Bovine neutrophils stimulated with Streptococcus uberis induce neutrophil extracellular traps, and cause cytotoxicity and transcriptional upregulation of inflammatory cytokine genes in bovine mammary epithelial cells.

This study aimed to understand the response of neutrophils stimulated by Streptococcus uberis, a major cause of mastitis. It was found that the production of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) was induced in milk clots from mastitic milk produced by S. uberis-infected bovine udders.

Polymer tapered pillar grown directly from an SMF core enables high efficiency optical coupling with a silicon photonics chip.

Silicon photonics technology has attracted considerable attention because of the growing need for high-bit-rate optical interconnections. The low coupling efficiency resulting from the difference in spot size between silicon photonic chips and single-mode fibers remains a challenging issue. This study demonstrated a new, to the best of our knowledge, fabrication method for a tapered-pillar coupling device using a UV-curable resin on a single-mode optical fiber (SMF) facet.

Genetics of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus strains responsible for rabbit haemorrhagic disease outbreaks in Japan between 2000 and 2020.

Rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) is a highly contagious and fatal disease in rabbits caused by the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), which includes two genotypes, RHDV-GI.1 and RHDV2-GI.2.

Polymer spot size converter on silicon photonics chip for enabling high coupling to single-mode fiber.

Silicon photonics (SiPh) technology has gained considerable attention as a result of the growing demand for high-bit-rate optical interconnections. Low coupling efficiencies, resulting from the difference in spot size between silicon photonic chips and single-mode fibers (SMFs), remains a challenging issue. To solve this problem, we fabricated a novel, to the best of our knowledge, polymer spot size expander (SSE) device on the end face of a silicon chip.