The fungus, the Code and the mysterious publication date: Why Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi is still the correct name for the chestnut rot fungus by Lucas A. Shuttleworth, David I. Guest, Donald M. Walker

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The Mysterious Mitral Mass: A Case of Valvular Myxoma by Ramy Mando, Julian J. Barbat, Alessandro Vivacqua

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Decoding the mystery of how bacteria “talk”: Among Gram-negative microorganisms by Wen-Si Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Kok-Gan Chan

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Current Concepts of Immunology and Diagnosis in Amniotic Fluid Embolism by Michael D. Benson

“…Two immunologic mechanisms have been studied to date. Anaphylaxis appears to be doubtful while the available evidence supports a role for complement activation. …”
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Multiple Roles of the Y Chromosome in the Biology of Drosophila melanogaster by Roberto Piergentili

“…Notwithstanding its long history – almost 100 years in terms of genetic studies – most of the features of the Y chromosome are still a mystery. This is due to the intrinsic nature of this genetic element, namely, (1) its molecular composition (mainly transposable elements and satellite DNA), (2) its genetic inertia (lack of recombination due to its heterochromatic nature), (3) the absence of homology with the X (with the only exception of the nucleolar organizer), (4) the lack of visible phenotypes when it is missing (indeed, except for their sterility, X0 flies are normal males), and (5) its low density as for protein-coding sequences (to date, only 13 genes out of approximately 14,000 have been mapped on this chromosome in D. melanogaster, i.e., ~0.1% of the total). …”
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Editorial by Vito Cardone

“… Last year, just a few days before Christmas, Rony Abovitz’s startup Magic Leap finally presented something concrete in regards to the mysterious, so-called ‘mixed reality,’ said to surpass both virtual reality and augmented reality. …”
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Le temple polygonal de la rue Lecointre à Reims/Durocortorum by Sébastien Péchart, Frédéric Poupon

“…BC and a nearby, backfilled well yielded relatively atypical material, dated to the second quarter of the 1st c. AD. The particular nature of the ceramic material clearly indicates a common table setting. …”
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La gestion de l’eau à Bibracte (Saône-et-Loire), avant et après la Conquête romaine by Laetitia Borau

“…The size of the successive basins tends to diminish over time. Dated to the 1st c. BC, three basins, covering a total surface of 205 m2 were built at the level of the spring. …”
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Trompeuses séductions. La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique by Dominique Allart, Christina Currie

“…The analysis of a cross-section of the paint layer and radiocarbon dating of the canvas suggest that it is an old copy. …”
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La peur dans The City of Dreadful Night (1874) de James Thomson by Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay

“…Although its form is largely indebted to 19th century poetic codes, the mood of The City surprisingly pre-dates the 20th century sense of the tragic and the absurd. …”
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Osmanlı Öncesi İpekçiliğe Dair İzler ve Osmanlı Dönemi Edirne İpekçiliği by Hüsnü YÜCEKAYA

“…Just as sericulture has been a mysterious and secretive area of activity for millennia, it is also a culture that has been inherited throughout generations and that has carried very rigorous labor and technical accumulation within itself in all its stages. …”
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