Nature Communications, Published online: 25 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17687-3Bats are a likely reservoir of zoonotic coronaviruses (CoVs). Here, analyzing bat CoV sequences in China, the authors find that alpha-CoVs have switched hosts more frequently than betaCoVs, identify a bat family and genus that are highly involved in host-switching, and define hotspots of CoV evolutionary diversity.
Tue Aug 25, 2020 03:00
Nature Communications, Published online: 25 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18076-6Improving low-temperature activity and noble-metal efficiency remains a challenge for next generation exhaust catalysts. Here, the authors achieve the activation of subnanometric Pt on Cu-modified CeO2 for low-temperature CO oxidation with an onset below room temperature.
Tue Aug 25, 2020 03:00
Nature Communications, Published online: 25 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18191-4Author Correction: Distinct thalamocortical network dynamics are associated with the pathophysiology of chronic low back pain
Tue Aug 25, 2020 03:00
Nature Communications, Published online: 25 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18033-3Stein, Barbosa et al. show that anti-NMDAR encephalitis and schizophrenia are characterized by reduced serial dependence in spatial working memory. Cortical network simulations show that this can be parsimoniously explained by a reduction in NMDAR-dependent short-term synaptic potentiation in these diseases.
Tue Aug 25, 2020 03:00
Nature Communications, Published online: 25 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18064-wWater electrolysis offers a promising energy conversion technology, although there is still a need to understand the catalysis on the atomic-level. Here, the authors report Ir nanoclusters coordinated with both N and S as an efficient and pH-universal electrocatalyst for overall water splitting.
Tue Aug 25, 2020 03:00
Nature Communications, Published online: 25 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18048-wStomata development in plants is tightly regulated by developmental and environmental cues. Here the authors show that the energy-sensing SnRK1 complex promotes stomatal development by phosphorylating the SPEECHLESS transcription factor thereby connecting energy signalling and stomatal development.
Tue Aug 25, 2020 03:00
Nature Communications, Published online: 25 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18000-yAcoustical tweezers can exert forces several orders of magnitude greater than optical tweezers but the absence of spatial selectivity and their limited resolution has prevented their use for many applications in microbiology. Here the authors perform spatially selective contactless manipulation and positioning of human cells.
Tue Aug 25, 2020 03:00
Nature Communications, Published online: 25 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17986-9Here Zhao et al. report a promising broad-spectrum antiviral alkaline peptide—P9R—that is active against several respiratory, pH-dependent viruses, including Influenza and SARS-CoV-2. P9R interferes with virus internalization by binding to the virus and subsequent inhibition of endosomal acidification.
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