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Matthew A. Nichols

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University
Verified email at g.harvard.edu
Cited by 1617

[PDF][PDF] A complete electron microscopy volume of the brain of adult Drosophila melanogaster

…, JS Lauritzen, E Perlman, CG Robinson, M Nichols… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Drosophila melanogaster has a rich repertoire of innate and learned behaviors. Its 100,000-neuron
brain is a large but tractable target for comprehensive neural circuit mapping. Only …

Quantum-gas microscope for fermionic atoms

LW Cheuk, MA Nichols, M Okan, T Gersdorf… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We realize a quantum-gas microscope for fermionic K 40 atoms trapped in an optical lattice,
which allows one to probe strongly correlated fermions at the single-atom level. We combine …

Observation of spatial charge and spin correlations in the 2D Fermi-Hubbard model

LW Cheuk, MA Nichols, KR Lawrence, M Okan… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Strong electron correlations lie at the origin of high-temperature superconductivity. Its essence
is believed to be captured by the Fermi-Hubbard model of repulsively interacting fermions …

Spin transport in a Mott insulator of ultracold fermions

MA Nichols, LW Cheuk, M Okan, TR Hartke, E Mendez… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Strongly correlated materials are expected to feature unconventional transport properties,
such that charge, spin, and heat conduction are potentially independent probes of the …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and function of an archaeal topoisomerase VI subunit with homology to the meiotic recombination factor Spo11

MD Nichols, K DeAngelis, JL Keck, JM Berger - The EMBO journal, 1999 - embopress.org
In all organisms, type II DNA topoisomerases are essential for untangling chromosomal DNA.
We have determined the structure of the DNA‐binding core of the Methanococcus …

Photo-excitation of long-lived transient intermediates in ultracold reactions

Y Liu, MG Hu, MA Nichols, DD Grimes, T Karman… - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
In many chemical reactions, the transformation from reactants to products is mediated by
transient intermediate complexes. For gas-phase reactions involving molecules with a few …

Observation of 2D Fermionic Mott Insulators of with Single-Site Resolution

LW Cheuk, MA Nichols, KR Lawrence, M Okan… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
We report on the site-resolved observation of characteristic states of the two-dimensional
repulsive Fermi-Hubbard model, using ultracold K 40 atoms in an optical lattice. By varying the …

Precision test of statistical dynamics with state-to-state ultracold chemistry

Y Liu, MG Hu, MA Nichols, D Yang, D Xie, H Guo… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Chemical reactions represent a class of quantum problems that challenge both the current
theoretical understanding and computational capabilities 1 . Reactions that occur at ultralow …

[HTML][HTML] Newborn screening for Krabbe disease in New York State: the first eight years' experience

…, RW Erbe, C Biski, M Martin, LM Krein, M Nichols… - Genetics in …, 2016 - nature.com
Purpose: Krabbe disease (KD) results from galactocerebrosidase (GALC) deficiency. Infantile
KD symptoms include irritability, progressive stiffness, developmental delay, and death. …

Nuclear spin conservation enables state-to-state control of ultracold molecular reactions

MG Hu, Y Liu, MA Nichols, L Zhu, G Quéméner… - Nature Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Quantum-state control of reactive systems has enabled microscopic probes of underlying
interaction potentials and the alteration of reaction rates using quantum statistics. However, …