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    • June 2007

      • Biotechnology

        • Nanochannels: Switchable membrane Open !

          Felix Cheung

          Published online: 06 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.96

          Original article citation:

          Mao, Y., Chang, S., Yang, S., Ouyang, Q. & Jiang, L. Tunable non-equilibrium gating of flexible DNA nanochannels in response to transport flux. Nature Nanotech. doi: 10.1038/nnano.2007.148 (2007).

      • Cell & molecular biology

        • Axon differentiation: Dishevelled neurons

          Wei Zeng

          Published online: 27 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.119

          Original article citation:

          Zhang, X. et al. Dishevelled promotes axon differentiation by regulating atypical protein kinase C. Nature Cell Biol. doi: 10.1038/ncb1603 (2007).

      • Chemistry

        • Microemulsions: A dry mix Open !

          Anne Pichon

          Published online: 27 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.117

          Original article citation:

          Cheng, S., Zhang, J., Zhang, Z. & Han, B. Novel microemulsions: ionic liquid-in-ionic liquid. Chem. Comm. 24, 2497–2499 (2007).

        • Coordination polymers: Pot luck

          Anne Pichon

          Published online: 06 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.97

          Original article citation:

          Wu, W. P. et al. Hydro(solvo)thermal synthesis, structures, luminescence, of 2-D zinc(II) and 1-D copper(II) complexes constructed from pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid N-oxide and decarboxylation of the ligand. CrystEngComm doi: 10.1039/b701384a (2007).

        • Liquid drops: Wavy measurement

          Tim Reid

          Published online: 06 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.99

          Original article citation:

          Huang, M., Yang, J., Wang, J. & Peng, J. Microwave sensor for measuring the properties of a liquid drop. Meas. Sci. Technol. 18, 1934–1938 (2007).

      • Clinical medicine

        • Artificial vitreous: Plastic eye surgery Open !

          Wei Zeng

          Published online: 20 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.115

          Original article citation:

          Gao, Q. et al. A new strategy to replace the natural vitreous by a novel capsular artificial vitreous body with pressure-control valve. Eye doi: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702875 (2007).

        • Hepatitis B: Aiming at new targets

          John Fox

          Published online: 13 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.106

          Original article citation:

          Ding, X. R., Yang, J., Sun, D. C., Lou, S. K. & Wang, S. Q. Whole genome expression profiling of hepatitis B virus-transfected cell line reveals the potential targets of anti-HBV drugs. Pharmacogenom. J. doi: 10.1038/sj.tpj.6500459 (2007).

      • Ecology & evolution

        • Coelurosaurian theropods: Big birds

          Felix Cheung

          Published online: 20 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.110

          Original article citation:

          Xu, X., Tan, Q., Wang, J., Zhao, X. & Tan, L. A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China. Nature doi: 10.1038/nature05849 (2007).

        • Angiosperms: First flowers

          Felix Cheung

          Published online: 13 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.108

          Original article citation:

          Dilcher, D. L., Sun, G., Ji, Q. & Li, H. An early infructescence Hyrcantha decussata (comb. nov.) from the Yixian Formation in northeastern China. PNAS 104, 9370–9374 (2007).

        • Gut microbiota: A stomach copy Open !

          Wei Zeng

          Published online: 06 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.100

          Original article citation:

          Pang, X. Y. et al. Inter-species transplantation of gut microbiota from human to pigs. ISME J. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2007.23 (2007).

      • Genetics

        • Gastric cancer: Belly phases

          Wei Zeng

          Published online: 20 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.111

          Original article citation:

          Xu, X. et al. Identification and characterization of a novel p42.3 gene as tumor-specific and mitosis phase-dependent expression in gastric cancer. Oncogene doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210538 (2007).

        • Psoriasis: The guilty gene

          Tim Reid

          Published online: 20 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.113

          Original article citation:

          Zhang, X. J. et al. Polymorphisms in interleukin-15 gene on chromosome 4q31.2 are associated with psoriasis vulgaris in Chinese population. J. Invest. Dermatol. doi: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700896 (2007).

        • Diabetes: Infectious tolerance

          Jim Casey

          Published online: 20 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.114

          Original article citation:

          Wang, R. et al. Foxp3-expressing CD4+T cells under the control of IFN-g promoter prevent diabetes in NOD mice. Mol. Ther. doi: 10.1038/sj.mt.6300208 (2007).

        • Liver transplantation: Stemming donor rejection

          John Fox

          Published online: 13 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.107

          Original article citation:

          Yue, Y. et al. Mesenchymal stem cells over-expressing hepatocyte growth factor improve small-for-size liver grafts regeneration. Molecular Therapy doi: 10.1038/sj.mt.6300202 (2007).

      • Materials

        • Nanotubes: Slowly but surely

          Anne Pichon

          Published online: 27 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.118

          Original article citation:

          Jin, Z. et al. Ultralow feeding gas flow guiding growth of large-scale horizontally aligned single-walled carbon nanotube arrays. Nano Lett. doi: 10.1021/nl070980m (2007).

        • Nanoparticles: Sustaining smells

          Tim Reid

          Published online: 13 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.105

          Original article citation:

          Wang, J., Ding, H., Tao, X. & Chen, J. Storage and sustained release of volatile substances from a hollow silica matrix. Nanotechnol. 18, 245705 (2007).

        • Carbon nanotubes: Syngas converters

          Rachel Pei Chin Won

          Published online: 13 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.109

          Original article citation:

          Pan, X. et al. Enhanced ethanol production inside carbon-nanotube reactors containing catalytic particles. Nature Mater. doi: 10.1038/nmat1916 (2007).

        • Carbon nanotubes: Twist 'n' roll

          Rachel Pei Chin Won

          Published online: 06 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.102

          Original article citation:

          Li, X., Yang, W. & Liu, B. Bending induced rippling and twisting of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 205502 (2007).

      • Physics

        • Zinc oxide: Crystal under pressure

          Tim Reid

          Published online: 27 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.116

          Original article citation:

          Cai, J. & Chen, N. First-principles study of the wurtzite-to-rocksalt phase transition in zinc oxide. J. Phys. Condens. Matter 19, 266207 (2007).

        • Super-excited states: Change the channel

          Wei Zeng

          Published online: 27 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.120

          Original article citation:

          Zhang, W. H., He, C. L., Hao, Y. S., Mo, Y. X. & Li, J. M. A theoretical study of super-excited states of F2. Chin. Phys. Lett. 24, 1220–1223 (2007).

        • Fluid dynamics: Understanding Hurricane Katrina

          Padma Kant Shukla

          Published online: 27 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.121

          Original article citation:

          Lou, S. Y., Jia, M., Tang, X. Y. & Huang, F. Vortices, circumfluence, symmetry groups, and Darboux transformations of the (2+1)-dimensional Euler equation. Phys. Rev. E. 75, 056318 (2007).

        • Insulator-to-metal transition: Breaking down resistance

          Tim Reid

          Published online: 20 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.112

          Original article citation:

          Dong, S. et al. Electric field induced collapse of the charge-ordered phase in manganites. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 266202 (2007).

        • Robotic vision: Head-hunting Open !

          Tim Reid

          Published online: 13 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.104

          Original article citation:

          Hao, W., Zhang, B. & Tian, W. Head tracking by means of probabilistic neural networks. Meas. Sci. Technol. 18, 1999–2004 (2007).

        • Permafrost: Rocks are cool

          Tim Reid

          Published online: 06 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.98

          Original article citation:

          Cheng, G., Lai, Y., Sun, Z. & Jiang, F. The 'thermal semi-conductor' effect of crushed rocks. Permafrost Periglac. Processes 18, 151–160 (2007).

      • Space & astronomy

        • Active galaxies: Negative feedback

          Xiaoling Zhang

          Published online: 06 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.101

          Original article citation:

          Wang, J. M., Chen, Y. M., Yan, C. S., Hu, C. & Bian, W. H. Suppressed star formation in circumnuclear regions in Seyfert galaxies. Astrophys. J. 661, L143–L146 (2007).

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