Rapid and inefficient kinetics of sickle hemoglobin fiber growth.

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：: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：:About 40% of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have stage IV cancer at the time of diagnosis. The only viable treatment options for metastatic disease are systemic chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Nonetheless, chemoresistance remains a major cause of chemotherapy failure. New immunotherapeutic modalities...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Vinod N,Hwang D,Azam SH,Van Swearingen AED,Wayne E,Fussell SC,Sokolsky-Papkov M,Pecot CV,Kabanov AV

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The source regions of mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) are heterogeneous, consisting of chemically and lithologically distinct domains of variable size. Partial melting of such heterogeneous mantle sources gives rise to diverse isotopic compositions of MORB and abyssal peridotites. Variations in radiogenic isotope ratio...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Liu B,Liang Y

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the potential of photodynamic therapy (PDT), its comprehensive use in cancer treatment has not been achieved because of the nondegradable risks of photosensitizing drugs and limits of light penetration and instrumentation. Here, we present bioluminescence (BL)-induced proteinaceous PDT (BLiP-PDT), through the ...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Kim EH,Park S,Kim YK,Moon M,Park J,Lee KJ,Lee S,Kim YP

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Ewing sarcoma (EwS) is an aggressive tumor that affects adolescents and young adults. EwS is defined by a chromosomal translocation, EWSR1-FLI1 being the most common, that causes genome reprogramming through remodeling of enhancers. Here, we describe an unexpected function of RING1B, which is highly expressed in EwS. ...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Sánchez-Molina S,Figuerola-Bou E,Blanco E,Sánchez-Jiménez M,Táboas P,Gómez S,Ballaré C,García-Domínguez DJ,Prada E,Hontecillas-Prieto L,M Carcaboso Á,Tirado ÓM,Hernández-Muñoz I,de Álava E,Lavarino C,Di Croce L,Mora J

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The urea channel of Helicobacterpylori (HpUreI) is an ideal drug target for preventing gastric cancer but incomplete understanding of its gating mechanism has hampered development of inhibitors for the eradication of H. pylori. Here, we present the cryo-EM structures of HpUreI in closed and open conformations, both at...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Cui Y,Zhou K,Strugatsky D,Wen Y,Sachs G,Zhou ZH,Munson K

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants produce a myriad of taxonomically restricted specialized metabolites. This diversity-and our ability to correlate genotype with phenotype-makes the evolution of these ecologically and medicinally important compounds interesting and experimentally tractable. Trichomes of tomato and other nightshade family plants...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Leong BJ,Lybrand DB,Lou YR,Fan P,Schilmiller AL,Last RL

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural selection and the evolutionary optimization of complex shapes in nature are closely related to their functions. Mechanostabilization of shape of biological structure via morphogenesis has several beautiful examples. With the help of simple mechanics-based modeling and experiments, we show an important caus...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Tiwary CS,Kishore S,Sarkar S,Mahapatra DR,Ajayan PM,Chattopadhyay K

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of the biophotonic gyroid material in butterfly wing scales is an exceptional feat of evolutionary engineering of functional nanostructures. It is hypothesized that this nanostructure forms by chitin polymerization inside a convoluted membrane of corresponding shape in the endoplasmic reticulum. However,...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Wilts BD,Apeleo Zubiri B,Klatt MA,Butz B,Fischer MG,Kelly ST,Spiecker E,Steiner U,Schröder-Turk GE

更新日期：2017-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum phenomena have the potential to speed up the solution of hard optimization problems. For example, quantum annealing, based on the quantum tunneling effect, has recently been shown to scale exponentially better with system size than classical simulated annealing. However, current realizations of quantum anneale...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Nigg SE,Lörch N,Tiwari RP

更新日期：2017-04-07 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：:Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) is an important technique that uses polarization transfer from electron to nuclear spins to achieve nuclear hyperpolarization. Combining efficient DNP with optically polarized nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers offers promising opportunities for novel technological applications, including...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Schwartz I,Scheuer J,Tratzmiller B,Müller S,Chen Q,Dhand I,Wang ZY,Müller C,Naydenov B,Jelezko F,Plenio MB

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Deforestation is the primary driver of carbon losses in tropical forests, but it does not operate alone. Forest fragmentation, a resulting feature of the deforestation process, promotes indirect carbon losses induced by edge effect. This process is not implicitly considered by policies for reducing carbon emissions in...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Silva Junior CHL,Aragão LEOC,Anderson LO,Fonseca MG,Shimabukuro YE,Vancutsem C,Achard F,Beuchle R,Numata I,Silva CA,Maeda EE,Longo M,Saatchi SS

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 5 years, parts of Oklahoma have experienced marked increases in the number of small- to moderate-sized earthquakes. In three study areas that encompass the vast majority of the recent seismicity, we show that the increases in seismicity follow 5- to 10-fold increases in the rates of saltwater disposal. A...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Walsh FR 3rd,Zoback MD

更新日期：2015-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis, characterized by aberrant tissue scarring from activated myofibroblasts, is often untreatable. Although the extracellular matrix becomes increasingly stiff and fibrous during disease progression, how these physical cues affect myofibroblast differentiation in 3D is poorly understood. Here, we describe a mult...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Matera DL,DiLillo KM,Smith MR,Davidson CD,Parikh R,Said M,Wilke CA,Lombaert IM,Arnold KB,Moore BB,Baker BM

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum teleportation, which is the transfer of an unknown quantum state from one station to another over a certain distance with the help of nonlocal entanglement shared by a sender and a receiver, has been widely used as a fundamental element in quantum communication and quantum computation. Optical fibers are cruci...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Huo M,Qin J,Cheng J,Yan Z,Qin Z,Su X,Jia X,Xie C,Peng K

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) may provide insight into the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) or Parkinson's disease (PD). We investigated PBMC samples from 132 well-characterized research participants using seven canonical immune stimulants, mass cytometric identification of 35 PBMC subsets, and si...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Phongpreecha T,Fernandez R,Mrdjen D,Culos A,Gajera CR,Wawro AM,Stanley N,Gaudilliere B,Poston KL,Aghaeepour N,Montine TJ

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Embodied models suggest that moral judgments are strongly intertwined with first-hand somatic experiences, with some pointing to disgust, and others arguing for a role of pain/harm. Both disgust and pain are unpleasant, arousing experiences, with strong relevance for survival, but with distinctive sensory qualities an...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Sharvit G,Lin E,Vuilleumier P,Corradi-Dell'Acqua C

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic engineering uses enzymes to produce small molecules with industrial, pharmaceutical, and energy applications. However, efforts to optimize enzymatic pathways for commercial production are limited by the throughput of assays for quantifying metabolic intermediates and end products. We developed a multiplexed ...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： O'Kane PT,Dudley QM,McMillan AK,Jewett MC,Mrksich M

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Active materials are capable of converting free energy into directional motion, giving rise to notable dynamical phenomena. Developing a general understanding of their structure in relation to the underlying nonequilibrium physics would provide a route toward control of their dynamic behavior and pave the way for pote...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Kumar N,Zhang R,de Pablo JJ,Gardel ML

更新日期：2018-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanometer-scale skyrmions are prospective candidates for information bits in low-power consumption devices owing to their topological nature and controllability with low current density. Studies on skyrmion dynamics in different classes of materials have exploited the topological Hall effect and current-driven fast mo...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Yu XZ,Morikawa D,Nakajima K,Shibata K,Kanazawa N,Arima T,Nagaosa N,Tokura Y

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell activation is regulated by the stimulatory or inhibitory co-receptors of B cell receptors (BCRs). Here, we investigated the signaling mechanism of Fc receptor-like 1 (FcRL1), a newly identified BCR co-receptor. FcRL1 was passively recruited into B cell immunological synapses upon BCR engagement in the absence o...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Zhao X,Xie H,Zhao M,Ahsan A,Li X,Wang F,Yi J,Yang Z,Wu C,Raman I,Li QZ,Kim TJ,Liu W

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired mitochondrial dynamics and function are hallmarks of many neurological and psychiatric disorders, but direct screens for mitotherapeutics using neurons have not been reported. We developed a multiplexed and high-content screening assay using primary neurons and identified 67 small-molecule modulators of neuro...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Varkuti BH,Kepiro M,Liu Z,Vick K,Avchalumov Y,Pacifico R,MacMullen CM,Kamenecka TM,Puthanveettil SV,Davis RL

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Eruptive phenomena at all scales, from hydrothermal geysers to flood basalts, can potentially be initiated or modulated by external mechanical perturbations. We present evidence for the triggering of magmatism on a global scale by the Chicxulub meteorite impact at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary, recorded by ...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Byrnes JS,Karlstrom L

更新日期：2018-02-07 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：:Optogenetics is a paradigm-changing new method to study and manipulate the behavior of cells with light. Following major advances of the used genetic constructs over the last decade, the light sources required for optogenetic control are now receiving increased attention. We report a novel optogenetic illumination pla...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Steude A,Witts EC,Miles GB,Gather MC

更新日期：2016-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In the post-Moore era, an electrically driven monolithic optoelectronic integrated circuit (OEIC) fabricated from a single material is pursued globally to enable the construction of wafer-scale compact computing systems with powerful processing capabilities and low-power consumption. We report a monolithic plasmonic i...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Liu Y,Zhang J,Liu H,Wang S,Peng LM

更新日期：2017-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) is a nuclear enzyme that converts arginine residues to citrulline. Although increasingly implicated in inflammatory disease and cancer, the mechanism of action of PAD4 and its functionally relevant pathways remains unclear. E2F transcription factors are a family of master regulator...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Ghari F,Quirke AM,Munro S,Kawalkowska J,Picaud S,McGouran J,Subramanian V,Muth A,Williams R,Kessler B,Thompson PR,Fillipakopoulos P,Knapp S,Venables PJ,La Thangue NB

更新日期：2016-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular cross-talk between ubiquitination and other posttranslational modifications contributes to the regulation of numerous processes. One example is ADP-ribosylation of the carboxyl terminus of ubiquitin by the E3 DTX3L/ADP-ribosyltransferase PARP9 heterodimer, but the mechanism remains elusive. Here, we show that...

journal_title：Science advances

authors： Chatrin C,Gabrielsen M,Buetow L,Nakasone MA,Ahmed SF,Sumpton D,Sibbet GJ,Smith BO,Huang DT

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00