Self-similarity of contact line depinning from textured surfaces.

abstract：:We show how the kinetics of a fast and irreversible chemical reaction in a nanocrystalline material at high temperature can be studied using nanosecond electron pulses in an electron microscope. Infrared laser pulses first heat a nanocrystalline oxide layer on a carbon film, then single nanosecond electron pulses allo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sinha SK,Khammari A,Picher M,Roulland F,Viart N,LaGrange T,Banhart F

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Host dependency factors that are required for influenza A virus infection may serve as therapeutic targets as the virus is less likely to bypass them under drug-mediated selection pressure. Previous attempts to identify host factors have produced largely divergent results, with few overlapping hits across different st...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li B,Clohisey SM,Chia BS,Wang B,Cui A,Eisenhaure T,Schweitzer LD,Hoover P,Parkinson NJ,Nachshon A,Smith N,Regan T,Farr D,Gutmann MU,Bukhari SI,Law A,Sangesland M,Gat-Viks I,Digard P,Vasudevan S,Lingwood D,Dockre

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the response of granular matter to intrusion of solid objects is key to modelling many aspects of behaviour of granular matter, including plastic flow. Here we report a general model for such a quasistatic process. Using a range of experiments, we first show that the relation between the penetration dept...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kang W,Feng Y,Liu C,Blumenfeld R

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance is closely associated with obesity and is one of the earliest symptoms of type-2 diabetes. Endothelial cells are involved in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance through their role in insulin delivery and adipose tissue angiogenesis. Here we show that Ecscr (endothelial cell surface expressed chem...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Akakabe Y,Koide M,Kitamura Y,Matsuo K,Ueyama T,Matoba S,Yamada H,Miyata K,Oike Y,Ikeda K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of a neuronal ensemble in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) during alcohol withdrawal has been hypothesized to induce high levels of alcohol drinking in dependent rats. In the present study we describe that the CeA neuronal ensemble that is activated by withdrawal from chronic alcohol exposure c...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： de Guglielmo G,Kallupi M,Pomrenze MB,Crawford E,Simpson S,Schweitzer P,Koob GF,Messing RO,George O

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil bacterial diversity varies across biomes with potential impacts on soil ecological functioning. Here, we incorporate key factors that affect soil bacterial abundance and diversity across spatial scales into a mechanistic modeling framework considering soil type, carbon inputs and climate towards predicting soil b...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bickel S,Or D

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Acenes are an important class of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which have recently gained exceptional attention due to their potential as functional organic semiconductors. Fundamentally, they are important systems to study the convergence of physico-chemical properties of all-carbon sp2-frameworks in the one-dimen...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Urgel JI,Mishra S,Hayashi H,Wilhelm J,Pignedoli CA,Di Giovannantonio M,Widmer R,Yamashita M,Hieda N,Ruffieux P,Yamada H,Fasel R

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this Article contained an error in the third sentence of the penultimate paragraph of the 'Definition of the harmonic phase' section of the Results, which incorrectly read 'In the Coulomb phase the tensor S αβ (q) has one zero and two degenerate eigenvalues and it may be represented by an infin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bramwell ST

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-ray 'glows' are long duration (seconds to tens of minutes) X-ray and gamma-ray emission coming from thunderclouds. Measurements suggest the presence of relativistic runaway electron avalanches (RREA), the same process underlying terrestrial gamma-ray flashes. Here we demonstrate that glows are relatively a commo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kelley NA,Smith DM,Dwyer JR,Splitt M,Lazarus S,Martinez-McKinney F,Hazelton B,Grefenstette B,Lowell A,Rassoul HK

更新日期：2015-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Nociceptors rely on cap-dependent translation to rapidly induce protein synthesis in response to pro-inflammatory signals. Comparatively little is known regarding the role of the regulatory factors bound to the 3' end of mRNA in nociceptor sensitization. Poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) stimulates translation initiation...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Barragán-Iglesias P,Lou TF,Bhat VD,Megat S,Burton MD,Price TJ,Campbell ZT

更新日期：2018-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for two-dimensional quantum spin liquids, exotic magnetic states remaining disordered down to zero temperature, has been a great challenge in frustrated magnetism over the last few decades. Recently, evidence for fractionalized excitations, called spinons, emerging from these states has been observed in kag...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lhotel E,Petit S,Ciomaga Hatnean M,Ollivier J,Mutka H,Ressouche E,Lees MR,Balakrishnan G

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The photon-like behavior of electrons in graphene causes unusual confinement properties that depend strongly on the geometry and strength of the surrounding potential. We report bottom-up synthesis of atomically-precise one-dimensional (1D) arrays of point charges on graphene that allow exploration of a new type of su...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lu J,Tsai HZ,Tatan AN,Wickenburg S,Omrani AA,Wong D,Riss A,Piatti E,Watanabe K,Taniguchi T,Zettl A,Pereira VM,Crommie MF

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:High-angle grain boundaries are always the preferential fatigue cracking sites, while the intrinsic fatigue cracking mechanism of coherent twin boundary remains elusive. Here we systematically investigate the fatigue cracking behaviours of copper bicrystals with a coherent twin boundary as their sole internal boundary...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li LL,Zhang ZJ,Zhang P,Wang ZG,Zhang ZF

更新日期：2014-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects can greatly influence the properties of oxide materials; however, facile defect engineering of oxides at room temperature remains challenging. The generation of defects in oxides is difficult to control by conventional chemical reduction methods that usually require high temperatures and are time consuming. He...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ou G,Xu Y,Wen B,Lin R,Ge B,Tang Y,Liang Y,Yang C,Huang K,Zu D,Yu R,Chen W,Li J,Wu H,Liu LM,Li Y

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Multimode entanglement is an essential resource for quantum information processing and quantum metrology. However, multimode entangled states are generally constructed by targeting a specific graph configuration. This yields to a fixed experimental setup that therefore exhibits reduced versatility and scalability. Her...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cai Y,Roslund J,Ferrini G,Arzani F,Xu X,Fabre C,Treps N

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Acoustical tweezers open major prospects in microbiology for cells and microorganisms contactless manipulation, organization and mechanical properties testing since they are biocompatible, label-free and have the potential to exert forces several orders of magnitude larger than their optical counterpart at equivalent ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Baudoin M,Thomas JL,Sahely RA,Gerbedoen JC,Gong Z,Sivery A,Matar OB,Smagin N,Favreau P,Vlandas A

更新日期：2020-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To colonise their host, pathogens must counter local environmental and immunological challenges. Here, we reveal that the fungal pathogen Candida albicans exploits diverse host-associated signals to promote immune evasion by masking of a major pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP), β-glucan. Certain nutrients, ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pradhan A,Avelar GM,Bain JM,Childers D,Pelletier C,Larcombe DE,Shekhova E,Netea MG,Brown GD,Erwig L,Gow NAR,Brown AJP

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid crystalline network (LCN) actuator normally deforms upon thermally or optically induced order-disorder phase transition, switching once between two shapes (shape 1 in LC phase and shape 2 in isotropic state) for each stimulation on/off cycle. Herein, we report an LCN actuator that deforms from shape 1 to shape ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xiao YY,Jiang ZC,Hou JB,Zhao Y

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED), the interaction between an atomic transition and the cavity field is measured by the vacuum Rabi frequency Ω(0). The analogous term 'circuit QED' has been introduced for Josephson junctions, because superconducting circuits behave as artificial atoms coupled to the bosonic fiel...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nataf P,Ciuti C

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal polyketides display remarkable structural diversity and bioactivity, and therefore the biosynthesis and engineering of this large class of molecules is therapeutically significant. Here, we successfully recode, construct and characterize the biosynthetic pathway of bikaverin, a tetracyclic polyketide with antib...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhao M,Zhao Y,Yao M,Iqbal H,Hu Q,Liu H,Qiao B,Li C,Skovbjerg CAS,Nielsen JC,Nielsen J,Frandsen RJN,Yuan Y,Boeke JD

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical south-western Pacific temperatures are of vital importance to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), but the role of sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the growth of the GBR since the Last Glacial Maximum remains largely unknown. Here we present records of Sr/Ca and δ(18)O for Last Glacial Maximum and deglacial corals...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Felis T,McGregor HV,Linsley BK,Tudhope AW,Gagan MK,Suzuki A,Inoue M,Thomas AL,Esat TM,Thompson WG,Tiwari M,Potts DC,Mudelsee M,Yokoyama Y,Webster JM

更新日期：2014-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba are infected by a remarkable diversity of large dsDNA viruses, the infectious cycles of which have been characterized using genomics, transcriptomics and electron microscopy. Given their gene content and the persistence of the host nucleus throughout their infectious cycle, the Marseilleviridae were initi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fabre E,Jeudy S,Santini S,Legendre M,Trauchessec M,Couté Y,Claverie JM,Abergel C

更新日期：2017-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) is a premature aging disease in children that leads to early death. Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are the most affected cells in HGPS individuals, although the reason for such vulnerability remains poorly understood. In this work, we develop a microfluidic chip formed by HGPS-S...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pitrez PR,Estronca L,Monteiro LM,Colell G,Vazão H,Santinha D,Harhouri K,Thornton D,Navarro C,Egesipe AL,Carvalho T,Dos Santos RL,Lévy N,Smith JC,de Magalhães JP,Ori A,Bernardo A,De Sandre-Giovannoli A,Nissan X,Rosel

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Irreversible phase transformation of layered structure into spinel structure is considered detrimental for most of the layered structure cathode materials. Here we report that this presumably irreversible phase transformation can be rendered to be reversible in sodium birnessite (NaxMnO2·yH2O) as a basic structural un...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jo MR,Kim Y,Yang J,Jeong M,Song K,Kim YI,Lim JM,Cho M,Shim JH,Kim YM,Yoon WS,Kang YM

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, lacks effective therapeutics. Additionally, no antiviral drugs or vaccines were developed against the closely related coronavirus, SARS-CoV-1 or MERS-CoV, despite previous zoonotic outbreaks. To identify starting points for such therapeutics, we performed a large-scale screen of electro...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Douangamath A,Fearon D,Gehrtz P,Krojer T,Lukacik P,Owen CD,Resnick E,Strain-Damerell C,Aimon A,Ábrányi-Balogh P,Brandão-Neto J,Carbery A,Davison G,Dias A,Downes TD,Dunnett L,Fairhead M,Firth JD,Jones SP,Keeley A,K

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, to overcome many limitations accompanying current available methods to detect protein-protein interactions (PPIs), we develop a live cell method called Split Intein-Mediated Protein Ligation (SIMPL). In this approach, bait and prey proteins are respectively fused to an intein N-terminal fragment (IN) and C-termi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yao Z,Aboualizadeh F,Kroll J,Akula I,Snider J,Lyakisheva A,Tang P,Kotlyar M,Jurisica I,Boxem M,Stagljar I

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic and phenotypic analyses indicate extensive intra- as well as intertumoral heterogeneity in primary human malignant cell populations despite their clonal origin. Cellular DNA barcoding offers a powerful and unbiased alternative to track the number and size of multiple subclones within a single human tumour xeno...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nguyen LV,Cox CL,Eirew P,Knapp DJ,Pellacani D,Kannan N,Carles A,Moksa M,Balani S,Shah S,Hirst M,Aparicio S,Eaves CJ

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:While main group elements have four valence orbitals accessible for bonding, quadruple bonding to main group elements is extremely rare. Here we report that main group element boron is able to form quadruple bonding interactions with iron in the BFe(CO)3- anion complex, which has been revealed by quantum chemical inve...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chi C,Wang JQ,Hu HS,Zhang YY,Li WL,Meng L,Luo M,Zhou M,Li J

更新日期：2019-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendrite growth threatens the safety of batteries by piercing the ion-transporting separators between the cathode and anode. Finding a dendrite-suppressing material that combines high modulus and high ionic conductance has long been considered a major technological and materials science challenge. Here we demonstrate ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tung SO,Ho S,Yang M,Zhang R,Kotov NA

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern Africa is characterised by unusually elevated topography and abnormal heat flow. This can be explained by thermal perturbation of the mantle, but the origin of this is unclear. Geophysics has not detected a thermal anomaly in the upper mantle and there is no geochemical evidence of an asthenosphere mantle con...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gilfillan SMV,Györe D,Flude S,Johnson G,Bond CE,Hicks N,Lister R,Jones DG,Kremer Y,Haszeldine RS,Stuart FM

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00