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Drug screening with zebrafish visual behavior identifies carvedilol as a potential treatment for an autosomal dominant form of retinitis pigmentosa

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a mostly incurable inherited retinal degeneration affecting approximately 1 in 4000 individuals globally. The goal of this work was to identify drugs that can help patients sufferi...

Logan Ganzen, Mee Jung Ko, Mengrui Zhang, Rui **e, Yongkai Chen… in Scientific Reports (2021)

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Secondary structural ensembles of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome in infected cells

SARS-CoV-2 is a betacoronavirus with a single-stranded, positive-sense, 30-kilobase RNA genome responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Although population average structure models of the genome were rec...

Tammy C. T. Lan, Matty F. Allan, Lauren E. Malsick, Jia Z. Woo… in Nature Communications (2022)

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The role of lattice dynamics in ferroelectric switching

Reducing the switching energy of ferroelectric thin films remains an important goal in the pursuit of ultralow-power ferroelectric memory and logic devices. Here, we elucidate the fundamental role of lattice d...

Qiwu Shi, Eric Parsonnet, **aoxing Cheng, Natalya Fedorova… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Room temperature all-solid-state lithium batteries based on a soluble organic cage ionic conductor

All solid-state lithium batteries (SSLBs) are poised to have higher energy density and better safety than current liquid-based Li-ion batteries, but a central requirement is effective ionic conduction pathways...

**g Li, Jizhen Qi, Feng **, Fengrui Zhang, Lei Zheng… in Nature Communications (2022)

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The effects of aqueous extract from watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) peel on the growth and physiological characteristics of Dolichospermum flos-aquae

Nowadays, the increasing Dolichospermum (Anabaena) blooms pose a major threat to the aquatic environment and public health worldwide. The use of naturally derived chemicals from plants to control cyanobacteria bl...

** Yan, Peiyao Xu, Fengrui Zhang, **nyue Huang, Yanmin Cao… in Scientific Reports (2022)

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Highly efficient and selective extraction of gold by reduced graphene oxide

Materials capable of extracting gold from complex sources, especially electronic waste (e-waste), are needed for gold resource sustainability and effective e-waste recycling. However, it remains challenging to...

Fei Li, Jiuyi Zhu, Pengzhan Sun, Mingrui Zhang, Zhenqing Li… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Tribological performance of IL/(GO-MWCNT) coatings in high-vacuum and irradiation environments

In this paper, we investigated the effect of space irradiation on the lubricating properties of IL/(GO-MWCNT) solid–liquid lubricating coatings. The solid–liquid lubricating coatings consist of ionic liquids (...

Lili Zhang, Zhengrui Zhang, Ahad Amini Pishro, Siti Jahara Matlan in Scientific Reports (2022)

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Frost resistance investigation of fiber reinforced recycled brick aggregate cementitious materials

In order to solve the problem of environmental pollution caused by construction waste, one typical waste of red bricks was selected as raw material in recycled concrete. This study presented recycled concrete ...

Yongcheng Ji, Hongrui Zhang in Scientific Reports (2022)

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Node, place, ridership, and time model for rail-transit stations: a case study

Nowadays, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) plays a vital role for public transport planners in develo** potential city facilities. Knowing the necessity of this concept indicates that TOD effective paramet...

Ahad Amini Pishro, Qihong Yang, Shiquan Zhang, Mojdeh Amini Pishro… in Scientific Reports (2022)

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Alloferon-1 ameliorates acute inflammatory responses in λ-carrageenan-induced paw edema in mice

Alloferon-1 have been proposed as an effective peptide to enhance antitumoral immunity, antiviral defense and anti-inflammatory activity. This work aimed to assess anti-inflammatory effects of alloferon-1 agai...

**angrui Zhang, Vladimir Retyunskiy, Shuai Qiao, Ye Zhao… in Scientific Reports (2022)

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Uncertainty-aware mixed-variable machine learning for materials design

Data-driven design shows the promise of accelerating materials discovery but is challenging due to the prohibitive cost of searching the vast design space of chemistry, structure, and synthesis methods. Bayesi...

Hengrui Zhang, Wei (Wayne) Chen, Akshay Iyer, Daniel W. Apley… in Scientific Reports (2022)

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Re-examining extreme carbon isotope fractionation in the coccolithophore Ochrosphaera neapolitana

Hongrui Zhang, Ismael Torres-Romero, Heather M. Stoll in Nature Communications (2022)

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Development of a BIM-based bridge maintenance system (BMS) for managing defect data

Bridges might experience many defects during use, such as pavement cracks and reinforcement corrosion, which easily produce an accumulated impact that threatens bridge safety. Thus, there is a need for the reg...

Sai Li, Zhongjian Zhang, Daming Lin, Tongrui Zhang, Lu Han in Scientific Reports (2023)

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General approach to surface-accessible plasmonic Pickering emulsions for SERS sensing and interfacial catalysis

Pickering emulsions represent an important class of functional materials with potential applications in sustainability and healthcare. Currently, the synthesis of Pickering emulsions relies heavily on the use ...

Yingrui Zhang, Ziwei Ye, Chunchun Li, Qinglu Chen, Wafaa Aljuhani… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Effects of Mn content on austenite stability and mechanical properties of low Ni alumina-forming austenitic heat-resistant steel: a first-principles study

Low Ni alumina-forming austenitic (AFA) heat-resistant steel is an advanced high-temperature stainless steel with reduced cost, good machinability, high-temperature creep strength, and high-temperature corrosi...

Yanjun Zhao, Yunfei Cao, Weiying Wen, Zepeng Lu, **grui Zhang… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Polyfluorinated crosslinker-based solid polymer electrolytes for long-cycling 4.5 V lithium metal batteries

Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs), which are favorable to form intimate interfacial contacts with electrodes, are promising electrolyte of choice for long-cycling lithium metal batteries (LMBs). However, typic...

Lingfei Tang, Bowen Chen, Zhonghan Zhang, Changqi Ma, Junchao Chen… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Liquid sculpture and curing of bio-inspired polyelectrolyte aqueous two-phase systems

Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) provide imperative interfaces and compartments in biology, but the sculpture and conversion of liquid structures to functional solids is challenging. Here, inspired by phase ev...

Chongrui Zhang, Xufei Liu, Jiang Gong, Qiang Zhao in Nature Communications (2023)

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Ordering of room-temperature magnetic skyrmions in a polar van der Waals magnet

Control and understanding of ensembles of skyrmions is important for realization of future technologies. In particular, the order-disorder transition associated with the 2D lattice of magnetic skyrmions can ha...

Peter Meisenheimer, Hongrui Zhang, David Raftrey, **ang Chen… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Iberian Margin surface ocean cooling led freshening during Marine Isotope Stage 6 abrupt cooling events

The high-resolution paleoclimate records on the Iberian Margin provide an excellent archive to study the mechanism of abrupt climate events. Previous studies on the Iberian Margin proposed that the surface coo...

Hongrui Zhang, Yongsong Huang, Reto Wijker, Isabel Cacho… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Study on the relationship between permeability coefficient and porosity, the confining and osmotic pressure of attapulgite-modified loess

This study investigated attapulgite-modified loess as an efficient and cost-effective method for creating an impermeable liner for landfills in regions with scarce clay resources. Laboratory permeability tests...

Zhengrui Zhang, Ahad Amini Pishro, Lili Zhang, Xuejiao Ma… in Scientific Reports (2023)