Concatenation of Kerr solitary waves in ceramic YAG: application to coherent Raman imaging.

A coherent concatenation of multiple solitary waves may lead to a stable infrared and visible broadband filament in a ceramic YAG polycrystal. This self-trapped soliton train is leveraged to implement self-referenced multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (SR-M-CARS) imaging. Simulations and experiments illustrating the filamentation process and the concatenation of focusing-defocusing cycles in ceramic and crystal YAG are presented.

Differential impact of infection on the microbiota of and .

The Western honey bee () is a vital agricultural pollinator whose populations are threatened by the parasitic mite destructor and associated pathogens. While the impact of species on honey bees, particularly larvae causing American foulbrood, is documented, their effect on the microbiota of mites remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the influence of sp.

Transforming Nanocrystals into Superhard Boron Carbide Nanostructures.

Boron carbide (BC) possesses a large potential as a structural material owing to its lightness, refractory character, and outstanding mechanical properties. However, its large-scale industrialization is set back by its tendency to amorphize when subjected to an external stress. In the present work, we design a path toward nanostructured boron carbide with greatly enhanced hardness and resistance to amorphization.

in C3H/HeN mice: A model for studying pathogen-host interactions.

An infection with the tick-borne has been associated with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations in humans, but patients are only seldomly reported. Understanding its disease etiology necessitates well-stablished infection models, improving to recognize and diagnose patients with infection and facilitating the development of effective control strategies. In this study, we used C3H/HeN mice as a model to establish infection, achieving a high infection prevalence (89-100 %).