Monopole-mediated light control of half skyrmion topology in nematic liquid crystals
Creation of topological monopole-antimonopole pairs in half skyrmions Topological defects, which are a necessary result of broken continuous…
An enhanced instantaneous detonation model for underwater explosions involving condensed explosives
Underwater explosion (UNDEX) has found applications in diverse research fields, including underwater mineral mining, waterway and port excavation,…
Piezo1 regulates the mechanotransduction of soft matrix viscoelasticity
Cell response to matrix viscoelasticity is stiffness- and Piezo1-dependent Two different hydrogel pairs were synthesised by mixing different…
Optically-biased Rydberg microwave receiver enabled by hybrid nonlinear interferometry
Comparison between superhet and optical-bias MW detection setupsConventional Rydberg superhet Let us start by recalling the standard atomic…
Mysterious ‘little red dots’ are baffling astronomers. What are they?
An artist’s impression of a black hole star, the explanation favoured by many astronomers for the little red…
Sperm sequencing reveals extensive positive selection in the male germline
Ethics This study was carried out under TwinsUK BioBank ethics, approved by the North West–Liverpool Central Research Ethics…
Radical-enhanced photo-activated ultralong organic phosphorescence
Photophysical properties of the guests in crystal Three compounds r-MOP, s-MOP, and MOP were designed as the guests,…
From genotype to phenotype with 1,086 near telomere-to-telomere yeast genomes
Strain culture and DNA extraction We used a collection of S. cerevisiae isolates that were previously sequenced using…
Controlled angular correlations and polarization speckle in scattering birefringent films
A transverse spatially random monochromatic electric field vector, E(r,t), is composed of two mutually orthogonal polarization components \(\mathrm…
Impact of rotating cylinders configurations on Cu-water nanofluid heat transfer in a vented cavity: a COMSOL multiphysics base study
This section presents the numerical results for the streamlines and isotherms to evaluate the influence of rotating cylinders…
Isolation, engineering and ecology of temperate phages from the human gut
Camarillo-Guerrero, L. F., Almeida, A., Rangel-Pineros, G., Finn, R. D. & Lawley, T. D. Massive expansion of human…
In-plane dielectric constant and conductivity of confined water
Device fabrication We fabricated our devices using procedures similar to those described in ref. 22. A free-standing silicon nitride…