Urine salts elucidate Early Neolithic animal management at Aşıklı Höyük, Turkey.

abstract：:Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) particles account for 40 to 45% of worldwide gasoline production. The hierarchical complex particle pore structure allows access of long-chain feedstock molecules into active catalyst domains where they are cracked into smaller, more valuable hydrocarbon products (for example, gasoline)....

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Meirer F,Kalirai S,Morris D,Soparawalla S,Liu Y,Mesu G,Andrews JC,Weckhuysen BM

更新日期：2015-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Superomniphobic textures are at the frontier of surface design for vast arrays of applications. Despite recent substantial advances in fabrication methods for reentrant and doubly reentrant microstructures, design optimization remains a major challenge. We overcome this in two stages. First, we develop readily general...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Panter JR,Gizaw Y,Kusumaatmaja H

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, a growing number of studies have revealed that progressive changes to epigenetic information accompany aging in both dividing and nondividing cells. Functional studies in model organisms and humans indicate that epigenetic changes have a huge influence on the aging process. These epigenetic chang...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Pal S,Tyler JK

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of advanced chemical-to-electrical energy conversions requires fast and efficient electrocatalysis of multielectron/multiproton reactions, such as the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Using molecular catalysts, correlations between the reaction rate and energy efficiency have recently been identified. ...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Martin DJ,Mercado BQ,Mayer JM

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian wing shape is highly variable across species but only coarsely associated with flight behavior, performance, and body mass. An underexplored but potentially explanatory feature is the ability of birds to actively change wing shape to meet aerodynamic and behavioral demands. Across 61 species, we found strong ass...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Baliga VB,Szabo I,Altshuler DL

更新日期：2019-10-23 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：:The wiring of vertebrate and invertebrate brains provides the anatomical skeleton for cognition and behavior. Connections among brain regions are characterized by heterogeneous strength that is parsimoniously described by the wiring cost and homophily principles. Moreover, brains exhibit a characteristic global networ...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Goulas A,Betzel RF,Hilgetag CC

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft robotics may enable many new technologies in which humans and robots physically interact, yet the necessary high-performance soft actuators still do not exist. The optimal soft actuators need to be fast and forceful and have programmable shape changes. Furthermore, they should be energy efficient for untethered a...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Davidson ZS,Shahsavan H,Aghakhani A,Guo Y,Hines L,Xia Y,Yang S,Sitti M

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractures and faults riddle the Earth's crust on all scales, and the deformation associated with them is presumed to have had significant effects on its petrological and structural evolution. However, despite the abundance of directly observable earthquake activity, unequivocal evidence for seismic slip rates along an...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Austrheim H,Dunkel KG,Plümper O,Ildefonse B,Liu Y,Jamtveit B

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Perforin-2 (MPEG1) is thought to enable the killing of invading microbes engulfed by macrophages and other phagocytes, forming pores in their membranes. Loss of perforin-2 renders individual phagocytes and whole organisms significantly more susceptible to bacterial pathogens. Here, we reveal the mechanism of perforin-...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Ni T,Jiao F,Yu X,Aden S,Ginger L,Williams SI,Bai F,Pražák V,Karia D,Stansfeld P,Zhang P,Munson G,Anderluh G,Scheuring S,Gilbert RJC

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the existence of a communication system among human smooth muscle cells that uses mechanical forces to frequency modulate long-range calcium waves. An important consequence of this mechanical signaling is that changes in stiffness of the underlying extracellular matrix can interfere with the f...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Stasiak SE,Jamieson RR,Bouffard J,Cram EJ,Parameswaran H

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of product distribution in a multistep catalytic selective hydrogenation reaction is challenging. For instance, the deep hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate (DMO) is inclined to proceed over Cu/SiO2 catalysts because of inevitable coexistence of Cu+ and Cu0, leading to hard acquisition of the preliminary hyd...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Sun J,Yu J,Ma Q,Meng F,Wei X,Sun Y,Tsubaki N

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid growth of deformable and stretchable electronics calls for a deformable and stretchable power source. We report a scalable approach for energy harvesters and self-powered sensors that can be highly deformable and stretchable. With conductive liquid contained in a polymer cover, a shape-adaptive triboelectric...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Yi F,Wang X,Niu S,Li S,Yin Y,Dai K,Zhang G,Lin L,Wen Z,Guo H,Wang J,Yeh MH,Zi Y,Liao Q,You Z,Zhang Y,Wang ZL

更新日期：2016-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Approaching predators cast expanding shadows (i.e., looming) that elicit innate defensive responses in most animals. Where looming is first detected and how critical parameters of predatory approaches are extracted are unclear. In mice, we identify a retinal interneuron (the VG3 amacrine cell) that responds robustly t...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Kim T,Shen N,Hsiang JC,Johnson KP,Kerschensteiner D

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocyte numbers, a critical determinant of female reproductive fitness, are highly regulated, yet the mechanisms underlying this regulation remain largely undefined. In the Caenorhabditis elegans gonad, RAS/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling regulates oocyte numbers; mechanisms are unknown. We show t...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Das D,Chen SY,Arur S

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tulare Basin in Central California is a site of intensive agricultural activity and extraction of groundwater, with pronounced ground subsidence and degradation of water resources over the past century. Spatially extensive observations of ground displacements from satellite-based remote sensing allow us to infer t...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Murray KD,Lohman RB

更新日期：2018-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a gasotransmitter and a potential therapeutic agent. However, molecular targets relevant to its therapeutic actions remain enigmatic. Sulfide-quinone oxidoreductase (SQR) irreversibly oxidizes H2S. Therefore, SQR is assumed to inhibit H2S signaling. We now report that SQR-mediated oxidation o...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Jia J,Wang Z,Zhang M,Huang C,Song Y,Xu F,Zhang J,Li J,He M,Li Y,Ao G,Hong C,Cao Y,Chin YE,Hua ZC,Cheng J

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic-inorganic hybrid halide perovskites are emerging as promising materials for next-generation light-emitting diodes (LEDs). However, the poor stability of these materials has been the main obstacle challenging their application. Here, we performed first-principles calculations, revealing that the molecule dissoc...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Shang Y,Liao Y,Wei Q,Wang Z,Xiang B,Ke Y,Liu W,Ning Z

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We present results from a study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that uses mobile money networks to run rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs), peer-to-peer finance groups ubiquitous across the developing world. We find high rates of contribution and ROSCA success. The unexpected success of such e-RO...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Francois P,Squires M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregates contributes to the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD). Plasma Aβ is deemed a less invasive and more accessible hallmark of AD, as Aβ can penetrate blood-brain barriers. However, correlations between biofluidic Aβ concentrations and AD progression has been tenuous. Here, we intro...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Kim Y,Yoo YK,Kim HY,Roh JH,Kim J,Baek S,Lee JC,Kim HJ,Chae MS,Jeong D,Park D,Lee S,Jang H,Kim K,Lee JH,Byun BH,Park SY,Ha JH,Lee KC,Cho WW,Kim JS,Koh JY,Lim SM,Hwang KS

更新日期：2019-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-methyladenine (6mdA) is a widespread DNA modification in bacteria. More recently, 6mdA has also been characterized in mammalian DNA. However, measurements of 6mdA abundance and profiles are often very dissimilar between studies, even when performed on DNA from identical mammalian cell types. Using comprehensive bio...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Douvlataniotis K,Bensberg M,Lentini A,Gylemo B,Nestor CE

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetric interactions such as entropic (e.g., encoded by nonspherical shapes) or surface forces (e.g., encoded by patterned surface chemistry or DNA hybridization) provide access to functional states of colloidal matter, but versatile approaches for engineering asymmetric van der Waals interactions have the potentia...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Fuster HA,Wang X,Wang X,Bukusoglu E,Spagnolie SE,Abbott NL

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection results in a spectrum of clinical and histopathologic manifestations. It has been proposed that the environmental and immune pressures associated with different contexts of infection have different consequences for the associated bacterial populations, affecting drug suscepti...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Liu Q,Wei J,Li Y,Wang M,Su J,Lu Y,López MG,Qian X,Zhu Z,Wang H,Gan M,Jiang Q,Fu YX,Takiff HE,Comas I,Li F,Lu X,Fortune SM,Gao Q

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione (GSH), the most abundant nonprotein thiol functioning as an antioxidant, plays critical roles in maintaining the core functions of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which are used as a cellular immunotherapy for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). However, the role of GSH dynamics in MSCs remains elusive. Genom...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Lim J,Heo J,Ju H,Shin JW,Kim Y,Lee S,Yu HY,Ryu CM,Yun H,Song S,Hong KS,Chung HM,Kim HR,Roe JS,Choi K,Kim IG,Jeong EM,Shin DM

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Correlating spatial chemical information with the morphology of closely packed nanostructures remains a challenge for the scientific community. For example, supramolecular self-assembly, which provides a powerful and low-cost way to create nanoscale patterns and engineered nanostructures, is not easily interrogated in...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Nowak D,Morrison W,Wickramasinghe HK,Jahng J,Potma E,Wan L,Ruiz R,Albrecht TR,Schmidt K,Frommer J,Sanders DP,Park S

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, direct, and low-cost method for detecting bacterial toxins associated with common gastrointestinal diseases remains a great challenge despite numerous studies and clinical assays. Motion-based detection through tracking the emerging micro- and nanorobots has shown great potential in chemo- and biosensing due ...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Zhang Y,Zhang L,Yang L,Vong CI,Chan KF,Wu WKK,Kwong TNY,Lo NWS,Ip M,Wong SH,Sung JJY,Chiu PWY,Zhang L

更新日期：2019-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge in modern physics is to accurately describe strongly interacting quantum many-body systems. One-dimensional systems provide fundamental insights because they are often amenable to exact methods. However, no exact solution is known for the experimentally relevant case of external confinement. We propo...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Levinsen J,Massignan P,Bruun GM,Parish MM

更新日期：2015-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Perovskite oxides with poor conductivity call for three-dimensional (3D) conductive scaffolds to demonstrate their superb reactivities for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, perovskite formation usually requires high-temperature annealing at 600° to 900°C in air, under which most of the used conductive framewor...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Li BQ,Tang C,Wang HF,Zhu XL,Zhang Q

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how surfaces direct nucleation is a complex problem that limits our ability to predict and control crystal formation. We here address this challenge using high-speed imaging to identify and quantify the sites at which ice nucleates in water droplets on the two natural cleavage faces of macroscopic feldsp...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Holden MA,Whale TF,Tarn MD,O'Sullivan D,Walshaw RD,Murray BJ,Meldrum FC,Christenson HK

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spin-polarized surface states of topological insulators (TIs) are attractive for applications in spintronics and quantum computing. A central challenge with these materials is to reliably tune the chemical potential of their electrons with respect to the Dirac point and the bulk bands. We demonstrate persistent, b...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Yeats AL,Pan Y,Richardella A,Mintun PJ,Samarth N,Awschalom DD

更新日期：2015-10-09 00:00:00