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Phonon anomalies are commonly attributed to Fermi-surface nesting or phonon anharmonicity, but these mechanisms do not apply in all cases. Here, the authors propose a new mechanism based on electron-momentum-dependent electron-phonon coupling in the case of YNi2B2C, that could also apply to other materials.
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The transport behaviour of counter-propagating edge modes in the hole-conjugate fractional quantum Hall state is not fully understood. Here, by combining local noise thermometry and thermal conductance measurements, the authors show the absence of thermal equilibration on the edge at macroscopic distances.
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A 3D‐ordered liquid crystal phase of regular right and left helically twisted columns self‐assembles from straight‐ and bent‐rod molecules. Here calculations indicate that, among four alternative models, the observed complex Fddd structure provides the lowest packing energy for twisted ribbons.
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Convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) is used to treat patients with Covid-19, but evidence for clinical benefit from clinical trials is divergent. Here the authors report in that CPT treatment does not affect mortality in patients with severe Covid-19 in phase 2 single center open label randomised controlled trial.
Published in Nature Communications
Published in Nature Communications
Published in Nature Communications
The deconvolution of cell types is challenging in spatially-resolved transcriptomics. Here, the authors present SpatialDecon, a method for the deconvolution and quantification of cell types in spatial transcriptomics data, and show how it can be used to analyse immune response heterogeneity in cancer.
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Charge-neutral excitations have been proposed to explain metal-like thermal transport in Kondo insulators. Here, the authors demonstrate the coupling between charge-neutral excitations and spin degrees of freedom in a Kondo insulator YbIr3Si7, which puts restrictions on current theories.
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Electrically activated soft actuators with large deformability are important for soft robotics but enhancing durability and efficiency of electrochemical actuators is challenging. Here the authors demonstrate that the actuation performance of an ionic two-dimensional covalent-organic framework based electrochemical actuator is improved through the ...
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The iron-silicon phase diagram has been established at the conditions of Mercury’s core. The resulting phase diagram is remarkably complex, and presents an array of new mechanisms which may power Mercury’s inner dynamo.
