Electronic skin (e-skin) presents a network of mechanically flexible sensors that can conformally
wrap irregular surfaces and spatially map and quantify various stimuli 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , …

We demonstrate that the silica shell on nanoparticles formed by a typical Stöber method is
inhomogeneous in nature. The outer layer of the shell is chemically more robust than the …

Transformation of halogenated organic compounds (HOCs) by zero-valent iron represents
one of the latest innovative technologies for environmental remediation. For example, iron …

A protocol for quantum secure direct communication with quantum superdense coding is
proposed. It combines the ideas of block transmission, the ping-pong quantum secure direct …

Nanoscale bimetallic particles (Pd/Fe, Pd/Zn, Pt/Fe, Ni/Fe) have been synthesized in the
laboratory for treatment of chlorinated organic pollutants. Specific surface areas of the …

BRCA1 encodes a tumor suppressor that is mutated in familial breast and ovarian cancers.
Here, it is shown that BRCA1 interacts in vitro and in vivo with hRad50, which forms a …

Background With evidence of sustained transmission in more than 190 countries, coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a global pandemic. Data are urgently …

The deep population history of East Asia remains poorly understood owing to a lack of
ancient DNA data and sparse sampling of present-day people 1 , 2 . Here we report genome-wide …

Huntington disease (HD) is characterized by the preferential loss of striatal medium-sized
spiny neurons (MSNs) in the brain. Because MSNs receive abundant glutamatergic input, their …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is common and disabling, but its neuropathophysiology
remains unclear. Most studies of functional brain networks in MDD have had limited statistical …