2016 113:4570
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Megafauna and Ecosystem Function: From the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene Special Feature
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January 26, 2016; 113 (4)
Perspective: Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene
Yadvinder Malhi, et al.
PNAS 2016 113:838
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The Engineering of Biology and Medicine PNAS 100th Anniversary Special Feature
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November 24, 2015; 112 (47)
Introduction: The Engineering of Biology and Medicine
Mark E. Davis and Robert Langer
PNAS 2015 112:14423
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The Dynamics of Change in Multiethnic Societies Special Feature
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July 28, 2015; 112 (30)
Introduction: Dynamics of change in multiethnic societies
Linda R. Manzanilla
PNAS 2015 112:9174
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Nature as Capital PNAS 100th Anniversary Special Feature
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June 16, 2015; 112 (24)
Introduction: Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice
Anne D. Guerry, et al.
PNAS 2015 112:7348
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