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<jats:p>This paper examines the relationship between scientific research and public policy. After explaining why the simple conversion of research into public law is unlikely, several factors are identified that can promote the use of research by public officials. Examples of use and non-use are cited from early childhood education, where empirical evidence on program effects is relatively strong. Some specific suggestions are offered for improving the connection between science and public policy.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Curricular enhancements in early childhood education that are guided by the science of learning must be augmented by protective interventions informed by the biology of adversity. The same neuroplasticity that leaves emotional regulation, behavioral adaptation, and executive functioning skills vulnerable to early disruption by stressful environments also enables their successful development through focused interventions during sensitive periods in their maturation. The early childhood field should therefore combine cognitive-linguistic enrichment with greater attention to preventing, reducing, or mitigating the consequences of significant adversity on the developing brain. Guided by this enhanced theory of change, scientists, practitioners, and policy-makers must work together to design, implement, and evaluate innovative strategies to produce substantially greater impacts than those achieved by existing programs.</jats:p>

<jats:p>As malaria progresses, red blood cell availability and immune control change depending on the initial dose of parasites.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Net average global annual uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by forests was 1.1 petagrams of carbon, roughly one-sixth of fossil fuel emissions.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Helioseismic observations allow the detection of sunspots before they emerge at the surface of the Sun.</jats:p>

<jats:p>An optical lattice of trapped atoms provides a tractable and tunable setup to study complex magnetic interactions.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Nitrogen atoms that replace carbon atoms in the graphene lattice strongly modify the local electronic structure.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Long, horizontal gallium nitride nanowires are controllably grown on different faces of a sapphire substrate.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Characterization of the lithium-ion arrangement between two carbon sheets may ultimately aid in the design of battery electrodes.</jats:p>

<jats:p>A technique merging rotational spectroscopy with mass spectrometry facilitates analysis of a complex isotopic mixture.</jats:p>