-
Article
Open AccessA novel semi-flexible coaxial nozzle based on fluid dynamics effects and its self-centering performance study
Coaxial nozzles are widely used to produce fibers with core–shell structures. However, conventional coaxial nozzles cannot adjust the coaxiality of the inner and outer needles in real-time during the fiber pro...
-
Article
Open AccessElectrostatic-induced ion-confined partitioning in graphene nanolaminate membrane for breaking anion–cation co-transport to enhance desalination
Constructing nanolaminate membranes made of two-dimensional graphene oxide nanosheets has gained enormous interest in recent decades. However, a key challenge facing current graphene-based membranes is their p...
-
Article
Open AccessSoli-enabled noncontact heart rate detection for sleep and meditation tracking
Heart rate (HR) is a crucial physiological signal that can be used to monitor health and fitness. Traditional methods for measuring HR require wearable devices, which can be inconvenient or uncomfortable, espe...
-
Article
Open AccessAn integrated learning algorithm for early prediction of melon harvest
Different modeling techniques must be applied to manage production and statistical estimation to predict the expected harvest. By calculating advanced production methods and the rational valuation of different...
-
Article
Open AccessHarnessing peak transmission around symptom onset for non-pharmaceutical intervention and containment of the COVID-19 pandemic
Within a short period of time, COVID-19 grew into a world-wide pandemic. Transmission by pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic viral carriers rendered intervention and containment of the disease extremely challengi...
-
Article
Open AccessAuthor Correction: Neighborhood Preference of Amino Acids in Protein Structures and its Applications in Protein Structure Assessment
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
-
Article
Open AccessAuthor Correction: Prediction of disulfide bond engineering sites using a machine learning method
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
-
Article
Open AccessA high performance wearable strain sensor with advanced thermal management for motion monitoring
Resistance change under mechanical stimuli arouses mass operational heat, damaging the performance, lifetime, and reliability of stretchable electronic devices, therefore rapid thermal heat dissipating is nece...
-
Article
Open AccessPrediction of disulfide bond engineering sites using a machine learning method
Disulfide bonds are covalently bonded sulfur atoms from cysteine pairs in protein structures. Due to the importance of disulfide bonds in protein folding and structural stability, artificial disulfide bonds ar...
-
Article
Open AccessNeighborhood Preference of Amino Acids in Protein Structures and its Applications in Protein Structure Assessment
Amino acids form protein 3D structures in unique manners such that the folded structure is stable and functional under physiological conditions. Non-specific and non-covalent interactions between amino acids e...
-
Article
Open AccessComputer aided protein engineering to enhance the thermo-stability of CXCR1- T4 lysozyme complex
CXCR1, a member in G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family, binds to chemokine interleukin-8 (IL-8) specifically and transduces signals to mediate immune and inflammatory responses. Despite the importance of ...
-
Article
Thymic tuft cells promote an IL-4-enriched medulla and shape thymocyte development
The thymus is responsible for generating a diverse yet self-tolerant pool of T cells1. Although the thymic medulla consists mostly of develo** and mature AIRE+ epithelial cells, recent evidence has suggested th...
-
Article
The purinergic receptor P2RX7 directs metabolic fitness of long-lived memory CD8+ T cells
Extracellular ATP (eATP) is an ancient ‘danger signal’ used by eukaryotes to detect cellular damage1. In mice and humans, the release of eATP during inflammation or injury stimulates both innate immune activation...
-
Article
Open AccessDeep Residual Network Predicts Cortical Representation and Organization of Visual Features for Rapid Categorization
The brain represents visual objects with topographic cortical patterns. To address how distributed visual representations enable object categorization, we established predictive encoding models based on a deep...
-
Article
Open AccessMusical Imagery Involves Wernicke’s Area in Bilateral and Anti-Correlated Network Interactions in Musicians
Musical imagery is the human experience of imagining music without actually hearing it. The neural basis of this mental ability is unclear, especially for musicians capable of engaging in accurate and vivid mu...
-
Article
Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Diffraction data of core-shell nanoparticles from an X-ray free electron laser
Scientific Data 4:170048 doi: 10.1038/sdata201748 (2017); Published 11 April 2017; Updated 24 October 2017. The Data Descriptor incorrectly states the number of normal incidences used to generate the plot in F...
-
Article
Crystal structures of agonist-bound human cannabinoid receptor CB1
Crystal structures of the human cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) bound to the agonists AM11542 and AM841 reveal notable structural rearrangements upon receptor activation, and this flexibility may be a common feature...
-
Article
Open AccessDiffraction data of core-shell nanoparticles from an X-ray free electron laser
X-ray free-electron lasers provide novel opportunities to conduct single particle analysis on nanoscale particles. Coherent diffractive imaging experiments were performed at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LC...
-
Article
Open AccessCoherent diffraction of single Rice Dwarf virus particles using hard X-rays at the Linac Coherent Light Source
Single particle diffractive imaging data from Rice Dwarf Virus (RDV) were recorded using the Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI) instrument at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). RDV was chosen as it is a well-ch...
-
Article
Open AccessEnhanced photovoltaic properties in dye sensitized solar cells by surface treatment of SnO2 photoanodes
We report the fabrication and testing of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) based on tin oxide (SnO2) particles of average size ~20 nm. Fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) conducting glass substrates were treated with ...