Editor's note: how and where does continental crust form? Yaoling Niu Editorial 26 June 2015 Pages: 1139 - 1140
Continental crust formation at arcs, the arclogite “delamination” cycle, and one origin for fertile melting anomalies in the mantle Cin-Ty A. LeeDon L. Anderson Review 30 June 2015 Pages: 1141 - 1156
Specially shaped Bessel-like self-accelerating beams along predesigned trajectories Juanying ZhaoI. D. ChremmosZhigang Chen Review 18 June 2015 Pages: 1157 - 1169
Construction of smart inorganic nanoparticle-based ultrasound contrast agents and their biomedical applications Ming MaHangrong ChenJianlin Shi Review 26 June 2015 Pages: 1170 - 1183
Phylogeography of Haplocarpha rueppelii (Asteraceae) suggests a potential geographic barrier for plant dispersal and gene flow in East Africa Ling-Yun ChenJohn K. MuchukuQing-Feng Wang Article 21 June 2015 Pages: 1184 - 1192
Cytocompatible 3D chitosan/hydroxyapatite composites endowed with antibacterial properties: toward a self-sterilized bone tissue engineering scaffold Yongjun QiaoZhongjun ZhaiHong Liu Article 20 June 2015 Pages: 1193 - 1202
Self-powered macroscopic Brownian motion of spontaneously running liquid metal motors Bin YuanSicong TanJing Liu Article 21 June 2015 Pages: 1203 - 1210
Laser-driven plasma collider for nuclear studies Changbo FuJie BaoJie Zhang Letter 13 June 2015 Pages: 1211 - 1213
Magnetic anisotropy of Fe films deposited by dc magnetron sputtering under an external magnetic field Jiahui ChenJing MaCe-Wen Nan Letter 16 June 2015 Pages: 1214 - 1217
Sensing system for mimicking cancer cell–drug interaction Yuliang Zhao Research Highlight 26 June 2015 Pages: 1218 - 1219
The mechanism behind the DOM effects on methylmercury photodegradation Khan M. G. MostofaCong-Qiang LiuDavide Vione Research Highlight 10 June 2015 Pages: 1220 - 1221
Changes in East Asian summer monsoon and summer rainfall over eastern China during recent decades Renhe Zhang News & Views 13 June 2015 Pages: 1222 - 1224