Research Communities from Springer Nature

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Nature Communications

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Toward understanding Energy Transfer of Imbalanced Alfvénic Turbulence in the Heliosphere

We address a fundamental question in imbalanced Alfvénic turbulence: the mechanism of energy transfer between scales. Our study, combining observations and simulations, reveals that coherent interactions between Alfvén waves and co-propagating anomalous fluctuations play a key role in this process.

Dec 05, 2023

Catching two rabbits at once rather than keeping chasing two rabbits

Nature Climate Change

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Catching two rabbits at once rather than keeping chasing two rabbits

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Youngho Kwon and 1 other

Dec 05, 2023

Combinatorial single-cell profiling of major chromatin types with MAbID

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Combinatorial single-cell profiling of major chromatin types with MAbID

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Robin H. van der Weide and 1 other

Dec 05, 2023

Subdomain Dynamics Enable Chemical Chain Reactions in Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases

Nature Chemistry

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Subdomain Dynamics Enable Chemical Chain Reactions in Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases

Dec 04, 2023

What does it mean to belong? For students, it’s bound up in their gender and social class experiences

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What does it mean to belong? For students, it’s bound up in their gender and social class experiences

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Daniela Fernández and 2 others

Dec 04, 2023

Single-shot 3D photoacoustic tomography based on a single-element detector for ultrafast imaging of hemodynamics

Nature Biomedical Engineering

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Single-shot 3D photoacoustic tomography based on a single-element detector for ultrafast imaging of hemodynamics

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Yide Zhang and 1 other

Dec 04, 2023

Nature Communications

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Plants that live longer mast stronger

The benefits of masting are well-documented, but the costs are underexplored. Here, we found that plant traits promoting long lifespan are associated with stronger masting, supporting the prediction that masting is more common in long-lived species where costs of skipped reproduction are reduced.

Valentin Journé

Dec 03, 2023

Nature Communications

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Real-time signal processing via chemical reactions for a microfluidic molecular communication system

Dec 03, 2023

Scientific Data

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HALD, a human aging and longevity knowledge graph for precision gerontology and geroscience analyses

We presented HALD, a text mining-based human aging and longevity dataset of the biomedical knowledge graph from all published literature related to human aging and longevity in PubMed, which uses multiple state-of-the-art natural language processing (NLP) techniques.

Dec 03, 2023

Nature Communications

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Warming-induced vapor pressure deficit suppression of vegetation growth diminished in northern peatlands

Growing vapor pressure deficit inhibits vegetation growth. Chen et al. reported that this inhibition diminished in northern peatlands, as plant growth was not constrained by water even in the presence of a warming-induced water pressure deficit.

Dec 02, 2023

Nature Communications

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Unveiling Earth's Ancient Mysteries: The Astonishing Rhynie Chert Fossils

We invite you to imagine a world over 400 million years ago, a time when Life on Earth was vastly different from what we know today. The Rhynie Chert, an iconic geological site in Scotland, offers a captivating glimpse into this distant past, holding secrets of an ancient terrestrial environment.

Christine Strullu-Derrien

Dec 02, 2023

High-resolution maps of Antarctica reveal higher snowfall and surface melt than previously estimated

Nature Communications

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High-resolution maps of Antarctica reveal higher snowfall and surface melt than previously estimated

Dec 02, 2023

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Relationship between Gravitational field, irreversibility, Bohr’s Hydrogen Model and Schrödinger’s equation

Since there are no absolutely isolated systems, we made the crucial relationship between gravitational field, irreversibility, Bohr’s hydrogen model and Schrödinger’s equation to unify different natural laws.

Dec 02, 2023

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Motivating Companies VCO Investments to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Increase Climate Investments

Dec 01, 2023

Engineered cytokine receptors improve CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors

Nature Biomedical Engineering

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Engineered cytokine receptors improve CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors

Dec 01, 2023

Molecular basis of plastid inheritance

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Molecular basis of plastid inheritance

Dec 01, 2023

Unlocking the Puzzle of Phage Proteins: Building Blocks for Fighting Antibiotic Resistance

Nature Communications

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Unlocking the Puzzle of Phage Proteins: Building Blocks for Fighting Antibiotic Resistance

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Bogna Smug and 1 other

Nov 30, 2023

Discovering how and why marine microbes breakdown a new and abundant organosulfur compound

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Discovering how and why marine microbes breakdown a new and abundant organosulfur compound

Ornella Carrion

Nov 30, 2023

What does it take for the global economy to go green?

Communications Earth & Environment

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What does it take for the global economy to go green?

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Soheil Shayegh and 1 other

Nov 30, 2023

Shared fate: Genomes of megafauna survivors mirror the history of their extinct counterparts

Nature Communications

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Shared fate: Genomes of megafauna survivors mirror the history of their extinct counterparts

Nov 30, 2023