Initial effective stress controls the nature of earthquakes.

abstract：:Synapse formation is triggered through trans-synaptic interaction between pairs of pre- and postsynaptic adhesion molecules, the specificity of which depends on splice inserts known as 'splice-insert signaling codes'. Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase δ (PTPδ) can bidirectionally induce pre- and postsynaptic diffe...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yamagata A,Yoshida T,Sato Y,Goto-Ito S,Uemura T,Maeda A,Shiroshima T,Iwasawa-Okamoto S,Mori H,Mishina M,Fukai S

更新日期：2015-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging modalities such as MRI and EEG are able to record from the whole brain, but this comes at the price of either limited spatiotemporal resolution or limited sensitivity. Here, we show that functional ultrasound imaging (fUS) of the brain is able to assess local changes in cerebral blood volume during cognit...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dizeux A,Gesnik M,Ahnine H,Blaize K,Arcizet F,Picaud S,Sahel JA,Deffieux T,Pouget P,Tanter M

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthesis is nature's route to convert intermittent solar irradiation into storable energy, while its use for an industrial energy supply is impaired by low efficiency. Artificial photosynthesis provides a promising alternative for efficient robust carbon-neutral renewable energy generation. The approach of direc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： May MM,Lewerenz HJ,Lackner D,Dimroth F,Hannappel T

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron spins of diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres are important quantum resources for nanoscale sensing and quantum information. Combining NV spins with levitated optomechanical resonators will provide a hybrid quantum system for novel applications. Here we optically levitate a nanodiamond and demonstrate electr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hoang TM,Ahn J,Bang J,Li T

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecules can efficiently and selectively convert light energy into other degrees of freedom. Disentangling the underlying ultrafast motion of electrons and nuclei of the photoexcited molecule presents a challenge to current spectroscopic approaches. Here we explore the photoexcited dynamics of molecules by an interac...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： McFarland BK,Farrell JP,Miyabe S,Tarantelli F,Aguilar A,Berrah N,Bostedt C,Bozek JD,Bucksbaum PH,Castagna JC,Coffee RN,Cryan JP,Fang L,Feifel R,Gaffney KJ,Glownia JM,Martinez TJ,Mucke M,Murphy B,Natan A,Osipov T,

更新日期：2014-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Some two-dimensional liquid systems are theoretically predicted to have an anomalous phase transition due to unique intermolecular interactions, for example the first-order transition between two-dimensional high-density water and low-density amorphous ice. However, it has never been experimentally observed, to the be...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li W,Kong L,Feng B,Fu H,Li H,Zeng XC,Wu K,Chen L

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transition metal-catalyzed enantioselective Sonogashira-type oxidative C(sp3)-C(sp) coupling of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds with terminal alkynes has remained a prominent challenge. The difficulties mainly stem from the regiocontrol in unactivated C(sp3)-H bond functionalization and the inhibition of readily occurring ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang ZH,Dong XY,Du XY,Gu QS,Li ZL,Liu XY

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline removal provokes longevity in several species and shifts resources towards survival and repair. Several Caenorhabditis elegans transcription factors regulate longevity arising from germline removal; yet, how they work together is unknown. Here we identify a Myc-like HLH transcription factor network comprised ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nakamura S,Karalay Ö,Jäger PS,Horikawa M,Klein C,Nakamura K,Latza C,Templer SE,Dieterich C,Antebi A

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to quickly spread a liquid across a surface and form a film is fundamental for a diverse range of technological processes, including printing, painting and spraying. Here we show that liquid dielectrophoresis or electrowetting can produce wetting on normally non-wetting surfaces, without needing modificati...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： McHale G,Brown CV,Sampara N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migrating cells move across diverse assemblies of extracellular matrix (ECM) that can be separated by micron-scale gaps. For membranes to protrude and reattach across a gap, actin filaments, which are relatively weak as single filaments, must polymerize outward from adhesion sites to push membranes towards distant sit...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Garbett D,Bisaria A,Yang C,McCarthy DG,Hayer A,Moerner WE,Svitkina TM,Meyer T

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Macreadie PI,Anton A,Raven JA,Beaumont N,Connolly RM,Friess DA,Kelleway JJ,Kennedy H,Kuwae T,Lavery PS,Lovelock CE,Smale DA,Apostolaki ET,Atwood TB,Baldock J,Bianchi TS,Chmura GL,Eyre BD,Fourqurean JW,Hall-Spencer J

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic semiconductors enable the fabrication of a range of lightweight and mechanically flexible optoelectronic devices. Most organic semiconductor lasers, however, have remained rigid until now, predominantly due to the need for a support substrate. Here, we use a simple fabrication process to make membrane-based, s...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Karl M,Glackin JME,Schubert M,Kronenberg NM,Turnbull GA,Samuel IDW,Gather MC

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Maury MM,Bracq-Dieye H,Huang L,Vales G,Lavina M,Thouvenot P,Disson O,Leclercq A,Brisse S,Lecuit M

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The leaf economics spectrum (LES) describes consistent correlations among a variety of leaf traits that reflect a gradient from conservative to acquisitive plant strategies. So far, whether the LES holds in wetland plants at a global scale has been unclear. Using data on 365 wetland species from 151 studies, we find t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pan Y,Cieraad E,Armstrong J,Armstrong W,Clarkson BR,Colmer TD,Pedersen O,Visser EJW,Voesenek LACJ,van Bodegom PM

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible acetylation of α-tubulin is an evolutionarily conserved modification in microtubule networks. Despite its prevalence, the physiological function and regulation of microtubule acetylation remain poorly understood. Here we report that macrophages challenged by bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) undergo exten...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang B,Rao YH,Inoue M,Hao R,Lai CH,Chen D,McDonald SL,Choi MC,Wang Q,Shinohara ML,Yao TP

更新日期：2014-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we introduce a novel concept for the fabrication of colored materials with significantly reduced dye leaching through covalent immobilization of the desired dye using plasma-generated surface radicals. This plasma dye coating (PDC) procedure immobilizes a pre-adsorbed layer of a dye functionalized with a radical...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： De Smet L,Vancoillie G,Minshall P,Lava K,Steyaert I,Schoolaert E,Van De Walle E,Dubruel P,De Clerck K,Hoogenboom R

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels conduct cations into cells. They mediate functions ranging from neuronally mediated hot and cold sensation to intracellular organellar and primary ciliary signaling. Here we report a cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of TRPC4 in its unliganded (...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Duan J,Li J,Zeng B,Chen GL,Peng X,Zhang Y,Wang J,Clapham DE,Li Z,Zhang J

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Twisted Laguerre-Gaussian lasers, with orbital angular momentum and characterized by doughnut-shaped intensity profiles, provide a transformative set of tools and research directions in a growing range of fields and applications, from super-resolution microcopy and ultra-fast optical communications to quantum computin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vieira J,Trines RM,Alves EP,Fonseca RA,Mendonça JT,Bingham R,Norreys P,Silva LO

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence factor pyocyanin and the intracellular second messenger cyclic diguanylate monophosphate (c-di-GMP) play key roles in regulating biofilm formation and multi-drug efflux pump expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, the crosstalk between these two signaling pathways remains unclear. Here we show tha...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang F,He Q,Yin J,Xu S,Hu W,Gu L

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:EGFR is required for animal development, and dysregulation of EGFR is critically implicated in malignant transformation. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the regulation of EGFR expression remains poorly explored. Here we report that the zinc-finger protein ZNF516 is a transcription repressor. ZNF516 is phys...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li L,Liu X,He L,Yang J,Pei F,Li W,Liu S,Chen Z,Xie G,Xu B,Ting X,Zhang Z,Jin T,Liu X,Zhang W,Yuan S,Yang Z,Wu C,Zhang Y,Yang X,Yi X,Liang J,Shang Y,Sun L

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferromagnetism is usually deemed incompatible with superconductivity. Consequently, the coexistence of superconductivity and ferromagnetism is usually observed only in elegantly designed multi-ingredient structures in which the two competing electronic states originate from separate structural components. Here we repo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhu X,Guo Y,Cheng H,Dai J,An X,Zhao J,Tian K,Wei S,Cheng Zeng X,Wu C,Xie Y

更新日期：2016-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult neural stem cells (NSCs) reside in a specialized microenvironment, the subventricular zone (SVZ), which provides them with unique signaling cues to control their basic properties and prevent their exhaustion. While the signaling mechanisms that regulate NSC lineage progression are well characterized, the molecul...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chavali M,Klingener M,Kokkosis AG,Garkun Y,Felong S,Maffei A,Aguirre A

更新日期：2018-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of force on biomolecules has been instrumental in understanding biofunctional behaviour from single molecules to complex collections of cells. Current approaches, for example, those based on atomic force microscopy or magnetic or optical tweezers, are powerful but limited in their applicability as integrat...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Webster A,Vollmer F,Sato Y

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Problematic microfossils dominate the palaeontological record between the Great Oxidation Event 2.4 billion years ago (Ga) and the last Palaeoproterozoic iron formations, deposited 500-600 million years later. These fossils are often associated with iron-rich sedimentary rocks, but their affinities, metabolism, and, h...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lepot K,Addad A,Knoll AH,Wang J,Troadec D,Béché A,Javaux EJ

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Temko D,Tomlinson IPM,Severini S,Schuster-Böckler B,Graham TA

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing is essential for the courtship of one of the major carriers of human disease, the mosquito. Males locate females through flight-tone recognition and both sexes engage in mid-air acoustic communications, which can take place within swarms containing thousands of individuals. Despite the importance of hearing fo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Su MP,Andrés M,Boyd-Gibbins N,Somers J,Albert JT

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Studying emerging or neglected pathogens is often challenging due to insufficient information and absence of genetic tools. Dual RNA-seq provides insights into host-pathogen interactions, and is particularly informative for intracellular organisms. Here we apply dual RNA-seq to Orientia tsutsugamushi (Ot), an obligate...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mika-Gospodorz B,Giengkam S,Westermann AJ,Wongsantichon J,Kion-Crosby W,Chuenklin S,Wang LC,Sunyakumthorn P,Sobota RM,Subbian S,Vogel J,Barquist L,Salje J

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 1 (PNPLA1) cause autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis, but the mechanism involved remains unclear. Here we show that PNPLA1, an enzyme expressed in differentiated keratinocytes, plays a crucial role in the biosynthesis of ω-O-acylceramide, a lipid componen...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hirabayashi T,Anjo T,Kaneko A,Senoo Y,Shibata A,Takama H,Yokoyama K,Nishito Y,Ono T,Taya C,Muramatsu K,Fukami K,Muñoz-Garcia A,Brash AR,Ikeda K,Arita M,Akiyama M,Murakami M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As European heatwaves become more severe, summers in the United Kingdom (UK) are also getting warmer. The UK record temperature of 38.7 °C set in Cambridge in July 2019 prompts the question of whether exceeding 40 °C is now within reach. Here, we show how human influence is increasing the likelihood of exceeding 30, 3...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Christidis N,McCarthy M,Stott PA

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Akin to single-site homogeneous catalysis, a long sought-after goal is to achieve reaction site precision in heterogeneous catalysis for chemical control over patterns of activity, selectivity and stability. Herein, we report on metal phosphides as a class of material capable of realizing these attributes and unlock t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xu YF,Duchesne PN,Wang L,Tavasoli A,Jelle AA,Xia M,Liao JF,Kuang DB,Ozin GA

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00