A 300-km fully-connected quantum secure direct communication network.

Transmission distance and number of users limit the realization of large-scale scalable quantum communication networks, as existing quantum network construction techniques struggle to address these two important factors simultaneously. In this paper, we propose a long-distance large-scale and scalable fully-connected quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) network, which employs a double-pumped structure and the introduction of extra noise to successfully realize QSDC over 300 km between four users in the network in pairs. The results demonstrate that the fidelity of the entangled state shared between users following communication remains above 85%.

Degradation of patulin by a yeast strain Kluyveromyces marxianus XZ1 and its mechanism.

Patulin (PAT) produced by genus of Penicillium spp attracted more and more concern in view of its widespread contamination in food and toxic effects, which has also promoted the research on the reduction of PAT contamination in food. The use of yeast to remove PAT in food is innovative and promising. In this study, we used the yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus XZ1 to degrade PAT, which can remove 90% of PAT (10 μg/mL) within 48 h.

Influence of hydroxyl substitution on the inhibition of flavonoids in advanced glycation end-products formation in glucose-lysine-arginine Maillard reaction models.

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) generated from the Maillard reaction (MR) during food processing in the human physiological environment, have been proven to be significantly associated with various chronic metabolic diseases. In this study, 18 flavonoids were investigated to study their effects on AGEs formation during MR within a glucose-lysine-arginine model system. Five AGEs- N-carboxymethyl-lysine (CML), N-carboxyethyl-lysine (CEL), pyrraline, pentosidine, and argpyrimidine-were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, with inhibitory rates ranging between 0 % and 71.

Clustered flower-like Mg/Al/Fe-LDHs-based material for highly efficient Fenton degradation of crystal violet wastewater.

In this study, a ternary hydrotalcite of Mg/Al/Fe/SDBS-LDHs was synthesized via a hydrothermal method, utilizing sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) as a modifier. The prepared Mg/Al/Fe/SDBS-LDHs were characterized using FT-IR, SEM, XRD, TG, BET, ESR and XPS techniques. The CV removal process was monitored and analyzed using UV-vis spectroscopy, DFT and LC-MS methods.

Distinct CD8 T cell dynamics associate with response to neoadjuvant cancer immunotherapies.

We leverage a clinical trial (NCT04080804) that compared neoadjuvant anti-PD-1, anti-PD-1+CTLA-4, and anti-PD-1+LAG-3 therapies in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients. Combination therapies promote higher pathologic response rates versus monotherapy, and major pathologic response is associated with better survival. To address whether successful immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) regimens act through similar or distinct pathways, we robustly and longitudinally characterize transcriptional and proteomic dynamics of CD8 tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in a clonal manner.