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Understanding Rejection Mechanisms of Trace Organic Contaminants by Polyamide Membranes via Data-Knowledge Codriven Machine Learning Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Hejia Wang, Jin Zeng, Ruobin Dai, Zhiwei Wang
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First Evidence of the Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Tire Additives and Their Transformation Products in an Estuarine Food Web Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Li-Ni Wei, Nian-Nian Wu, Ru Xu, Shan Liu, Heng-Xiang Li, Lang Lin, Rui Hou, Xiang-Rong Xu, Jian-Liang Zhao, Guang-Guo Ying
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Active Learning-Based Guided Synthesis of Engineered Biochar for CO2 Capture Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Xiangzhou Yuan, Manu Suvarna, Juin Yau Lim, Javier Pérez-Ramírez, Xiaonan Wang, Yong Sik Ok
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Real-time assessment of the impacts of polystyrene and silver nanoparticles on hatching process and early-stage development of Artemia using a microfluidic platform Environ. Sci.: Nano (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Preyojon Dey, Terence M. Bradley, Alicia Boymelgreen
Development of real-time in-situ monitoring techniques is crucial for a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of pollution on the marine environment. Here, we investigate how different nanopollutants impact the vulnerable hatching process and early-stage development of marine organisms, by observing real-time oxygen consumption and morphological changes using a microfluidic platform. We compare
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Verbose robots, and why some people love Bach: Books in Brief Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-15
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
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A year in the life: what I learnt from using a time-tracking spreadsheet Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-15
A low-tech solution helped Megan Rogers to increase her productivity and maintain a good work–life balance.
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Building a heart atlas: researchers map organ in stunning detail Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13
Cutting edge imaging techniques reveal how cells organise as the heart develops.
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Mobile delivery of COVID-19 vaccines improved uptake in rural Sierra Leone Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Alison Buttenheim, Harsha Thirumurthy
Vaccination rates in rural areas improve when vaccines are delivered.
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Salinity Tolerance and Osmoadaptation Strategies in Four Genera of Anammox Bacteria: Brocadia, Jettenia, Kuenenia, and Scalindua Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Satoshi Okabe, Akimichi Kamizono, Lei Zhang, Seiya Kawasaki, Kanae Kobayashi, Mamoru Oshiki
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Preservation of proteins in the geosphere Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Raman Umamaheswaran, Suryendu Dutta
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Bird-flu threat disrupts Antarctic penguin studies Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-15
Projects have been cancelled in an effort to curb the virus’s spread.
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Inside China’s giant underground neutrino lab Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-15
Due to come online this year, the JUNO facility will help to determine which type of neutrino has the highest mass — one of the biggest mysteries in physics.
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People, passion, publishable: an early-career researcher’s checklist for prioritizing projects Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-15
Stuck between several lines of research? Here’s how we decide which ones to pursue, say Elizabeth Tenney, Jacqueline Chen and McKenzie Preston.
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First US drug approved for a liver disease surging around the world Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-15
A therapy called resmetirom improves hallmarks of an obesity-linked condition that can lead to liver failure.
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A fundamental constant in physics gets an update Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14
Scientists controlled a hydrogen atom with electric fields to derive a highly precise estimate of the Rydberg constant.
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Ditching ‘Anthropocene’: why ecologists say the term still matters Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14
Beyond stratigraphic definitions, the name has broader significance for understanding humans’ place on Earth.
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Neural and behavioural state switching during hippocampal dentate spikes Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jordan S. Farrell, Ernie Hwaun, Barna Dudok, Ivan Soltesz
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AIRE relies on Z-DNA to flag gene targets for thymic T cell tolerization Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Yuan Fang, Kushagra Bansal, Sara Mostafavi, Christophe Benoist, Diane Mathis
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Blueprinting extendable nanomaterials with standardized protein blocks Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Timothy F. Huddy, Yang Hsia, Ryan D. Kibler, Jinwei Xu, Neville Bethel, Deepesh Nagarajan, Rachel Redler, Philip J. Y. Leung, Connor Weidle, Alexis Courbet, Erin C. Yang, Asim K. Bera, Nicolas Coudray, S. John Calise, Fatima A. Davila-Hernandez, Hannah L. Han, Kenneth D. Carr, Zhe Li, Ryan McHugh, Gabriella Reggiano, Alex Kang, Banumathi Sankaran, Miles S. Dickinson, Brian Coventry, T. J. Brunette
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Drought triggers and sustains overnight fires in North America Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Kaiwei Luo, Xianli Wang, Mark de Jong, Mike Flannigan
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Fork coupling directs DNA replication elongation and termination Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Yang Liu, Zhengrong Zhangding, Xuhao Liu, Tingting Gan, Chen Ai, Jinchun Wu, Haoxin Liang, Mohan Chen, Yuefeng Guo, Rusen Lu, Yongpeng Jiang, Xiong Ji, Ning Gao, Daochun Kong, Qing Li, Jiazhi Hu
DNA replication is initiated at multiple loci to ensure timely duplication of eukaryotic genomes. Sister replication forks progress bidirectionally, and replication terminates when two convergent forks encounter one another. To investigate the coordination of replication forks, we developed a replication-associated in situ HiC method to capture chromatin interactions involving nascent DNA. We identify
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Penning micro-trap for quantum computing Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Shreyans Jain, Tobias Sägesser, Pavel Hrmo, Celeste Torkzaban, Martin Stadler, Robin Oswald, Chris Axline, Amado Bautista-Salvador, Christian Ospelkaus, Daniel Kienzler, Jonathan Home
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Chatbot AI makes racist judgements on the basis of dialect Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13
Some large language models harbour hidden biases that cannot be removed using standard methods.
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Did ‘alien’ debris hit Earth? Startling claim sparks row at scientific meeting Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb says that an interstellar meteor showered Earth with particles. At a planetary-science conference this week, researchers begged to differ.
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Daily briefing: In most mammal species, males and females are the same size — or females are bigger Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13
Charles Darwin’s claim about male mammals usually being bigger than females is proved wrong. Plus, OpenAI’s Sora can create amazing video from text prompts, and what’s wrong with how we treat the menopause.
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Continuous evolution of compact protein degradation tags regulated by selective molecular glues Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Jaron A. M. Mercer, Stephan J. DeCarlo, Shourya S. Roy Burman, Vedagopuram Sreekanth, Andrew T. Nelson, Moritz Hunkeler, Peter J. Chen, Katherine A. Donovan, Praveen Kokkonda, Praveen K. Tiwari, Veronika M. Shoba, Arghya Deb, Amit Choudhary, Eric S. Fischer, David R. Liu
Conditional protein degradation tags (degrons) are usually >100 amino acids long or are triggered by small molecules with substantial off-target effects, thwarting their use as specific modulators of endogenous protein levels. We developed a phage-assisted continuous evolution platform for molecular glue complexes (MG-PACE) and evolved a 36–amino acid zinc finger (ZF) degron (SD40) that binds the ubiquitin
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Generalized fear after acute stress is caused by change in neuronal cotransmitter identity Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Hui-quan Li, Wuji Jiang, Li Ling, Marta Pratelli, Cong Chen, Vaidehi Gupta, Swetha K. Godavarthi, Nicholas C. Spitzer
Overgeneralization of fear to harmless situations is a core feature of anxiety disorders resulting from acute stress, yet the mechanisms by which fear becomes generalized are poorly understood. In this study, we show that generalized fear in mice results from a transmitter switch from glutamate to γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in serotonergic neurons of the lateral wings of the dorsal raphe. Similar change
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Subsidizing Grid-Based Electrolytic Hydrogen Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Coal Dominated Power Systems Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Liqun Peng, Yang Guo, Shangwei Liu, Gang He, Denise L. Mauzerall
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Sunlight-Driven Photochemical Removal of Polypropylene Microplastics from Surface Waters Follows Linear Kinetics and Does Not Result in Fragmentation Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Erin Tuttle, Charlotte Wiman, Samuel Muñoz, Kara Lavender Law, Aron Stubbins
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Novel Defluorination Pathways of Perfluoroether Compounds (GenX): α-Fe2O3 Nanoparticle Layer Retains Higher Concentrations of Effective Hydrated Electrons Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Yuwen Qi, Yinbo Yang, Shengyan Cui, Xuejiao Tang, Peng Zhang, Cuiping Wang, Yanna Liang, Hongwen Sun, Chuanxin Ma, Baoshan Xing
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Convolutional Neural Networks Facilitate Process Understanding of Megacity Ozone Temporal Variability Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Zelin Mai, Huizhong Shen, Aoxing Zhang, Haitong Zhe Sun, Lianming Zheng, Jianfeng Guo, Chanfang Liu, Yilin Chen, Chen Wang, Jianhuai Ye, Lei Zhu, Tzung-May Fu, Xin Yang, Shu Tao
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A novel CuAl2O4/MoS2/BaFe12O19 magnetic photocatalyst simultaneously coupling type I and Z-scheme heterojunctions for the sunlight-driven removal of tetracycline hydrochloride Environ. Sci.: Nano (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Mengjun Han, Shifa Wang, Xinmiao Yu, Xianlun Yu, Huajing Gao, Xianju Zhou, Dengfeng Li, Leiming Fang, Jagadeesha V. Angadi, Mohd Ubaidullah, Bidhan Pandit
A novel CuAl2O4/MoS2/BaFe12O19 (CAO/MS/BFO) magnetic photocatalyst simultaneously coupling type I and Z-scheme heterojunctions have been synthesized by means of the wet chemistry method and heat treatment technology and exhibits high photocatalytic activity for the degradation of TC under simulated sunlight illumination. A variety of characterization techniques confirm that the CAO/MS/BFO magnetic
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The Acupuncture Effect of Carbon Nanotubes Induced by the Volume Expansion of Silicon-Based Anodes Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Ziying He, Chenxi Zhang, Yukang Zhu, Fei Wei
The cyclic instability of Si-based anodes can be effectively alleviated by adding carbon nanotube (CNT) networks. However, the ion diffusion and electrochemical performance vary greatly depending on the type of CNTs added, particularly single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), and the intrinsic mechanism remains unknown. Herein, we revealed that the large volume
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Supply risk considerations for photoelectrochemical water splitting materials Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Martin Hillenbrand, Christoph Helbig, Roland Marschall
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Evaluation of Phosphorus Enrichment in Groundwater by Legacy Phosphorus in Orchard Soils with High Phosphorus Adsorption Capacity Using Phosphate Oxygen Isotope Analysis Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Takuya Ishida, Masayuki Tamura, Sharon Bih Kimbi, Yusuke Tomozawa, Mitsuyo Saito, Yasuyuki Hirayama, Itaru Nagasaka, Shin-Ichi Onodera
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Metabolic Profiles and Microbial Synergy Mechanism of Anammox Biomass Enrichment and Membrane Fouling Alleviation in the Anammox Dynamic Membrane Bioreactor Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Yijing Zhu, Han Wang, Jia Li, Zhiwei Wang, Yayi Wang
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Influence of Amino Acid Substitutions in Capsid Proteins of Coxsackievirus B5 on Free Chlorine and Thermal Inactivation Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Shotaro Torii, Jérôme Gouttenoire, Kiruthika Kumar, Aleksandar Antanasijevic, Tamar Kohn
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Microplastics in the Water Column of the Rhine River Near Basel: 22 Months of Sampling Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Gabriel Erni-Cassola, Reto Dolf, Patricia Burkhardt-Holm
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The Significant Role of New Particle Composition and Morphology on the HNO3-Driven Growth of Particles down to Sub-10 nm Environ. Sci. Technol. (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Yuyang Li, Xiaoxiao Li, Runlong Cai, Chao Yan, Guangjie Zheng, Yiran Li, Yijing Chen, Yusheng Zhang, Yishuo Guo, Chenjie Hua, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Yongchun Liu, Markku Kulmala, Jiming Hao, James N. Smith, Jingkun Jiang
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Extinction drives the climate-change-induced reshuffling of forest plant communities Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14
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Emergence and maintenance of stable coexistence during a long-term multicellular evolution experiment Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 16.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Rozenn M. Pineau, Eric Libby, David Demory, Dung T. Lac, Thomas C. Day, Pablo Bravo, Peter J. Yunker, Joshua S. Weitz, G. Ozan Bozdag, William C. Ratcliff
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Historical impacts of grazing on carbon stocks and climate mitigation opportunities Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Shuai Ren, César Terrer, Juan Li, Yingfang Cao, Shanshan Yang, Dan Liu
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The emerging human influence on the seasonal cycle of sea surface temperature Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Jia-Rui Shi, Benjamin D. Santer, Young-Oh Kwon, Susan E. Wijffels
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Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation Nat. Clim. Change (IF 30.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Kristian S. Nielsen, Viktoria Cologna, Jan M. Bauer, Sebastian Berger, Cameron Brick, Thomas Dietz, Ulf J. J. Hahnel, Laura Henn, Florian Lange, Paul C. Stern, Kimberly S. Wolske
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The DTC microbiome testing industry needs more regulation Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Diane E. Hoffmann, Erik C. von Rosenvinge, Mary-Claire Roghmann, Francis B. Palumbo, Daniel McDonald, Jacques Ravel
A growing body of research has suggested the potential for improving human health by better understanding the human microbiome. This research has led to the emergence of a global industry selling direct-to-consumer (DTC) microbiome testing services. Regulation of this industry has been generally ignored despite its having made a mark on the lifestyle health and wellness market. Yet companies’ claims
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Divas, captains, ghosts, ants and bumble-bees: collaborator attitudes explained Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-15
Olga Lehmann made sense of challenges she faced in teamwork by analysing how she and her colleagues behaved and what she could have done differently.
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A Black mathematical history Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14
Documentary reveals how Black US scholars shaped today’s mathematics community and provides hope for the future.
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More than 4,000 plastic chemicals are hazardous, report finds Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14
Year-long effort compiles comprehensive database of chemicals in plastics.
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The neuroscientist formerly known as Prince’s audio engineer Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14
Susan Rogers worked with the legendary singer-songwriter before earning a PhD in her 50s on auditory memory and how we listen to music throughout life.
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Do black holes explode? The 50-year-old puzzle that challenges quantum physics Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14
Stephen Hawking’s paradoxical finding that black holes don’t live forever has profound, unresolved implications for the quest for unifying theories of reality.
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Fungal diseases are spreading undetected Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14
Low- and middle-income countries are grappling with widespread shortages of diagnostic tests for infections that kill millions.
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Daily briefing: How Hawking’s paradox still puzzles physicists Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14
On the sixth anniversary of Stephen Hawking’s death, we revisit his landmark paper. Plus, a stunning 3D atlas of the heart and the mysterious rise of cancer in young people.
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These cyborg jellyfish could monitor the changing seas Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13
A hat-like prosthesis helps the invertebrates to swim more efficiently and can be used to carry ocean sensors.
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Couple-close construction of polycyclic rings from diradicals Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Alice Long, Christian J. Oswood, Christopher B. Kelly, Marian C. Bryan, David W. C. MacMillan
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US oil and gas system emissions from nearly one million aerial site measurements Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Evan D. Sherwin, Jeffrey S. Rutherford, Zhan Zhang, Yuanlei Chen, Erin B. Wetherley, Petr V. Yakovlev, Elena S. F. Berman, Brian B. Jones, Daniel H. Cusworth, Andrew K. Thorpe, Alana K. Ayasse, Riley M. Duren, Adam R. Brandt
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Spatially organized cellular communities form the developing human heart Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Elie N. Farah, Robert K. Hu, Colin Kern, Qingquan Zhang, Ting-Yu Lu, Qixuan Ma, Shaina Tran, Bo Zhang, Daniel Carlin, Alexander Monell, Andrew P. Blair, Zilu Wang, Jacqueline Eschbach, Bin Li, Eugin Destici, Bing Ren, Sylvia M. Evans, Shaochen Chen, Quan Zhu, Neil C. Chi
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High-speed and large-scale intrinsically stretchable integrated circuits Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Donglai Zhong, Can Wu, Yuanwen Jiang, Yujia Yuan, Min-gu Kim, Yuya Nishio, Chien-Chung Shih, Weichen Wang, Jian-Cheng Lai, Xiaozhou Ji, Theodore Z. Gao, Yi-Xuan Wang, Chengyi Xu, Yu Zheng, Zhiao Yu, Huaxin Gong, Naoji Matsuhisa, Chuanzhen Zhao, Yusheng Lei, Deyu Liu, Song Zhang, Yuto Ochiai, Shuhan Liu, Shiyuan Wei, Jeffrey B.-H. Tok, Zhenan Bao
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Substrate-induced condensation activates plant TIR domain proteins Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Wen Song, Li Liu, Dongli Yu, Hanna Bernardy, Jan Jirschitzka, Shijia Huang, Aolin Jia, Wictoria Jemielniak, Julia Acker, Henriette Laessle, Junli Wang, Qiaochu Shen, Weijie Chen, Pilong Li, Jane E. Parker, Zhifu Han, Paul Schulze-Lefert, Jijie Chai
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Dopamine receptor D2 confers colonization resistance via microbial metabolites Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Samantha A. Scott, Jingjing Fu, Pamela V. Chang