Ammonia as a case study for the spontaneous ionization of a simple hydrogen-bonded compound.

abstract：:The worldwide prevalence of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria poses a serious threat to public health due to the limited therapeutic alternatives. Cationic peptides represent a large family of antibiotics and have attracted interest due to their diverse chemical structures and potential ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li YX,Zhong Z,Zhang WP,Qian PY

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum dots (QDs) are an excellent single-photon source that can be combined with a spin quantum memory. Many quantum technologies require increased control over the characteristics of emitted photons. A powerful approach is to trigger coherent Raman photons from QDs with a Λ energy-level system, such as the spin sin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pursley BC,Carter SG,Yakes MK,Bracker AS,Gammon D

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Venomous animals are thought to inject the same combination of toxins for both predation and defence, presumably exploiting conserved target pharmacology across prey and predators. Remarkably, cone snails can rapidly switch between distinct venoms in response to predatory or defensive stimuli. Here, we show that the d...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dutertre S,Jin AH,Vetter I,Hamilton B,Sunagar K,Lavergne V,Dutertre V,Fry BG,Antunes A,Venter DJ,Alewood PF,Lewis RJ

更新日期：2014-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum fluctuations give rise to van der Waals and Casimir forces that dominate the interaction between electrically neutral objects at sub-micron separations. Under the trend of miniaturization, such quantum electrodynamical effects are expected to play an important role in micro- and nano-mechanical devices. Nevert...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zou J,Marcet Z,Rodriguez AW,Reid MT,McCauley AP,Kravchenko II,Lu T,Bao Y,Johnson SG,Chan HB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of potentially interconnected residential water and energy demand is sparse. In a 1-in-10 random sample of Singapore households living in apartments, water use per capita declines over the socioeconomic distribution, whereas electricity use rises. Here I show that in this leading Asian city and tropical clima...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Salvo A

更新日期：2018-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of two-dimensional (2D) magnetism combined with van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure engineering offers unprecedented opportunities for creating artificial magnetic structures with non-trivial magnetic textures. Further progress hinges on deep understanding of electronic and magnetic properties of 2D magn...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Qiu Z,Holwill M,Olsen T,Lyu P,Li J,Fang H,Yang H,Kashchenko M,Novoselov KS,Lu J

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The worldwide dissemination of metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs), mediating resistance to carbapenem antibiotics, is a major public health problem. The extent of dissemination of MBLs such as VIM-2, SPM-1 and NDM among Gram-negative pathogens cannot be explained solely based on the associated mobile genetic elements or the ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： López C,Ayala JA,Bonomo RA,González LJ,Vila AJ

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotton is an important natural fiber crop, however, its comprehensive and high-resolution gene map is lacking. Here we integrate four complementary high-throughput techniques, including Pacbio long read Iso-seq, strand-specific RNA-seq, CAGE-seq, and PolyA-seq, to systematically explore the transcription landscape acr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang K,Wang D,Zheng X,Qin A,Zhou J,Guo B,Chen Y,Wen X,Ye W,Zhou Y,Zhu Y

更新日期：2019-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Materials hosting magnetic skyrmions at room temperature could enable compact and energetically-efficient storage such as racetrack memories, where information is coded by the presence/absence of skyrmions forming a moving chain through the device. The skyrmion Hall effect leading to their annihilation at the racetrac...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mandru AO,Yıldırım O,Tomasello R,Heistracher P,Penedo M,Giordano A,Suess D,Finocchio G,Hug HJ

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrashort optical pulses propagating in a dissipative nonlinear system can interact and bind stably, forming optical soliton molecules. Soliton molecules in ultrafast lasers are under intense research focus and present striking analogies with their matter molecules counterparts. The recent development of real-time sp...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang ZQ,Nithyanandan K,Coillet A,Tchofo-Dinda P,Grelu P

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A key feature of meiosis is the step-wise removal of cohesin, the protein complex holding sister chromatids together, first from arms in meiosis I and then from the centromere region in meiosis II. Centromeric cohesin is protected by Sgo2 from Separase-mediated cleavage, in order to maintain sister chromatids together...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： El Yakoubi W,Buffin E,Cladière D,Gryaznova Y,Berenguer I,Touati SA,Gómez R,Suja JA,van Deursen JM,Wassmann K

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assembly of proteins and inorganic nanoparticles into terminal assemblies makes possible a large family of uniformly sized hybrid colloids. These particles can be compared in terms of utility, versatility and multifunctionality to other known types of terminal assemblies. They are simple to make and offer theoret...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Park JI,Nguyen TD,de Queirós Silveira G,Bahng JH,Srivastava S,Zhao G,Sun K,Zhang P,Glotzer SC,Kotov NA

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The divalent carbene carbon centre in cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs) is known to exhibit transition-metal-like insertion into E-H σ-bonds (E = H, N, Si, B, P, C, O) with formation of new, strong C-E and C-H bonds. Although subsequent transformations of the products represent an attractive strategy for metal-fre...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Oldroyd NL,Chitnis SS,Annibale VT,Arz MI,Sparkes HA,Manners I

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assembly of electroactive molecules is a promising route to new types of functional semiconductors. Here we report a capsule-shaped molecule that assembles itself into a cellular semiconducting material. The interior space of the capsule with a volume of ~415 Å3 is a nanoenvironment that can accommodate a guest. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang B,Hernández Sánchez R,Zhong Y,Ball M,Terban MW,Paley D,Billinge SJL,Ng F,Steigerwald ML,Nuckolls C

更新日期：2018-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The spikelet is the basal unit of inflorescence in grasses, and its formation is crucial for reproductive success and cereal yield. Here, we report a previously unknown role of the plant hormone jasmonic acid (JA) in determining rice (Oryza sativa) spikelet morphogenesis. The extra glume 1 (eg1) and eg2 mutants exhibi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cai Q,Yuan Z,Chen M,Yin C,Luo Z,Zhao X,Liang W,Hu J,Zhang D

更新日期：2014-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene is a single-atomic-layer material with excellent mechanical properties and has the potential to enhance the strength of composites. Its two-dimensional geometry, high intrinsic strength and modulus can effectively constrain dislocation motion, resulting in the significant strengthening of metals. Here we demo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kim Y,Lee J,Yeom MS,Shin JW,Kim H,Cui Y,Kysar JW,Hone J,Jung Y,Jeon S,Han SM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9754. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yue M,Han X,De Masi L,Zhu C,Ma X,Zhang J,Wu R,Schmieder R,Kaushik RS,Fraser GP,Zhao S,McDermott PF,Weill FX,Mainil JG,Arze C,Fricke WF,Edwards RA,Brisson D,Zhang NR,Rankin SC,Schifferli DM

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:SIRT1 is the most evolutionarily conserved mammalian sirtuin, and it plays a vital role in the regulation of metabolism, stress responses, genome stability, and ageing. As a stress sensor, SIRT1 deacetylase activity is significantly increased during stresses, but the molecular mechanisms are not yet fully clear. Here,...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Han C,Gu Y,Shan H,Mi W,Sun J,Shi M,Zhang X,Lu X,Han F,Gong Q,Yu W

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chirality and liquid crystals are both widely expressed in nature and biology. Helical assembly of mesophasic molecules and colloids may produce intriguing chiral liquid crystals. To date, chiral liquid crystals of 2D colloids have not been explored. As a typical 2D colloid, graphene is now receiving unprecedented att...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xu Z,Gao C

更新日期：2011-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytic endfeet cover the entire cerebral vasculature and serve as exchange sites for ions, metabolites and energy substrates from the blood to the brain. They maintain endothelial tight junctions that form the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and release vasoactive molecules that regulate vascular tone. Malignant gliomas...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Watkins S,Robel S,Kimbrough IF,Robert SM,Ellis-Davies G,Sontheimer H

更新日期：2014-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The general paradigm is that monocytes are recruited to sites of inflammation and terminally differentiate into macrophages. There has been no demonstration of proliferation of peripherally-derived inflammatory macrophages under physiological conditions. Here we show that proliferation of both bone marrow-derived infl...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Davies LC,Rosas M,Jenkins SJ,Liao CT,Scurr MJ,Brombacher F,Fraser DJ,Allen JE,Jones SA,Taylor PR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their energy-efficient merits as promising light-weight structural materials, magnesium (Mg) based alloys suffer from inadequate corrosion resistance. One primary reason is that the native surface film on Mg formed in air mainly consists of Mg(OH)2 and MgO, which is porous and unprotective, especially in humid...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang Y,Liu B,Zhao X,Zhang X,Miao Y,Yang N,Yang B,Zhang L,Kuang W,Li J,Ma E,Shan Z

更新日期：2018-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Flicker or 1/f noise in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) has been identified as the main source of noise at low frequency. It often originates from an ensemble of a huge number of charges becoming trapped and de-trapped. However, as a deviation from the well-known model of 1/f noise is obse...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Clément N,Nishiguchi K,Fujiwara A,Vuillaume D

更新日期：2010-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The damming of rivers represents one of the most far-reaching human modifications of the flows of water and associated matter from land to sea. Dam reservoirs are hotspots of sediment accumulation, primary productivity (P) and carbon mineralization (R) along the river continuum. Here we show that for the period 1970-2...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Maavara T,Lauerwald R,Regnier P,Van Cappellen P

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) are important Xanthomonas virulence factors that bind DNA via a unique tandem 34-amino-acid repeat domain to induce expression of plant genes. So far, TALE repeats are described to bind as a consecutive array to a consecutive DNA sequence, in which each repeat independent...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Richter A,Streubel J,Blücher C,Szurek B,Reschke M,Grau J,Boch J

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercalation-based inorganic materials that change their colours upon ion insertion/extraction lay an important foundation for existing electrochromic technology. However, using only such inorganic electrochromic materials, it is very difficult to achieve the utmost goal of full-colour tunability for future electroch...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang Z,Wang X,Cong S,Chen J,Sun H,Chen Z,Song G,Geng F,Chen Q,Zhao Z

更新日期：2020-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Tenuazonic acid (TeA) is a well-known mycotoxin produced by various plant pathogenic fungi. However, its biosynthetic gene has been unknown to date. Here we identify the TeA biosynthetic gene from Magnaporthe oryzae by finding two TeA-inducing conditions of a low-producing strain. We demonstrate that TeA is synthesize...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yun CS,Motoyama T,Osada H

更新日期：2015-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell fate determination requires the cooperation between extrinsic signals and intrinsic molecules including transcription factors as well as epigenetic regulators. Nevertheless, how neural fate commitment is regulated by epigenetic modifications remains largely unclear. Here we show that transient histone deacetylati...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu P,Dou X,Liu C,Wang L,Xing C,Peng G,Chen J,Yu F,Qiao Y,Song L,Wu Y,Yue C,Li J,Han JD,Tang K,Jing N

更新日期：2015-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:An accurate description of the interaction of intense hard X-ray pulses with heavy atoms, which is crucial for many applications of free-electron lasers, represents a hitherto unresolved challenge for theory because of the enormous number of electronic configurations and relativistic effects, which need to be taken in...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Rudek B,Toyota K,Foucar L,Erk B,Boll R,Bomme C,Correa J,Carron S,Boutet S,Williams GJ,Ferguson KR,Alonso-Mori R,Koglin JE,Gorkhover T,Bucher M,Lehmann CS,Krässig B,Southworth SH,Young L,Bostedt C,Ueda K,Marchenk

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Layer 5 (L5) cortical projection neurons innervate far-ranging brain areas to coordinate integrative sensory processing and adaptive behaviors. Here, we characterize a plasticity in L5 auditory cortex (ACtx) neurons that innervate the inferior colliculus (IC), thalamus, lateral amygdala and striatum. We track daily ch...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Asokan MM,Williamson RS,Hancock KE,Polley DB

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00