Lunar farside volcanism 2.8 billion years ago from Chang'e-6 basalts.

Unravelling the volcanic history of the enigmatic lunar farside is essential for understanding the hemispheric dichotomy of the Moon. Cratering chronology established for the lunar nearside has been used to suggest long-lived volcanism on the farside of the Moon, but without sample verification. Here we report two newly recognized episodes of basaltic volcanism with Pb-Pb dating for basalt fragments returned by the Chang'e-6 mission.

Ca-calpains axis regulates Yki stability and activity in Drosophila.

Yorkie (Yki) is a key effector of the Hippo pathway that activates the expression of targets by associating with the transcription factor Scalloped. Various upstream signals, such as cell polarity and mechanical cues, control transcriptional programs by regulating Yki activity. Searching for Yki regulatory factors has far-reaching significance for studying the Hippo pathway in development and human diseases.

Apportioning Atmospheric Ammonia Sources across Spatial and Seasonal Scales by Their Isotopic Fingerprint.

Mitigating ammonia (NH) emissions is a significant challenge, given its well-recognized role in the troposphere, contributing to secondary particle formation and impacting acid rain. The difficulty arises from the highly uncertain attribution of atmospheric NH to specific emission sources, especially when accounting for diverse environments and varying spatial and temporal scales. In this study, we established a refined δN fingerprint for eight emission sources, including three previously overlooked sources of potential importance.

Adaptability and Germination Characteristics of Volunteer Wheat in China's Main Wheat-Producing Areas.

Volunteer wheat commonly occurs and spreads rapidly in the main wheat-producing areas of China, seriously impacting cultivated wheat production. Limited information is currently available regarding the adaptability and germination traits of volunteer wheat. Therefore, this study's aim was to evaluate the effects of environmental conditions on the germination and emergence of volunteer wheat seeds through laboratory experiments.

Transcriptomic analysis of maize uncovers putative genes involved in metabolic detoxification under four safeners treatment.

Isoxadifen-ethyl (IDF) and cyprosulfamide (CSA) can effectively protect maize from nicosulfuron (NIC) injury, while mefenpyr-diethyl (MPR) and fenchlorazole-ethyl (FCO) did not. Their chemical diversity and requirement to use them in combination with the corresponding herbicides suggest that their elicitation of gene expression are complex and whether it is associated with the safening activity remains elusive. In this study, our first objective was to determine whether or not the ability of four safeners to enhance the metabolic rate of nicosulfuron.

Neurophotonic tools for microscopic measurements and manipulation: status report.

was launched in 2014 coinciding with the launch of the BRAIN Initiative focused on development of technologies for advancement of neuroscience. For the last seven years, ' agenda has been well aligned with this focus on neurotechnologies featuring new optical methods and tools applicable to brain studies. While the BRAIN Initiative 2.

Efficient non-degenerate two-photon excitation for fluorescence microscopy.

Non-degenerate two-photon excitation (ND-TPE) has been explored in two-photon excitation microscopy. However, a systematic study of the efficiency of ND-TPE to guide the selection of fluorophore excitation wavelengths is missing. We measured the relative non-degenerate two-photon absorption cross-section (ND-TPACS) of several commonly used fluorophores (two fluorescent proteins and three small-molecule dyes) and generated 2-dimensional ND-TPACS spectra.

Measurement of the relative non-degenerate two-photon absorption cross-section for fluorescence microscopy.

In non-degenerate two-photon microscopy (ND-TPM), the required energy for fluorescence excitation occurs via absorption of two photons of different energies derived from two synchronized pulsed laser beams. ND-TPM is a promising imaging technology offering flexibility in the choice of the photon energy for each beam. However, a formalism to quantify the efficiency of two-photon absorption (TPA) under non-degenerate excitation, relative to the resonant degenerate excitation, is missing.

The strong competitive role of 2n pollen in several polyploidy hybridizations in Rosa hybrida.

Background: 2n pollen play a strong competitive role in hybridization and breeding of multiploids in Rosa hybrida. The ploidy inheritable characteristic of 'Orange Fire' × 'Old Blush' were analyzed.

Result: The results of the cytological observations indicated that 2n pollen developed from the defeated cytoplasmic division or nuclear division in the meiosis metaphase II of PMC (pollen mother cell) in 'Old Blush'.

Electronic Metamaterials with Tunable Second-order Optical Nonlinearities.

The ability to engineer metamaterials with tunable nonlinear optical properties is crucial for nonlinear optics. Traditionally, metals have been employed to enhance nonlinear optical interactions through field localization. Here, inspired by the electronic properties of materials, we introduce and demonstrate experimentally an asymmetric metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) metamaterial that exhibits a large and electronically tunable effective second-order optical susceptibility (χ).

Construction of a thermo-sensitive pRI857 vector for efficient DNA capturing in Escherichia coli.

Objectives: To establish a positive cloning system with a zero background for high-throughput DNA cloning purpose.

Results: The cloning vector, pRI857, and the genomic-library construction vector, pRI857-BAC, were constructed based on the mechanism of expression of the thermo-sensitive cI857 repressor gene that can stringently repress the P promoter and kanamycin resistance gene (P-kan ) at 30 °C, but have no effect on P-kan gene at 37 °C or at higher temperatures. When the pRI857 vectors were transformed into E.

Non-degenerate 2-photon excitation in scattering medium for fluorescence microscopy.

Non-degenerate 2-photon excitation (ND-2PE) of a fluorophore with two laser beams of different photon energies offers an independent degree of freedom in tuning of the photon flux for each beam. This feature takes advantage of the infrared wavelengths used in degenerate 3-photon excitation (D-3PE) microscopy to achieve increased penetration depths, while preserving a relatively high 2-photon excitation cross section in comparison to that of D-3PE. Here, using spatially and temporally aligned Ti:Sapphire laser and optical parametric oscillator beams operating at near infrared (NIR) and short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) optical frequencies, we employ ND-2PE and provide a practical demonstration that a constant fluorophore emission intensity is achievable deeper into a scattering medium using ND-2PE as compared to the commonly used degenerate 2-photon excitation (D-2PE).

Plasmonic enhanced two-photon absorption in silicon photodetectors for optical correlators in the near-infrared.

A high-density array of plasmonic coaxial nanoantennas is used to enhance the two-photon absorption (TPA) process in a conventional silicon photodetector from a mode-locked 76 MHz Ti:sapphire laser over a spectral range from 1340 to 1550 nm. This enhanced TPA was used to generate an interferometric autocorrelation trace of a 150 fs laser pulse. Unlike second-harmonic generation, this technique does not require phase matching or a bulky crystal and can be used on a low-cost integrated silicon platform over a wide range of near-IR wavelengths compatible with modern commercial tunable femtosecond sources.

Observation of second-harmonic generation in silicon nitride waveguides through bulk nonlinearities.

We present experimental results on the observation of a bulk second-order nonlinear susceptibility, derived from both free-space and integrated measurements, in silicon nitride. Phase-matching is achieved through dispersion engineering of the waveguide cross-section, independently revealing multiple components of the nonlinear susceptibility, namely χ = 0.14 ± 0.