Nature Communications
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Quantum phase synchronization via exciton-vibrational energy dissipation sustains long-lived coherence in photosynthetic antennas
Long coherent lifetime in the excitation energy transfer was observed in photosynthetic pigment dimers. The long-lasting coherences are protected by quantum phase synchronization realized by exciton-vibrational coupling where resonant anti-symmetric collective modes were dissipated.
What happened when China randomly assigned people to farm rice or wheat
The rice theory argues that the irrigation and high labor demands of rice farming gave southern China a more interdependent culture than the wheat-farming north. But how can we test whether rice really shapes culture? Two state farms started in the 1950s give us a rare natural experiment.
Differential inheritance of gene content among maize, rice, wheat, and bamboos following ancestral duplications and possible contribution to morphological and physiological differences
Grasses share a whole genome duplication called rho; we used both chromosomal collinearity and gene phylogeny to investigate the pattern of duplicate retention in different grass groups and found differentially retained duplicates that are implicated in environmental adaptations or morphogenesis.
Speed of environmental change frames relative ecological risk in climate change and climate intervention scenarios
We show that considering the speed of temperature change helps place different scenarios of climate change and climate intervention in context to relative ecological risk.
Double-walled Al-based MOF with large microporous specific surface area for trace benzene adsorption
A double-walled Al-based MOF, named as ZJU-520(Al), with large microporous specific surface area of 2235 m2/g, was synthesized. It has excellent trace benzene adsorption (5.98 mmol/g) and can effectively separate trace benzene from benzene and cyclohexane mixture gas.
Forward-predictive SERS-based chemical taxonomy for untargeted structural elucidation of epimeric cerebrosides
Can we elucidate the chemical structure of molecules based on the SERS spectra of other molecules?
Genomic insights into antibiotic resistance in E. coli ST131 bacteraemia cases in Wales
Our study illuminates the complex genomic landscape of Escherichia coli sequence type (ST)131, a well-known multidrug-resistant clone linked to bloodstream infections in Wales.
Controlled synthesis of a library of one-dimensional segmented heteronanostructures
We develop a general solution-phase synthesis as well as their chemical post-transformations of one-dimensional segmented heterostructures and explore their stress-induced ordering evolution mechanism with the phase field model.
Secrets of the mantle underworld revealed by magmatic rocks on the Philippine Sea, Earth’s fastest tectonic plate
Earth’s mantle is a complex region of mixing and dynamic flow. Now in a paper published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment, Qian et al. analyzes basaltic magma on a fast-moving tectonic plate to map distinct rock chemistry regions within the mantle and show their Deep Time longevity.