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Open AccessBroadening bandgaps in a multi-resonant piezoelectric metamaterial plate via bandgap merging phenomena
Locally resonant metamaterials usually have narrow bandgaps, which significantly limits their applications in realistic engineering environments. In this paper, an optimization method based on the genetic algo...
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Open AccessHigh-efficiency dysprosium-ion extraction enabled by a biomimetic nanofluidic channel
Biological ion channels exhibit high selectivity and permeability of ions because of their asymmetrical pore structures and surface chemistries. Here, we demonstrate a biomimetic nanofluidic channel (BNC) with...
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Plasticity in single-crystalline Mg3Bi2 thermoelectric material
Most of the state-of-the-art thermoelectric materials are inorganic semiconductors. Owing to the directional covalent bonding, they usually show limited plasticity at room temperature1,2, for example, with a tens...
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Open AccessElevated SLC3A2 associated with poor prognosis and enhanced malignancy in gliomas
The role of SLC3A2, a gene implicated in disulfidptosis, has not been characterized in gliomas. This study aims to clarify the prognostic value of SLC3A2 and its influence on glioma. We evaluated the expressio...
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Open AccessGliovascular transcriptional perturbations in Alzheimer’s disease reveal molecular mechanisms of blood brain barrier dysfunction
To uncover molecular changes underlying blood-brain-barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease, we performed single nucleus RNA sequencing in 24 Alzheimer’s disease and control brains and focused on vascular a...
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Open AccessMachine learning-guided realization of full-color high-quantum-yield carbon quantum dots
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have versatile applications in luminescence, whereas identifying optimal synthesis conditions has been challenging due to numerous synthesis parameters and multiple desired outcomes,...
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Imprinting of serum neutralizing antibodies by Wuhan-1 mRNA vaccines
Immune imprinting is a phenomenon in which prior antigenic experiences influence responses to subsequent infection or vaccination1,2. The effects of immune imprinting on serum antibody responses after boosting wi...
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Open AccessUnveiling gene regulatory networks during cellular state transitions without linkage across time points
Time-stamped cross-sectional data, which lack linkage across time points, are commonly generated in single-cell transcriptional profiling. Many previous methods for inferring gene regulatory networks (GRNs) dr...
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Open AccessComprehensive analysis revealed P4Hs as new biomarkers for prognosis and immunotherapy in head and neck cancer
Prolyl 4-hydroxylases (P4Hs) are a family of key modifying enzymes in collagen synthesis. P4Hs have been confirmed to be closely associated with tumor occurrence and development. However, the expression of P4H...
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Open AccessA fast-charging/discharging and long-term stable artificial electrode enabled by space charge storage mechanism
Lithium‐ion batteries with fast-charging/discharging properties are urgently needed for the mass adoption of electric vehicles. Here, we show that fast charging/discharging, long-term stable and high energy ch...
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Open AccessUniversal scaling law for chiral antiferromagnetism
The chiral antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials, which have been widely investigated due to their rich physics, such as non-zero Berry phase and topology, provide a platform for the development of antiferromagnet...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Spatiotemporal control of engineered bacteria to express interferon-γ by focused ultrasound for tumor immunotherapy
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Open AccessLongitudinal vibration control of a double-rod system by employing nonlinear energy sinks
This study aims to potential the potential utilization of nonlinear energy sinks (NESs) for controlling longitudinal vibrations in a double-rod system. The research introduces a longitudinal vibration predicti...
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Open AccessA study of analyzing longitudinal dynamic behavior of a double-rod system with longitudinal nonlinear supports
In engineering, shafting systems are typically subjected to longitudinal vibration excitations, which may result in unwanted vibration. To study the control of longitudinal vibration in shafting systems, they ...
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Open AccessDeuteration-enhanced neutron contrasts to probe amorphous domain sizes in organic photovoltaic bulk heterojunction films
An organic photovoltaic bulk heterojunction comprises of a mixture of donor and acceptor materials, forming a semi-crystalline thin film with both crystalline and amorphous domains. Domain sizes critically imp...
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Open AccessAutophagy-mediated degradation of integumentary tapetum is critical for embryo pattern formation
Autophagy modulates the degradation and recycling of intracellular materials and contributes to male gametophyte development and male fertility in plants. However, whether autophagy participates in seed develo...
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Open AccessAssessing intra- and inter-molecular charge transfer excitations in non-fullerene acceptors using electroabsorption spectroscopy
Organic photovoltaic cells using Y6 non-fullerene acceptors have recently achieved high efficiency, and it was suggested to be attributed to the charge-transfer (CT) nature of the excitations in Y6 aggregates....
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Open AccessOrbitronics: light-induced orbital currents in Ni studied by terahertz emission experiments
Orbitronics is based on the use of orbital currents as information carriers. Orbital currents can be generated from the conversion of charge or spin currents, and inversely, they could be converted back to cha...
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Open AccessSalmonellosis outbreak archive in China: data collection and assembly
Infectious disease outbreaks transcend the medical and public health realms, triggering widespread panic and impeding socio-economic development. Considering that self-limiting diarrhoea of sporadic cases is u...
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Open AccessElevated blood malondialdehyde level contributed to a high stroke risk in a Chinese elderly population from rural areas: a cross-sectional study
Individuals living in rural areas have a higher incidence rate of stroke than their urban counterparts in China. However, few studies have investigated the association between blood malondialdehyde (MDA), an e...
