Mechanically and biologically skin-like elastomers for bio-integrated electronics.

abstract：:A major challenge in environmental policymaking is determining whether and how fast our society should adopt sustainable management methods. These decisions may have long-lasting effects on the environment, and therefore, they depend critically on the discount factor, which determines the relative values given to futu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lampert A

更新日期：2019-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Martensitic transition is a solid-state phase transition involving cooperative movement of atoms, mostly studied in metallurgy. The main characteristics are low transition barrier, ultrafast kinetics, and structural reversibility. They are rarely observed in molecular crystals, and hence the origin and mechanism are l...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chung H,Dudenko D,Zhang F,D'Avino G,Ruzié C,Richard A,Schweicher G,Cornil J,Beljonne D,Geerts Y,Diao Y

更新日期：2018-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Black silicon is a synthetic nanomaterial that contains high aspect ratio nanoprotrusions on its surface, produced through a simple reactive-ion etching technique for use in photovoltaic applications. Surfaces with high aspect-ratio nanofeatures are also common in the natural world, for example, the wings of the drago...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ivanova EP,Hasan J,Webb HK,Gervinskas G,Juodkazis S,Truong VK,Wu AH,Lamb RN,Baulin VA,Watson GS,Watson JA,Mainwaring DE,Crawford RJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diversity of self-propelled chemical motors, based on Marangoni propulsive forces, has been developed in recent years. However, most motors are non-functional due to poor performance, a lack of control, and the use of toxic materials. To overcome these limitations, we have developed multifunctional and biodegradable...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pena-Francesch A,Giltinan J,Sitti M

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this Article contained an error in Fig. 4. In the lower part of the three gene circuit diagrams in panel b, the flat-headed arrow linking lambdaCI to the tetR promoter incorrectly pointed to the tetR gene body. This has now been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of this Article. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Purcell O,Wang J,Siuti P,Lu TK

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) in complex with D-type cyclins promote cell cycle entry. Most human cancers contain overactive CDK4/6-cyclin D, and CDK4/6-specific inhibitors are promising anti-cancer therapeutics. Here, we investigate the critical functions of CDK4/6-cyclin D kinases, starting from an unbia...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： The I,Ruijtenberg S,Bouchet BP,Cristobal A,Prinsen MB,van Mourik T,Koreth J,Xu H,Heck AJ,Akhmanova A,Cuppen E,Boxem M,Muñoz J,van den Heuvel S

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The amniote middle ear is a classical example of the evolutionary novelty. Although paleontological evidence supports the view that mammals and diapsids (modern reptiles and birds) independently acquired the middle ear after divergence from their common ancestor, the developmental bases of these transformations remain...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kitazawa T,Takechi M,Hirasawa T,Adachi N,Narboux-Nême N,Kume H,Maeda K,Hirai T,Miyagawa-Tomita S,Kurihara Y,Hitomi J,Levi G,Kuratani S,Kurihara H

更新日期：2015-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep subsurface formations (for example, high-temperature oil reservoirs) are candidate sites for carbon capture and storage technology. However, very little is known about how the subsurface microbial community would respond to an increase in CO2 pressure resulting from carbon capture and storage. Here we construct m...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mayumi D,Dolfing J,Sakata S,Maeda H,Miyagawa Y,Ikarashi M,Tamaki H,Takeuchi M,Nakatsu CH,Kamagata Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purkinje cells (PCs) in Crus 1 represent whisker movement via linear changes in firing rate, but the circuit mechanisms underlying this coding scheme are unknown. Here we examine the role of upstream inputs to PCs-excitatory granule cells (GCs) and inhibitory molecular layer interneurons-in processing of whisking sign...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen S,Augustine GJ,Chadderton P

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Submarine channels are ubiquitous on the seafloor and their inception and evolution is a result of dynamic interaction between turbidity currents and the evolving seafloor. However, the morphodynamic links between channel inception and flow dynamics have not yet been monitored in experiments and only in one instance o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： de Leeuw J,Eggenhuisen JT,Cartigny MJ

更新日期：2016-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin-specific protease 14 (USP14) is one of the major proteasome-associated deubiquitinating enzymes critical for proteome homeostasis. However, substrates of USP14 remain largely unknown, hindering the understanding of its functional roles. Here we conduct a comprehensive proteome, ubiquitinome and interactome a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu B,Jiang S,Li M,Xiong X,Zhu M,Li D,Zhao L,Qian L,Zhai L,Li J,Lu H,Sun S,Lin J,Lu Y,Li X,Tan M

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The photons in circularly polarized light can transfer their quantized spin angular momentum to micro- and nanostructures via absorption and scattering. This normally exerts positive torque on the objects wher the sign (i.e., handedness or angular direction) follows that of the spin angular momentum. Here we show that...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Han F,Parker JA,Yifat Y,Peterson C,Gray SK,Scherer NF,Yan Z

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:MCR-1 is a lipid A modifying enzyme that confers resistance to the antibiotic colistin. Here, we analyse the impact of MCR-1 expression on E. coli morphology, fitness, competitiveness, immune stimulation and virulence. Increased expression of mcr-1 results in decreased growth rate, cell viability, competitive ability ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang Q,Li M,Spiller OB,Andrey DO,Hinchliffe P,Li H,MacLean C,Niumsup P,Powell L,Pritchard M,Papkou A,Shen Y,Portal E,Sands K,Spencer J,Tansawai U,Thomas D,Wang S,Wang Y,Shen J,Walsh T

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor subtype-specific metabolic reprogrammers could serve as targets of therapeutic intervention. Here we show that triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) exhibits a hyper-activated cholesterol-biosynthesis program that is strongly linked to nuclear receptor RORγ, compared to estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. G...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cai D,Wang J,Gao B,Li J,Wu F,Zou JX,Xu J,Jiang Y,Zou H,Huang Z,Borowsky AD,Bold RJ,Lara PN,Li JJ,Chen X,Lam KS,To KF,Kung HJ,Fiehn O,Zhao R,Evans RM,Chen HW

更新日期：2019-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian neocortex is subdivided into cytoarchitectural areas with distinct connectivity, gene expression and neural functions. Areal identity is initially specified by rostrocaudal and mediolateral gene expression gradients in neuroepithelial and radial glial progenitors (the 'protomap'). On further differentiat...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Alfano C,Magrinelli E,Harb K,Hevner RF,Studer M

更新日期：2014-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The gyrotropic rotation around the equilibrium position constitutes the fundamental excitation of magnetic vortices in nanostructures. The frequency of this mode varies with material and sample geometry, but is independent of the vortex handedness and its core direction. Here, we demonstrate that this degeneracy is li...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sluka V,Kákay A,Deac AM,Bürgler DE,Schneider CM,Hertel R

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) are known to be fundamental in instigating immune responses, but their role in influencing these responses beyond their initiation is less well understood. Here, using the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is deficient in strong PAMPs, we demonstrate a requireme...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kurup SP,Tarleton RL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal oxides with a tunnelled structure are attractive as charge storage materials for rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors, since the tunnels enable fast reversible insertion/extraction of charge carriers (for example, lithium ions). Common synthesis methods can introduce large cations such as potassium, barium...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yuan Y,Zhan C,He K,Chen H,Yao W,Sharifi-Asl S,Song B,Yang Z,Nie A,Luo X,Wang H,Wood SM,Amine K,Islam MS,Lu J,Shahbazian-Yassar R

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging is an important technique for identifying different types of tissues in a body or spatial information about composite materials. Because temperature is a fundamental parameter reflecting the biological status of the body and individual tissues, it would be helpful to have temperature maps su...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hankiewicz JH,Celinski Z,Stupic KF,Anderson NR,Camley RE

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages play crucial roles in host defence and tissue homoeostasis, processes in which both environmental stimuli and intracellularly generated metabolites influence activation of macrophages. Activated macrophages are classified into M1 and M2 macrophages. It remains unclear how intracellular nutrition sufficienc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kimura T,Nada S,Takegahara N,Okuno T,Nojima S,Kang S,Ito D,Morimoto K,Hosokawa T,Hayama Y,Mitsui Y,Sakurai N,Sarashina-Kida H,Nishide M,Maeda Y,Takamatsu H,Okuzaki D,Yamada M,Okada M,Kumanogoh A

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Socioeconomic challenges continue to mount for half a billion residents of central India because of a decline in the total rainfall and a concurrent rise in the magnitude and frequency of extreme rainfall events. Alongside a weakening monsoon circulation, the locally available moisture and the frequency of moisture-la...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Roxy MK,Ghosh S,Pathak A,Athulya R,Mujumdar M,Murtugudde R,Terray P,Rajeevan M

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton conduction is a fundamental process in biology and in devices such as proton exchange membrane fuel cells. To maximize proton conduction, three-dimensional conduction pathways are preferred over one-dimensional pathways, which prevent conduction in two dimensions. Many crystalline porous solids to date show one...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu M,Chen L,Lewis S,Chong SY,Little MA,Hasell T,Aldous IM,Brown CM,Smith MW,Morrison CA,Hardwick LJ,Cooper AI

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Clustering of the T-cell receptor (TCR) is thought to initiate downstream signalling. However, the detection of protein clustering with high spatial and temporal resolution remains challenging. Here we establish a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensor, named CliF, which reports intermolecular associations of...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ma Y,Pandzic E,Nicovich PR,Yamamoto Y,Kwiatek J,Pageon SV,Benda A,Rossy J,Gaus K

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Ellagitannins are a family of polyphenols containing more than 1,000 natural products. Nearly 40% of these compounds contain a highly oxygenated diaryl ether that is one of the most critical elements to their structural diversity. Here, we report a unified strategy for the synthesis of highly oxygenated diaryl ethers ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hirokane T,Hirata Y,Ishimoto T,Nishii K,Yamada H

更新日期：2014-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cancer cells display enhanced glycolysis and suppressed mitochondrial metabolism. This phenomenon, known as the Warburg effect, is critical for tumor development. However, how cancer cells coordinate glucose metabolism through glycolysis and the mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is largely unknown. We ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nie H,Ju H,Fan J,Shi X,Cheng Y,Cang X,Zheng Z,Duan X,Yi W

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Human social networks are overwhelmingly homophilous: individuals tend to befriend others who are similar to them in terms of a range of physical attributes (e.g., age, gender). Do similarities among friends reflect deeper similarities in how we perceive, interpret, and respond to the world? To test whether friendship...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Parkinson C,Kleinbaum AM,Wheatley T

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In conventional BCS superconductors, the quantum condensation of superconducting electron pairs is understood as a Fermi surface instability, in which the low-energy electrons are paired by attractive interactions. Whether this explanation is still valid in high-Tc superconductors such as cuprates and iron-based super...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Miao H,Qian T,Shi X,Richard P,Kim TK,Hoesch M,Xing LY,Wang XC,Jin CQ,Hu JP,Ding H

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas-sensing materials are becoming increasingly important in our society, requiring high sensitivity to differentiate similar gases like N2 and O2. For the design of such materials, the driving force of electronic host-guest interaction or host-framework changes during the sorption process has commonly been considered...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kosaka W,Liu Z,Zhang J,Sato Y,Hori A,Matsuda R,Kitagawa S,Miyasaka H

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 epidemic hit Italy particularly hard, yielding the implementation of strict national lockdown rules. Previous modelling studies at the national level overlooked the fact that Italy is divided into administrative regions which can independently oversee their own share of the Italian National Health Service...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Della Rossa F,Salzano D,Di Meglio A,De Lellis F,Coraggio M,Calabrese C,Guarino A,Cardona-Rivera R,De Lellis P,Liuzza D,Lo Iudice F,Russo G,di Bernardo M

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins are versatile natural building blocks with highly complex and multifunctional architectures, and self-assembled protein structures have been created by the introduction of covalent, noncovalent, or metal-coordination bonding. Here, we report the robust, selective, and reversible metal coordination properties ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang M,Song WJ

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00