Groundbreaking work demonstrated that ectopic expression of four transcription factors, Oct4,
Klf4, Sox2, and c-Myc, could reprogram murine somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem …

A highly conductive and stretchable conductor with silver nanowires (AgNWs) embedded
just below the surface of poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) is fabricated. Stable conductivity of …

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are emerging contaminants posing a potential worldwide
human health risk. Intensive animal husbandry is believed to be a major contributor to the …

Global development has been heavily reliant on the overexploitation of natural resources
since the Industrial Revolution. With the extensive use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and other …

… Those spectrographs have been put into operation at Xinglong station since late 2008 (Zhu
et al. 2011, 2006; Hou et al. 2010). The spectrographs can obtain specta of 4000 celestial …

We report a draft sequence for the genome of the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori),
covering 90.9% of all known silkworm genes. Our estimated gene count is 18,510, which …

China faces great challenges in protecting its soil from contamination caused by rapid
industrialization and urbanization over the last three decades. Recent nationwide surveys show …

BRAF V600E is the most frequent oncogenic protein kinase mutation known. Furthermore,
inhibitors targeting “active” protein kinases have demonstrated significant utility in the …

Although silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element both on the surface of the Earth's
crust and in soils, it has not yet been listed among the essential elements for higher plants. …

The abundance and composition of soil ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and ammonia‐oxidizing
archaea (AOA) were investigated by using quantitative real‐time polymerase chain …