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A family of multi-qubit Rydberg quantum gates is developed and used to generate Schrödinger cat states in an optical clock, allowing improvement in frequency measurement precision by taking advantage of entanglement.
A bio-inspired supramolecular material combines tiny amino acid sequences present in proteins with equally small segments of the plastic poly(vinylidene fluoride), yielding high-performance sustainable ferroelectric nanostructures with potential for future resorbable bioelectronics, ultra-low power devices, and large-scale information storage.
An astrometric analysis of Gaia data identified two waves of massive runaway stars that have been dynamically ejected from the young cluster R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The leading region of plasmids is a hotspot for many anti-defence systems, encoding anti-CRISPR, anti-restriction and other counter-defence proteins; focusing on this region could lead to the discovery of diverse anti-defence genes, and improve strategies for the design of plasmid-based delivery systems for diverse microbial ecosystems.
Aiming for declining global temperatures can limit long-term climate risks compared with a mere stabilization of global warming, including sea-level rise and cryosphere changes.
Peripheral and central circuit adaptations can be flexibly coordinated in Drosophila, and such a modular circuit organization may facilitate the evolution of mate recognition systems by allowing novel sensory modalities to become linked to male arousal.
Analysis of the sub-seasonal patterns of river migration reveals that permafrost reduces erosion rates and suggests that full permafrost thaw may lead to a 30–100% increase in the migration rates of Arctic rivers.
Pacific salmon transport of nutrients and contaminants to freshwaters increased by 30% and 20%, respectively, between 1976 and 2015, an increase dominated by pink salmon, which had the highest nutrient-to-contaminant ratios.
The detection and modelling of nine X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions from a nearby tidal disruption event shows that these eruptions arise in accretion disks around massive black holes, left behind by tidally disrupted stars, and that an orbiting body colliding with this disk is a plausible explanation for the X-ray variability.
Using a single-nucleus multi-omics approach, a study jointly profiles the reorganization of the epigenome and the three-dimensional chromatin conformation during the development of the human hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.
Induction of behavioural time scale plasticity leads to dendritic, delayed and stochastic Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II activation, findings that clarify the mechanisms that underlie place cell formation.
Whole-genome sequencing of matched serial tumours from patients identifies two key mutagenic factors (APOBEC3 and chemotherapy) and extrachromosomal DNA-forming structural variants that drive treatment resistance in urothelial cancer.
Alterations in the tumour suppressor genes STK11 and/or KEAP1 can identify patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer who are likely to benefit from combinations of PD-(L)1 and CTLA4 immune checkpoint inhibitors added to chemotherapy.
