Papers of the Month Jun 2021
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Efficient recycling of carbon : production of formic acid by electrochemical reduction of CO2 using CO2-adsorbing catalyst support
Takuya Tsujiguchi (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering), Yasufumi Takahashi (Nano Life Science Institute), et al.
"Acceleration of electrochemical CO2 reduction to formate at the Sn/reduced graphene oxide interface"
ACS Catal.
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A novel signaling pathway for pro-inflammatory cytokine maturation and secretion mediated by the membrane pore-forming protein GSDMD
Kohsuke Tsuchiya (Cancer Research Institute / Institute for Frontier Science Initiative), Takashi Suda (Cancer Research Institute), et al.
"Gasdermin D mediates the maturation and release of IL-1α downstream of inflammasomes"
Cell Reports
Papers of the Month May 2021
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Enhanced disease resistance against Fusarium head blight in wheat by nicotinamide treatment
Takumi Nishiuchi (Research Center for Experimental Modeling of Human Disease), et al.
"Nicotinamide effectively suppresses fusarium head blight in wheat plants"
Int. J. Mol. Sci.
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Mechanism of polyclonal metastasis: metastatic cell-dependent survival and colonization of non-metastatic cells in fibrotic niche
Masanobu Oshima (WPI Nano Life Science Institute / Cancer Research Institute), et al.
"Malignant subclone drives metastasis of genetically and phenotypically heterogenous cell clusters through fibrotic niche generation"
Nat. Commun.
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Development of environment-friendly three-component domino aldol reaction using catalytic amount of KOH
Junichi Matsuo (Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), et al.
"Catalytic intermolecular aldol reactions of transient amide enolates in domino Michael/aldol reactions of nitroalkanes, acrylamides, and aldehydes"
Green Chem.
Papers of the Month Apr 2021
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Demonstration of inversion channel MOSFET using diamond film heteroepitaxially grown on monocrystal silicon substrate
Norio Tokuda, Tsubasa Matsumoto, Xufang Zhang (NanoMaterials Research Institute), et al.
"Inversion channel MOSFET on heteroepitaxially grown free-standing diamond"
Carbon
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The GABA-mediated mechanism setting ON/OFF timer in the central circadian clock
Takashi Maejima, Michihiro Mieda (Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), et al.
"GABA from vasopressin neurons regulates the time at which suprachiasmatic nucleus molecular clocks enable circadian behavior"
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
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Identification of novel genes involved in Wnt-mediated self-renewal of gastric mucosa
Kazuhiro Murakami (Cancer Research Institute), Nicholas Barker (Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore / Cancer research Institute, Kanazawa University), et al.
"A genome-scale CRISPR screen reveals factors regulating Wnt-dependent renewal of mouse gastric epithelial cells"
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
Papers of the Month Mar 2021
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Investigation of inflation and dark matter phenomenology using extended scotogenic model
Daijiro Suematsu (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Science and Engineering), Tsuyoshi Hashimoto (College of Science and Engineering)
"Inflation and DM phenomenology in a scotogenic model extended with a real singlet scalar"
Phys. Rev. D
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Pooling of translational factors by ribosome visualized by high-speed AFM
Noriyuki Kodera (Nano Life Science Institute), Hirotatsu Imai (Nano Life Science Institute), et al.
"Direct visualization of translational GTPase factor pool formed around the archaeal ribosomal P-stalk by high-speed AFM"
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
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Design of perovskite solar cell with high energy conversion efficiency
Md. Shahiduzzaman (Nanomaterials Research Institute), et al.
"Spray pyrolyzed TiO2 embedded multi-layer front contact design for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells"
Nano-Micro Lett.
Papers of the Month Feb 2021
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Examination of changes in roof tile patterns and assessment of underlying culture and economy during Tang Dynasty in China
Meng Lyu (Institute for Frontier Science Initiative), et al.
"A case study on organization of roof-tile production during the Tang Dynasty: Focusing on tile ends with Lotus patterns unearthed from Ximing Temple"
Archaeological Research in Asia
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An improved algorithm radically reduced computing time for finding corresponding points between shapes
Osamu Hirose (Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, Institute of Science and Engineering)
"Acceleration of non-rigid point set registration with downsampling and Gaussian process regression"
IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell.
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Development of a new computerized assessment battery for cognition to detect mild cognitive impairment and dementia in 5 min
Masahito Yamada (Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), et al.
"A new computerized assessment battery for cognition (C-ABC) to detect mild cognitive impairment and dementia around 5 min"
PLoS One