National Science ReviewPub Date : 2025-01-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaf001
Mu-Ming Poo
{"title":"US-China cooperation and competition in science and technology.","authors":"Mu-Ming Poo","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwaf001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"nwaf001"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11744362/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143008626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
National Science ReviewPub Date : 2025-01-07eCollection Date: 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae479
Chenyang Cai, Kevin P Johnson, Yanzhe Fu, Daniel R Gustafsson, Dany Azar, Yitong Su, Qiang Xuan, Michael S Engel, Diying Huang
{"title":"Cretaceous chewing-louse eggs on enantiornithine birds.","authors":"Chenyang Cai, Kevin P Johnson, Yanzhe Fu, Daniel R Gustafsson, Dany Azar, Yitong Su, Qiang Xuan, Michael S Engel, Diying Huang","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae479","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae479","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"12 2","pages":"nwae479"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11761765/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143047286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
National Science ReviewPub Date : 2024-12-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae407
Rushuang Yan, Meijie Qi, Pengfei Zhang, Bin Shen, Jiqing Yin, Chuan Chen, Silin Tian, Lin Chen, Xingxu Huang, Hong Wang, Shaorong Gao, You Wu, Yawei Gao
{"title":"Core factor of NEXT complex, ZCCHC8, governs the silencing of LINE1 during spermatogenesis.","authors":"Rushuang Yan, Meijie Qi, Pengfei Zhang, Bin Shen, Jiqing Yin, Chuan Chen, Silin Tian, Lin Chen, Xingxu Huang, Hong Wang, Shaorong Gao, You Wu, Yawei Gao","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwae407","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The overactivation of transposable elements (TEs) is a significant threat to male reproduction, particularly during the delicate process of spermatogenesis. Here, we report that zinc finger protein ZCCHC8-a key component of the nuclear exosome targeting (NEXT) complex that is involved in ribonucleic acid (RNA) surveillance-is required for TE silencing during spermatogenesis. Loss of ZCCHC8 results in delayed meiotic progression and reduced production of round spermatids (RS). We observed that young long-interspersed nuclear element (LINE1, L1) subfamilies that are targeted by ZCCHC8 were upregulated in both spermatogonial stem cells (SSC) and pachytene spermatocytes (PS) of <i>Zcchc8</i> null testes. Further study found that a reduced H3K9me3 modification in SSC and elevated H3 lysine 4 trimethylation in the PS of <i>Zcchc8</i> KO mice occurred upon young L1, especially L1Md_A, which may have contributed to impairment of the chromatin condensation from PS to RS during spermatogenesis. This study highlights the crucial role of RNA surveillance-mediated chromatin repression by the NEXT complex during spermatogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"nwae407"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11697976/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142932132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
National Science ReviewPub Date : 2024-12-14eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae437
Panlong Li, Stefan Kaskel
{"title":"Non-linear ion transport in nanopores for the design of ultracapacitive ionic memristors.","authors":"Panlong Li, Stefan Kaskel","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwae437","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"nwae437"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11702829/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143008593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
National Science ReviewPub Date : 2024-12-12eCollection Date: 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae457
Yi-Xiang Chen, Kun Zhou, Qiang He, Yong-Fei Zheng, Hans-Peter Schertl, Kun Chen
{"title":"Reply to comment by Compagnoni <i>et al.</i> on \"First finding of continental deep subduction in the Sesia Zone of Western Alps and implications for subduction dynamics\".","authors":"Yi-Xiang Chen, Kun Zhou, Qiang He, Yong-Fei Zheng, Hans-Peter Schertl, Kun Chen","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae457","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae457","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 12","pages":"nwae457"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11694658/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142921890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
National Science ReviewPub Date : 2024-12-12eCollection Date: 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae454
Roberto Compagnoni, Mattia Gilio, Stefano Ghignone, Emanuele Scaramuzzo, Alessia Borghini, Marco Bruno
{"title":"Comment on \"First finding of continental deep subduction in the Sesia Zone of Western Alps and implications for subduction dynamics\".","authors":"Roberto Compagnoni, Mattia Gilio, Stefano Ghignone, Emanuele Scaramuzzo, Alessia Borghini, Marco Bruno","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae454","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae454","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 12","pages":"nwae454"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11724474/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142971659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
National Science ReviewPub Date : 2024-12-11eCollection Date: 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae458
Shuo Wang, Wei Zhi, Shengjie Li, Tao Lyu, Guodong Ji
{"title":"Sustainable management of riverine N<sub>2</sub>O emission baselines.","authors":"Shuo Wang, Wei Zhi, Shengjie Li, Tao Lyu, Guodong Ji","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae458","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae458","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The riverine N<sub>2</sub>O fluxes are assumed to linearly increase with nitrate loading. However, this linear relationship with a uniform EF<sub>5r</sub> is poorly constrained, which impedes the N<sub>2</sub>O estimation and mitigation. Our meta-analysis discovered a universal N<sub>2</sub>O emission baseline (EF<sub>5r</sub> = k/[NO<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup>], k = 0.02) for natural rivers. Anthropogenic impacts caused an overall increase in baselines and the emergence of hotspots, which constitute two typical patterns of anthropogenic sources. The k values of agricultural and urban rivers increased to 0.09 and 0.05, respectively, with 11% and 14% of points becoming N<sub>2</sub>O hotspots. Priority control of organic and NH<sub>4</sub> <sup>+</sup> pollution could eliminate hotspots and reduce emissions by 51.6% and 63.7%, respectively. Further restoration of baseline emissions on nitrate removal is a long-term challenge considering population growth and declining unit benefits (ΔN-N<sub>2</sub>O/N-NO<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup>). The discovery of EF lines emphasized the importance of targeting hotspots and managing baseline emissions sustainably to balance social and environmental benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"12 2","pages":"nwae458"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11745158/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143008141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}