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Biology
Sahana Sitaraman
Summary: Facing compulsions and obsessive thoughts, a graduate student finds inner strength by embracing her identity as a scientist.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dandan Wang, Lingfang Zhu, Xiangkai Zhen, Daoyan Yang, Changfu Li, Yating Chen, Huannan Wang, Yichen Qu, Xiaozhen Liu, Yanling Yin, Huawei Gu, Lei Xu, Chuanxing Wan, Yao Wang, Songying Ouyang, Xihui Shen
Summary: Bacteria have developed a secretion system to deliver effector proteins into neighboring cells, but the functions of many effectors are still unknown. In this study, the researchers identified an effector called CccR secreted by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis that can act as both a toxin and a transcription factor. CccR can enter nearby cells of the same and other species, and modulate gene expression and inhibit the growth of competitors.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xin Shi, Anna-Katharina Pumm, Christopher Maffeo, Fabian Kohler, Elija Feigl, Wenxuan Zhao, Daniel Verschueren, Ramin Golestanian, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Hendrik Dietz, Cees Dekker
Summary: In this study, we experimentally demonstrate the feasibility of developing functional synthetic turbines at the nanoscale by rationally designing nanoscale DNA origami turbines. These turbines can utilize transmembrane electrochemical potentials to rotate autonomously and operate in physiological conditions. This research opens new possibilities for engineering active robotics at the nanoscale.
NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
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Biology
Jeffrey E. Markowitz
Summary: By mapping neural activity, it has been found that striatal cells in the deep brain represent important aspects of self-grooming behavior.
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Biology
Danelle Devenport
Summary: This article discusses the use of advanced imaging techniques to reveal the details of interactions between the two layers of the embryonic midgut that influence its final shape.
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Chemistry, Physical
Andrea Crovetto, Thomas Unold, Andriy Zakutayev
Summary: Through thin-film experiments, electronic structure calculations, and semiclassical Boltzmann transport theory, we find that Cu3P is an intrinsic semimetal, while experimentally realizable Cu3-xP films are p-type semimetals due to copper vacancy doping. Small-sized Cu3-xP samples may become semiconductors as a result of quantum confinement effects. This study demonstrates the suitability of reactive sputter deposition for detailed high-throughput studies of emerging metal phosphides.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2023)
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Engineering, Biomedical
Yue Huang, Dan Li, Deliang Wang, Xiaohui Chen, Lino Ferreira, M. Cristina L. Martins, Youxiang Wang, Qiao Jin, Dong Wang, Ben Zhong Tang, Jian Ji
Summary: The development of antibiotics resistance has become a global health issue. Photothermal therapy offers a potential solution for treating multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. In this study, a polymeric luminogen with aggregation-induced emission was synthesized and used as a photothermal agent. The effectiveness of the agent was demonstrated in animal models of infected wounds.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthew M. Hedman
Summary: A distant object in the Solar System has a ring that is located unusually far from its main body, leading to speculation about the prevention of clumping for moon formation.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nicholas P. Breznay
Summary: Strange metals possess unique electrical resistance that can be observed in a failed superconductor, where disorder disrupts the material's ability to reach zero resistance below a critical temperature.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Douglas G. Capone
Summary: Underwater seagrasses may partner with bacteria to obtain nitrogen, similar to how many land plants do, but further research is needed to understand the exact mechanism.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Li-Li Ma, Yang Li, Xin Li, Le Zhang, Li-Ying Sun, Ying-Feng Han
Summary: This study successfully generated a tangled metallocube with the topology of typical Platonic cubes. The topology of the tangled cube was validated using multiple analytical techniques, and a simple and effective approach to designing and fabricating new, topologically unique molecular structures was provided.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cristobal Lledo, Remy Dassonneville, Adrien Moulinas, Joachim Cohen, Ross Shillito, Audrey Bienfait, Benjamin Huard, Alexandre Blais
Summary: Cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED) uses a cavity to enhance the interaction between light and matter, and has become an important tool for studying quantum optics and quantum computation. The authors demonstrate that by using a tailored external tone to destructively interfere with the cavity field, a transmon qubit can be protected from undesired effects.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alessandro Vannini, Ivan Marazzi
Summary: Valencia-Sanchez et al. (2021) and Liu et al. (2021) offer insights into the structure and biological significance of a nucleosome-like particle in a family of giant viruses.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bert M. Weckhuysen
Summary: Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in plastics manufacturing, is being replaced by a synthetic route starting from renewable lignin biomass to find safer and more sustainable alternatives.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Vadim Shipitsyn, Lin Ma
Summary: A safe aqueous electrolyte design with hybrid salts and solvents enables the reversible performance of a zinc metal anode under practical operational conditions, which is crucial for the future adoption of sustainable battery technologies.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)