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Looking while eating: The importance of social context to social attention

 
 

David W. -L. Wu, Walter F. Bischof, Alan Kingstone

 
 

Recent studies have found that participants consistently look less at social stimuli in live situations than expected from conventional laboratory experiments, raising questions …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Seroconversion of sentinel chickens as a biomarker for monitoring exposure to visceral Leishmaniasis

 
 

Bárbara Ribeiro Soares, Ana Paula Almeida Souza, Deboraci Brito Prates et al.

 
 

Leishmania infantum chagasi causes visceral leishmaniasis (VL); it is transmitted by the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis that injects saliva and parasites into the host's skin …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Escherichia coli transcription termination factor NusA: heat-induced oligomerization and chaperone activity

 
 

Kun Li, Tianyi Jiang, Bo Yu et al.

 
 

Escherichia coli NusA, an essential component of the RNA polymerase elongation complex, is involved in transcriptional elongation, termination, anti-termination, cold shock and …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Lys63-linked polyubiquitination of BRAF at lysine 578 is required for BRAF-mediated signaling

 
 

Lei An, Wei Jia, Yang Yu et al.

 
 

The RAF kinase family is essential in mediating signal transduction from RAS to ERK. BRAF constitutively active mutations correlate with human cancer development. However, the …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Endoplasmic reticulum stress preconditioning attenuates methylmercury-induced cellular damage by inducing favorable stress responses

 
 

Fusako Usuki, Masatake Fujimura, Akio Yamashita

 
 

We demonstrate that methylmercury (MeHg)-susceptible cells preconditioned with an inhibitor of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2-ATPase, thapsigargin, showed resistance to MeHg …

 
 
 
 
 
 

High-power femtosecond-terahertz pulse induces a wound response in mouse skin

 
 

Kyu-Tae Kim, Jaehun Park, Sung Jin Jo et al.

 
 

Terahertz (THz) technology has emerged for biomedical applications such as scanning, molecular spectroscopy, and medical imaging. Although a thorough assessment to predict …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Ketamine alters oscillatory coupling in the hippocampus

 
 

Fábio V. Caixeta, Alianda M. Cornélio, Robson Scheffer-Teixeira et al.

 
 

Recent studies show that higher order oscillatory interactions such as cross-frequency coupling are important for brain functions that are impaired in schizophrenia, including …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Mechanisms for the retention of inorganic N in acidic forest soils of southern China

 
 

Jin-bo Zhang, Zu-cong Cai, Tong-bin Zhu et al.

 
 

The mechanisms underlying the retention of inorganic N in acidic forest soils in southern China are not well understood. Here, we simultaneously quantified the gross N …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Cadmium is a potent inhibitor of PPM phosphatases and targets the M1 binding site

 
 

Chang Pan, Hong-Da Liu, Zheng Gong et al.

 
 

The heavy metal cadmium is a non-degradable pollutant. By screening the effects of a panel of metal ions on the phosphatase activity, we unexpectedly identified cadmium as a …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor Secreted from Retinal Pigment Epithelium Facilitates Apoptotic Cell Death of iPSC

 
 

Hoshimi Kanemura, Masahiro J. Go, Naoki Nishishita et al.

 
 

We show that pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), which is secreted from primary or iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), dramatically inhibits the growth of iPSCs. …

 
 
 
 
 
 

High-Resolution Temporal Response Patterns to Influenza Vaccine Reveal a Distinct Human Plasma Cell Gene Signature

 
 

Alicia D. Henn, Shuang Wu, Xing Qiu et al.

 
 

To identify sources of inter-subject variation in vaccine responses, we performed high-frequency sampling of human peripheral blood cells post-vaccination, followed by a novel …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Studying Cancer Stem Cell Dynamics on PDMS Surfaces for Microfluidics Device Design

 
 

Weijia Zhang, Dong Soon Choi, Yen H. Nguyen et al.

 
 

This systematic study clarified a few interfacial aspects of cancer cell phenotypes on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates and indicated that the cell phenotypic equilibrium …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Identification of highly-disrupted tRNA genes in nuclear genome of the red alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D

 
 

Akiko Soma, Junichi Sugahara, Akinori Onodera et al.

 
 

The limited locations of tRNA introns are crucial for eukaryal tRNA-splicing endonuclease recognition. However, our analysis of the nuclear genome of an early-diverged red alga,

 
 
 
 
 
 

Force produced after stretch in sarcomeres and half-sarcomeres isolated from skeletal muscles

 
 

Fábio C. Minozzo, Bruno M. Baroni, José A. Correa et al.

 
 

The goal of this study was to evaluate if isolated sarcomeres and half-sarcomeres produce a long-lasting increase in force after a stretch is imposed during activation. Single and …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Affinity flow fractionation of cells via transient interactions with asymmetric molecular patterns

 
 

Suman Bose, Rishi Singh, Mikhail Hanewich-Hollatz et al.

 
 

Flow fractionation of cells using physical fields to achieve lateral displacement finds wide applications, but its extension to surface molecule-specific separation requires …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Nuclear MTA1 overexpression is associated with aggressive prostate cancer, recurrence and metastasis in African Americans

 
 

Steven J. Dias, Xinchun Zhou, Marina Ivanovic et al.

 
 

Metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1), a negative epigenetic modifier, plays a critical role in prostate cancer (PCa) progression. We hypothesized that MTA1 overexpression in …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Male soldiers are functional in the Japanese strain of a polyembryonic wasp

 
 

Daisuke Uka, Azusa Takahashi-Nakaguchi, Jin Yoshimura et al.

 
 

Polyembryonic parasitoids clonally produce sterile soldier larvae in both sexes. Female soldier larvae of Copidosoma floridanum defend their siblings and host resources against …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Towards a better understanding of the novel avian-origin H7N9 influenza A virus in China

 
 

Yongbo Wang, Zhangyan Dai, Han Cheng et al.

 
 

Recently, a highly dangerous bird flu has infected over 130 patients in China, and the outbreak was attributed to a novel avian-origin H7N9 virus. Here, we performed a systematic …

 
 
 
 
 
 

A disulphide bond in the E2 enzyme Pex4p modulates ubiquitin-conjugating activity

 
 

Chris Williams, Marlene van den Berg, Will A. Stanley et al.

 
 

The ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Pex4p together with its binding partner, the peroxisomal membrane protein Pex22p, co-ordinates cysteine-dependent ubiquitination of the cycling …

 
 
 
 
 
 

CO2-based in-line phase contrast imaging of small intestine in mice

 
 

Rongbiao Tang, Wei-Xia Li, Wei Huang et al.

 
 

The objective of this study was to explore the potential of CO2 single contrast in-line phase contrast imaging (PCI) for pre-clinical small intestine investigation. The absorption …

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Chemical Sciences top
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Equilibrium p-T Phase Diagram of Boron: Experimental Study and Thermodynamic Analysis

 
 

Vladimir L. Solozhenko, Oleksandr O. Kurakevych

 
 

Solid-state phase transformations and melting of high-purity crystalline boron have been in situ and ex situ studied at pressures to 20 GPa in the 1500–2500 K temperature range …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Synergistic effect of Brønsted acid and platinum on purification of automobile exhaust gases

 
 

Wei Fu, Xin-Hao Li, Hong-Liang Bao et al.

 
 

The catalytic purification of automobile exhaust gases (CO, NOx and hydrocarbons) is one of the most practiced conversion processes used to lower the emissions and to reduce the …

 
 
 
 
 
 

A Novel Graphene-Polysulfide Anode Material for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

 
 

Wei Ai, Linghai Xie, Zhuzhu Du et al.

 
 

We report a simple and efficient approach for fabrication of novel graphene-polysulfide (GPS) anode materials, which consists of conducting graphene network and homogeneously …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Enhancement of Electric Field in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering due to Fresnel Mechanism

 
 

Sasani Jayawardhana, Lorenzo Rosa, Saulius Juodkazis et al.

 
 

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is attracting increasing interest for chemical sensing, surface science research and as an intriguing challenge in nanoscale plasmonic …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Copper Nanowires as Fully Transparent Conductive Electrodes

 
 

Huizhang Guo, Na Lin, Yuanzhi Chen et al.

 
 

In pondering of new promising transparent conductors to replace the cost rising tin-doped indium oxide (ITO), metal nanowires have been widely concerned. Herein, we demonstrate an …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Scalable One-pot Bacteria-templating Synthesis Route toward Hierarchical, Porous-Co3O4 Superstructures for Supercapacitor Electrodes

 
 

Hyun-Woo Shim, Ah-Hyeon Lim, Jae-Chan Kim et al.

 
 

Template-driven strategy has been widely used to synthesize inorganic nano/micro materials. Here, we used a bottom-up controlled synthesis route to develop a powerful …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Nonvolatile multilevel data storage memory device from controlled ambipolar charge trapping mechanism

 
 

Ye Zhou, Su-Ting Han, Prashant Sonar et al.

 
 

The capability of storing multi-bit information is one of the most important challenges in memory technologies. An ambipolar polymer which intrinsically has the ability to …

 
 
 
 
 
 

A self-cleaning underwater superoleophobic mesh for oil-water separation

 
 

Lianbin Zhang, Yujiang Zhong, Dongkyu Cha et al.

 
 

Oil–water separation has recently become a global challenging task because of the frequent occurrence of oil spill accidents due to the offshore oil production and transportation, …

 
 
 
 
 
 

The edge- and basal-plane-specific electrochemistry of a single-layer graphene sheet

 
 

Wenjing Yuan, Yu Zhou, Yingru Li et al.

 
 

Graphene has a unique atom-thick two-dimensional structure and excellent properties, making it attractive for a variety of electrochemical applications, including …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Carbon inverse opal entrapped with electrode active nanoparticles as high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries

 
 

Xin Huang, Jing Chen, Ziyang Lu et al.

 
 

Enhancing ion and electron transport kinetics together with improving cycle life are important issues to be considered when developing high-performance Li ion batteries. Here we …

 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
Physical Sciences top
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ERRATUM: Visualizing size-dependent deformation mechanism transition in Sn

 
 

Lin Tian, Ju Li, Jun Sun et al.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Equilibrium p-T Phase Diagram of Boron: Experimental Study and Thermodynamic Analysis

 
 

Vladimir L. Solozhenko, Oleksandr O. Kurakevych

 
 

Solid-state phase transformations and melting of high-purity crystalline boron have been in situ and ex situ studied at pressures to 20 GPa in the 1500–2500 K temperature range …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Regenerable Photovoltaic Devices with a Hydrogel-Embedded Microvascular Network

 
 

Hyung-Jun Koo, Orlin D. Velev

 
 

Light-driven degradation of photoactive molecules could be one of the major obstacles to stable long term operation of organic dye-based solar light harvesting devices. One …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Origin of Shape Resonance in Second-Harmonic Generation from Metallic Nanohole Arrays

 
 

Ben-Li Wang, Rui Wang, R. J. Liu et al.

 
 

Second-harmonic generation (SHG) from periodic arrays of subwavelength rectangular air hole with various aspect ratios perforated in gold thin films can get resonantly enhanced …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Reversible optical doping of graphene

 
 

A. Tiberj, M. Rubio-Roy, M. Paillet et al.

 
 

The ultimate surface exposure provided by graphene monolayer makes it the ideal sensor platform but also exposes its intrinsic properties to any environmental perturbations. In …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Polypyrrole Hollow Microspheres as Echogenic Photothermal Agent for Ultrasound Imaging Guided Tumor Ablation

 
 

Zhengbao Zha, Jinrui Wang, Enze Qu et al.

 
 

Ultrasound (US) imaging provides a valuable opportunity to administer photothermal therapy (PTT) of cancer with real-time guidance to ensure proper targeting, but only a few …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Control Capacity and A Random Sampling Method in Exploring Controllability of Complex Networks

 
 

Tao Jia, Albert-László Barabási

 
 

Controlling complex systems is a fundamental challenge of network science. Recent advances indicate that control over the system can be achieved through a minimum driver node set …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Nonlinearly-enhanced energy transport in many dimensional quantum chaos

 
 

D. S. Brambila, A. Fratalocchi

 
 

By employing a nonlinear quantum kicked rotor model, we investigate the transport of energy in multidimensional quantum chaos. This problem has profound implications in many …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Self-Assembly of Graphene on Carbon Nanotube Surfaces

 
 

Kaiyuan Li, Gyula Eres, Jane Howe et al.

 
 

The rolling up of a graphene sheet into a tube is a standard visualization tool for illustrating carbon nanotube (CNT) formation. However, the actual processes of rolling up …

 
 
 
 
 
 

ERRATUM: Competition among memes in a world with limited attention

 
 

L. Weng, A. Flammini, A. Vespignani et al.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Synergistic effect of Brønsted acid and platinum on purification of automobile exhaust gases

 
 

Wei Fu, Xin-Hao Li, Hong-Liang Bao et al.

 
 

The catalytic purification of automobile exhaust gases (CO, NOx and hydrocarbons) is one of the most practiced conversion processes used to lower the emissions and to reduce the …

 
 
 
 
 
 

High Performance Molybdenum Disulfide Amorphous Silicon Heterojunction Photodetector

 
 

Mohammad R. Esmaeili-Rad, Sayeef Salahuddin

 
 

One important use of layered semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) could be in making novel heterojunction devices leading to functionalities unachievable using …

 
 
 
 
 
 

High-power femtosecond-terahertz pulse induces a wound response in mouse skin

 
 

Kyu-Tae Kim, Jaehun Park, Sung Jin Jo et al.

 
 

Terahertz (THz) technology has emerged for biomedical applications such as scanning, molecular spectroscopy, and medical imaging. Although a thorough assessment to predict …

 
 
 
 
 
 

A Novel Graphene-Polysulfide Anode Material for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

 
 

Wei Ai, Linghai Xie, Zhuzhu Du et al.

 
 

We report a simple and efficient approach for fabrication of novel graphene-polysulfide (GPS) anode materials, which consists of conducting graphene network and homogeneously …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Electronic superlattice revealed by resonant scattering from random impurities in Sr3Ru2O7

 
 

M. A. Hossain, I. Zegkinoglou, Y.-D. Chuang et al.

 
 

Resonant elastic x-ray scattering (REXS) is an exquisite element-sensitive tool for the study of subtle charge, orbital, and spin superlattice orders driven by the valence …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Ultralow-power and ultrafast all-optical tunable plasmon-induced transparency in metamaterials at optical communication range

 
 

Yu Zhu, Xiaoyong Hu, Yulan Fu et al.

 
 

Actively all-optical tunable plasmon-induced transparency in metamaterials paves the way for achieving ultrahigh-speed quantum information processing chips. Unfortunately, up to …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Enhancement of Electric Field in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering due to Fresnel Mechanism

 
 

Sasani Jayawardhana, Lorenzo Rosa, Saulius Juodkazis et al.

 
 

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is attracting increasing interest for chemical sensing, surface science research and as an intriguing challenge in nanoscale plasmonic …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Atomic Diffusion in Solid Molecular Hydrogen

 
 

Anatoly B. Belonoshko, Muhammad Ramzan, Ho-kwang Mao et al.

 
 

We performed ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of the C2c and Cmca-12 phases of hydrogen at pressures from 210 to 350 GPa. These phases were predicted to be stable at 0 K …

 
 
 
 
 
 

A novel method for a multi-level hierarchical composite with brick-and-mortar structure

 
 

Kristina Brandt, Michael F. H. Wolff, Vitalij Salikov et al.

 
 

The fascination for hierarchically structured hard tissues such as enamel or nacre arises from their unique structure-properties-relationship. During the last decades this …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Threshold-limited spreading in social networks with multiple initiators

 
 

P. Singh, S. Sreenivasan, B. K. Szymanski et al.

 
 

A classical model for social-influence-driven opinion change is the threshold model. Here we study cascades of opinion change driven by threshold model dynamics in the case where …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Crystallization-aided extraordinary plastic deformation in nanolayered crystalline Cu/amorphous Cu-Zr micropillars

 
 

J. Y. Zhang, G. Liu, J. Sun

 
 

Metallic glasses are lucrative engineering materials owing to their superior mechanical properties such as high strength and great elastic strain. However, the Achilles' heel of …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Nonvolatile multilevel data storage memory device from controlled ambipolar charge trapping mechanism

 
 

Ye Zhou, Su-Ting Han, Prashant Sonar et al.

 
 

The capability of storing multi-bit information is one of the most important challenges in memory technologies. An ambipolar polymer which intrinsically has the ability to …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Copper Nanowires as Fully Transparent Conductive Electrodes

 
 

Huizhang Guo, Na Lin, Yuanzhi Chen et al.

 
 

In pondering of new promising transparent conductors to replace the cost rising tin-doped indium oxide (ITO), metal nanowires have been widely concerned. Herein, we demonstrate an …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Scalable One-pot Bacteria-templating Synthesis Route toward Hierarchical, Porous-Co3O4 Superstructures for Supercapacitor Electrodes

 
 

Hyun-Woo Shim, Ah-Hyeon Lim, Jae-Chan Kim et al.

 
 

Template-driven strategy has been widely used to synthesize inorganic nano/micro materials. Here, we used a bottom-up controlled synthesis route to develop a powerful …

 
 
 
 
 
 

A self-cleaning underwater superoleophobic mesh for oil-water separation

 
 

Lianbin Zhang, Yujiang Zhong, Dongkyu Cha et al.

 
 

Oil–water separation has recently become a global challenging task because of the frequent occurrence of oil spill accidents due to the offshore oil production and transportation, …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Affinity flow fractionation of cells via transient interactions with asymmetric molecular patterns

 
 

Suman Bose, Rishi Singh, Mikhail Hanewich-Hollatz et al.

 
 

Flow fractionation of cells using physical fields to achieve lateral displacement finds wide applications, but its extension to surface molecule-specific separation requires …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Force produced after stretch in sarcomeres and half-sarcomeres isolated from skeletal muscles

 
 

Fábio C. Minozzo, Bruno M. Baroni, José A. Correa et al.

 
 

The goal of this study was to evaluate if isolated sarcomeres and half-sarcomeres produce a long-lasting increase in force after a stretch is imposed during activation. Single and …

 
 
 
 
 
 

The edge- and basal-plane-specific electrochemistry of a single-layer graphene sheet

 
 

Wenjing Yuan, Yu Zhou, Yingru Li et al.

 
 

Graphene has a unique atom-thick two-dimensional structure and excellent properties, making it attractive for a variety of electrochemical applications, including …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Highly directional bottom-up 3D nanoantenna for visible light

 
 

L. Tong, T. Pakizeh, L. Feuz et al.

 
 

Controlling light at the nanoscale is of fundamental importance and is essential for applications ranging from optical sensing and metrology to information processing, …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Carbon inverse opal entrapped with electrode active nanoparticles as high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries

 
 

Xin Huang, Jing Chen, Ziyang Lu et al.

 
 

Enhancing ion and electron transport kinetics together with improving cycle life are important issues to be considered when developing high-performance Li ion batteries. Here we …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Enhanced Hot-Carrier Luminescence in Multilayer Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanospheres

 
 

Qi Chen, Chunfeng Zhang, Fei Xue et al.

 
 

We report a method to promote photoluminescence emission in graphene materials by enhancing carrier scattering instead of directly modifying band structure in multilayer reduced …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Quantum key distribution session with 16-dimensional photonic states

 
 

S. Etcheverry, G. Cañas, E. S. Gómez et al.

 
 

The secure transfer of information is an important problem in modern telecommunications. Quantum key distribution (QKD) provides a solution to this problem by using individual …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Inherent polarization entanglement generated from a monolithic semiconductor chip

 
 

Rolf T. Horn, Piotr Kolenderski, Dongpeng Kang et al.

 
 

Creating miniature chip scale implementations of optical quantum information protocols is a dream for many in the quantum optics community. This is largely because of the promise …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Between Scylla and Charybdis: Hydrophobic Graphene-Guided Water Diffusion on Hydrophilic Substrates

 
 

Jin-Soo Kim, Jin Sik Choi, Mi Jung Lee et al.

 
 

The structure of water confined in nanometer-sized cavities is important because, at this scale, a large fraction of hydrogen bonds can be perturbed by interaction with the …

 
 
 
 
 
 

CO2-based in-line phase contrast imaging of small intestine in mice

 
 

Rongbiao Tang, Wei-Xia Li, Wei Huang et al.

 
 

The objective of this study was to explore the potential of CO2 single contrast in-line phase contrast imaging (PCI) for pre-clinical small intestine investigation. The absorption …

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earth & Environmental Sciences top
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mechanisms for the retention of inorganic N in acidic forest soils of southern China

 
 

Jin-bo Zhang, Zu-cong Cai, Tong-bin Zhu et al.

 
 

The mechanisms underlying the retention of inorganic N in acidic forest soils in southern China are not well understood. Here, we simultaneously quantified the gross N …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Recognizing detachment-mode seafloor spreading in the deep geological past

 
 

Marco Maffione, Antony Morris, Mark W. Anderson

 
 

Large-offset oceanic detachment faults are a characteristic of slow- and ultraslow-spreading ridges, leading to the formation of oceanic core complexes (OCCs) that expose upper …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Vulnerability of Polar Oceans to Anthropogenic Acidification: Comparison of Arctic and Antarctic Seasonal Cycles

 
 

E. H. Shadwick, T. W. Trull, H. Thomas et al.

 
 

Polar oceans are chemically sensitive to anthropogenic acidification due to their relatively low alkalinity and correspondingly weak carbonate buffering capacity. Here, we compare …

 
 
 
 
 
 

A self-cleaning underwater superoleophobic mesh for oil-water separation

 
 

Lianbin Zhang, Yujiang Zhong, Dongkyu Cha et al.

 
 

Oil–water separation has recently become a global challenging task because of the frequent occurrence of oil spill accidents due to the offshore oil production and transportation, …

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Health Sciences top
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ketamine alters oscillatory coupling in the hippocampus

 
 

Fábio V. Caixeta, Alianda M. Cornélio, Robson Scheffer-Teixeira et al.

 
 

Recent studies show that higher order oscillatory interactions such as cross-frequency coupling are important for brain functions that are impaired in schizophrenia, including …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Nuclear MTA1 overexpression is associated with aggressive prostate cancer, recurrence and metastasis in African Americans

 
 

Steven J. Dias, Xinchun Zhou, Marina Ivanovic et al.

 
 

Metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1), a negative epigenetic modifier, plays a critical role in prostate cancer (PCa) progression. We hypothesized that MTA1 overexpression in …

 
 
 
 
 
 

Affinity flow fractionation of cells via transient interactions with asymmetric molecular patterns

 
 

Suman Bose, Rishi Singh, Mikhail Hanewich-Hollatz et al.

 
 

Flow fractionation of cells using physical fields to achieve lateral displacement finds wide applications, but its extension to surface molecule-specific separation requires …

 
 
 
 
 
 

CO2-based in-line phase contrast imaging of small intestine in mice

 
 

Rongbiao Tang, Wei-Xia Li, Wei Huang et al.

 
 

The objective of this study was to explore the potential of CO2 single contrast in-line phase contrast imaging (PCI) for pre-clinical small intestine investigation. The absorption …

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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