Confinement-induced self-organization in growing bacterial colonies.

abstract：:The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is an important proxy for examining historical trajectories of coastal ecosystems. Measurement of ~40,000 oyster shells from archaeological sites along the Atlantic Coast of the United States provides a long-term record of oyster abundance and size. The data demonstrate incre...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Thompson VD,Rick T,Garland CJ,Thomas DH,Smith KY,Bergh S,Sanger M,Tucker B,Lulewicz I,Semon AM,Schalles J,Hladik C,Alexander C,Ritchison BT

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of cytosolic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to activate caspase-11-dependent nonclassical inflammasome is intricately controlled to avoid excessive inflammatory responses. However, very little is known about the regulatory role of various metabolic pathways in the control of caspase-11 activation. Here, we demon...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Chen R,Zeng L,Zhu S,Liu J,Zeh HJ,Kroemer G,Wang H,Billiar TR,Jiang J,Tang D,Kang R

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy band engineering is of fundamental importance in nanoelectronics. Compared to chemical approaches such as doping and surface functionalization, electrical and optical methods provide greater flexibility that enables continuous, reversible, and in situ band tuning on electronic devices of various kinds. In this ...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Wu E,Xie Y,Zhang J,Zhang H,Hu X,Liu J,Zhou C,Zhang D

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Amorphous solids, such as glasses, have complex responses to deformations, with substantial consequences in material design and applications. In this respect, two intertwined aspects are important: stability and reversibility. It is crucial to understand, on the one hand, how a glass may become unstable due to increas...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Jin Y,Urbani P,Zamponi F,Yoshino H

更新日期：2018-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Ice accretion has a negative impact on critical infrastructure, as well as a range of commercial and residential activities. Icephobic surfaces are defined by an ice adhesion strength τice < 100 kPa. However, the passive removal of ice requires much lower values of τice, such as on airplane wings or power lines (τice ...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Golovin K,Kobaku SP,Lee DH,DiLoreto ET,Mabry JM,Tuteja A

更新日期：2016-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Double seismic zones are two-layered distributions of intermediate-depth earthquakes that provide insight into the thermomechanical state of subducting slabs. We present new precise hypocenters of intermediate-depth earthquakes in the Tonga subduction zone obtained using data from local island-based, ocean-bottom, and...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Wei SS,Wiens DA,van Keken PE,Cai C

更新日期：2017-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically modified pigs for biomedical applications have been mainly generated using the somatic cell nuclear transfer technique; however, this approach requires complex micromanipulation techniques and sometimes increases the risks of both prenatal and postnatal death by faulty epigenetic reprogramming of a donor s...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Tanihara F,Takemoto T,Kitagawa E,Rao S,Do LT,Onishi A,Yamashita Y,Kosugi C,Suzuki H,Sembon S,Suzuki S,Nakai M,Hashimoto M,Yasue A,Matsuhisa M,Noji S,Fujimura T,Fuchimoto D,Otoi T

更新日期：2016-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is an unexplained incapacitating illness that may affect up to 4 million people in the United States alone. There are no validated laboratory tests for diagnosis or management despite global efforts to find biomarkers of disease. We considered the possibility...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Hornig M,Montoya JG,Klimas NG,Levine S,Felsenstein D,Bateman L,Peterson DL,Gottschalk CG,Schultz AF,Che X,Eddy ML,Komaroff AL,Lipkin WI

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-responsive insulin delivery systems with robust responsiveness that has been validated in animal models, especially in large animal models, remain elusive. Here, we exploit a new strategy to form a micro-sized complex between a charge-switchable polymer with a glucose-sensing moiety and insulin driven by elect...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Wang J,Yu J,Zhang Y,Zhang X,Kahkoska AR,Chen G,Wang Z,Sun W,Cai L,Chen Z,Qian C,Shen Q,Khademhosseini A,Buse JB,Gu Z

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosocial behavior is paradoxical because it often entails a cost to one's own welfare to benefit others. Theoretical models suggest that prosociality is driven by several forms of reciprocity. Although we know a great deal about how each of these forms operates in isolation, they are rarely isolated in the real world...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Melamed D,Simpson B,Abernathy J

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Predator-prey interactions revealed by vertebrate trace fossils are extremely rare. We present footprint evidence from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico for the association of sloth and human trackways. Geologically, the sloth and human trackways were made contemporaneously, and the sloth trackways show evid...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Bustos D,Jakeway J,Urban TM,Holliday VT,Fenerty B,Raichlen DA,Budka M,Reynolds SC,Allen BD,Love DW,Santucci VL,Odess D,Willey P,McDonald HG,Bennett MR

更新日期：2018-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, an integrated cascade nanozyme with a formulation of Pt@PCN222-Mn is developed to eliminate excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS). This nanozyme mimics superoxide dismutase by incorporation of a Mn-[5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrinato]-based metal-organic framework compound capable of transforming...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Liu Y,Cheng Y,Zhang H,Zhou M,Yu Y,Lin S,Jiang B,Zhao X,Miao L,Wei CW,Liu Q,Lin YW,Du Y,Butch CJ,Wei H

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-propelling micromotors are emerging as a promising micro- and nanoscale tool for single-cell analysis. We have recently shown that the field gradients necessary to manipulate matter via dielectrophoresis can be induced at the surface of a polarizable active ("self-propelling") metallodielectric Janus particle (JP...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Wu Y,Fu A,Yossifon G

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced molecular materials that combine two or more physical properties are typically constructed by combining different molecules, each being responsible for one of the properties required. Ideally, single molecules could take care of this combined functionality, provided they are self-assembled correctly and endow...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Gorbunov AV,Garcia Iglesias M,Guilleme J,Cornelissen TD,Roelofs WSC,Torres T,González-Rodríguez D,Meijer EW,Kemerink M

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar3761.]. ...

journal_title：Science advances

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更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), a sensor of cytosolic DNA, is critical for the innate immune response. Here, we show that loss of cGAS in untransformed and cancer cells results in uncontrolled DNA replication, hyperproliferation, and genomic instability. While the majority of cGAS is cytoplasmic, a fraction of cGA...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Chen H,Chen H,Zhang J,Wang Y,Simoneau A,Yang H,Levine AS,Zou L,Chen Z,Lan L

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Human genome-wide association studies have linked single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in NEMP1 (nuclear envelope membrane protein 1) with early menopause; however, it is unclear whether NEMP1 has any role in fertility. We show that whole-animal loss of NEMP1 homologs in Drosophila, Caenorhabditis elegans, zebrafish...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Tsatskis Y,Rosenfeld R,Pearson JD,Boswell C,Qu Y,Kim K,Fabian L,Mohammad A,Wang X,Robson MI,Krchma K,Wu J,Gonçalves J,Hodzic D,Wu S,Potter D,Pelletier L,Dunham WH,Gingras AC,Sun Y,Meng J,Godt D,Schedl T,Ciru

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapy is extraordinarily effective in select patients with cancer. However, insufficient lymphocytic infiltration, weak T cell-induced inflammation, and immunosuppressive cell accumulation in the tumor microenvironment (TME) may greatly diminish the efficacy. Here, we re...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Li Z,Wang Y,Shen Y,Qian C,Oupicky D,Sun M

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A sulfide-oxidizing microorganism, Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus (DA), generates a consistent enrichment of sulfur-34 (34S) in the produced sulfate of +12.5 per mil or greater. This observation challenges the general consensus that the microbial oxidation of sulfide does not result in large 34S enrichments and suggests...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Pellerin A,Antler G,Holm SA,Findlay AJ,Crockford PW,Turchyn AV,Jørgensen BB,Finster K

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Earth's night sky continuously produces a faint chemiluminescence known as nightglow. Two prominent nighttime emissions around 90 km are the O2 Atmospheric and the OH Meinel band systems. Despite a plethora of studies since their identification seven decades ago, substantial gaps persist in our understanding of the me...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Kalogerakis KS

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dimensional perovskites offer a rare opportunity to investigate lattice dynamics and charge carrier behavior in bulk quantum-confined solids, in addition to them being the leading materials in optoelectronic applications. In particular, zero-dimensional (0D) inorganic perovskites of the Cs4PbX6 (X = Cl, Br, or I) ...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Yin J,Maity P,De Bastiani M,Dursun I,Bakr OM,Brédas JL,Mohammed OF

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Photonic crystal nanocavities, which have modal volumes of the order of a cubic wavelength in the material, are of great interest as flexible platforms for manipulating photons. Recent developments in ultra-high quality factor nanocavities with long photon lifetimes have encouraged us to develop an ultra-compact and f...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Konoike R,Nakagawa H,Nakadai M,Asano T,Tanaka Y,Noda S

更新日期：2016-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Extinction of conditioned fear necessitates the dynamic involvement of hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), and basolateral amygdala (BLA), but key molecular players that regulate these circuits to achieve fear extinction remain largely unknown. Here, we report that acid-sensing ion channel 1a (ASIC1a) is a c...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Wang Q,Wang Q,Song XL,Jiang Q,Wu YJ,Li Y,Yuan TF,Zhang S,Xu NJ,Zhu MX,Li WG,Xu TL

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Myofibroblasts orchestrate wound healing processes, and if they remain activated, they drive disease progression such as fibrosis and cancer. Besides growth factor signaling, the local extracellular matrix (ECM) and its mechanical properties are central regulators of these processes. It remains unknown whether transfo...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Kollmannsberger P,Bidan CM,Dunlop JWC,Fratzl P,Vogel V

更新日期：2018-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Granular dynamics govern earthquakes, avalanches, and landslides and are of fundamental importance in a variety of industries ranging from energy to pharmaceuticals to agriculture. Nonetheless, our understanding of the underlying physics is poor because we lack spatially and temporally resolved experimental measuremen...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Penn A,Tsuji T,Brunner DO,Boyce CM,Pruessmann KP,Müller CR

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Topological superconductors are exotic phases of matter featuring robust surface states that could be leveraged for topological quantum computation. A useful guiding principle for the search of topological superconductors is to relate the topological invariants with the behavior of the pairing order parameter on the n...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Ono S,Po HC,Watanabe H

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homotrimeric molecular chaperone Skp of Gram-negative bacteria facilitates the transport of outer membrane proteins across the periplasm. It has been unclear how its activity is modulated during its functional cycle. Here, we report an atomic-resolution characterization of the Escherichia coli Skp monomer-trimer t...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Mas G,Burmann BM,Sharpe T,Claudi B,Bumann D,Hiller S

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gut microbiota established during infancy has persistent effects on health. In vitro studies have suggested that human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in breast milk promote the formation of a bifidobacteria-rich microbiota in infant guts; however, the underlying molecular mechanism remains elusive. Here, we ch...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Sakanaka M,Hansen ME,Gotoh A,Katoh T,Yoshida K,Odamaki T,Yachi H,Sugiyama Y,Kurihara S,Hirose J,Urashima T,Xiao JZ,Kitaoka M,Fukiya S,Yokota A,Lo Leggio L,Abou Hachem M,Katayama T

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The high-lying vibrational states of the magnesium dimer (Mg2), which has been recognized as an important system in studies of ultracold and collisional phenomena, have eluded experimental characterization for half a century. Until now, only the first 14 vibrational states of Mg2 have been experimentally resolved, alt...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Yuwono SH,Magoulas I,Piecuch P

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Terrestrial predators can modulate the energy used for prey capture to maximize efficiency, but diving animals face the conflicting metabolic demands of energy intake and the minimization of oxygen depletion during a breath hold. It is thought that diving predators optimize their foraging success when oxygen use and e...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Hazen EL,Friedlaender AS,Goldbogen JA

更新日期：2015-10-02 00:00:00