Science BulletinPub Date : 2025-05-09DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.015
Teng Gao, Zhe Wang, Serik Tabarak, Qingqing Yin, Lin Lu
{"title":"The glymphatic system in psychiatric disorders: a new perspective.","authors":"Teng Gao, Zhe Wang, Serik Tabarak, Qingqing Yin, Lin Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144085596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facilitating efficient catalytic conversion of polysulfides in lithium-sulfur batteries via self-assembled hydrogen-bond-rich covalent organic frameworks.","authors":"Yang Shi, Shun Wang, Peiyu Cui, Jiacheng Ma, Xingxing Zhang, Zhuo Chen, Xuehan Hou, Xiao Li, Xilang Jin, Yanan Zhang, Yaoyu Wang, Wenhuan Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The widespread commercialization of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries is hindered by two critical challenges: sluggish redox kinetics and the detrimental polysulfide shuttle effect. In this study, we present a novel approach utilizing hydrogen-bond-rich covalent organic frameworks (TTP@PVDF50), synthesized through an in situ self-assembly process incorporating polymeric guest species. These covalent organic frameworks (COFs), when integrated into the separators of Li-S batteries, preserve their intrinsic porosity and crystallinity, while the abundant fluorine-rich sites and well-defined pore structures enhance lithium-ion (Li<sup>+</sup>) transport kinetics. The hydrogen-bond-rich nature of the COFs provides an effective strategy to mitigate the polysulfide shuttle, leveraging both spatial hindrance and strong polar interactions for enhanced adsorption. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations and in situ Raman spectroscopy reveal that the F∙∙∙OH hydrogen bonding network in the TTP@PVDF50 composite significantly accelerates Li<sup>+</sup> migration and catalyzes the conversion of LiPSs. The modified separator demonstrates a high discharge capacity of 1420.2 mAh g<sup>-1</sup> at 0.2 C (1 C=1675 mAh g<sup>-1</sup>), alongside remarkable anti-self-discharge performance with only 9.0% capacity loss. Notably, the Li-S battery with a high sulfur loading (4.59 mg cm<sup>-2</sup>) and a lean electrolyte (6 µL mg<sup>-1</sup>) retains over 83% of its capacity, underscoring the effectiveness of this strategy in advancing the performance and longevity of Li-S batteries.</p>","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144075266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science BulletinPub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.009
Guangxian Wang, Po Wang, Zexuan Zheng, Qingjun Zhang, Chenchen Xu, Xinyi Xu, Lingfei Jian, Zhanpeng Zhao, Gang Cai, Xuejuan Wang
{"title":"Molecular architecture and inhibition mechanism of human ATR-ATRIP.","authors":"Guangxian Wang, Po Wang, Zexuan Zheng, Qingjun Zhang, Chenchen Xu, Xinyi Xu, Lingfei Jian, Zhanpeng Zhao, Gang Cai, Xuejuan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ataxia telangiectasia-mutated and Rad3-related (ATR) kinase is a master regulator of DNA damage response and replication stress in humans. Targeting ATR is the focus of oncology drug pipelines with a number of potent, selective ATR inhibitors currently in clinical development. Here, we determined the cryo-EM structures of the human ATR-ATRIP complex in the presence of VE-822 and RP-3500, two ATR inhibitors currently in Phase II clinical trials, achieving an overall resolution of approximately 3 Å. These structures yield a near-complete atomic model of the ATR-ATRIP complex, revealing subunit stoichiometry, intramolecular and intermolecular interactions, and critical regulatory sites including an insertion in the PIKK regulatory domain (PRD). Structural comparison provides insights into the modes of action and selectivity of ATR inhibitors. The divergent binding modes near the solvent side and in the rear pocket area of VE-822 and RP-3500, particularly their disparate binding orientations, lead to varying conformational changes in the active site. Surprisingly, one ATR-ATRIP complex binds four VE-822 molecules, with two in the ATR active site and two at the ATR-ATR dimer interface. The binding and selectivity of RP-3500 depend on two bound water molecules, which may be further enhanced by the substitution of these bound waters. Our study provides a structural framework for understanding ATR regulation and holds promise for assisting future efforts in rational drug design targeting ATR.</p>","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144085595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Tibetan Plateau acts as a net greenhouse gas sink.","authors":"Tao Wang, Xinhui Ji, Jianjun Wei, Guanting Lyu, Jinfeng Chang, Xiaoyi Wang, Yilong Wang, Guoqing Zhang, Lijun Zuo, Yuanyi Gao, Shushi Peng, Xiangjun Tian, Xuhui Wang, Shilong Piao","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The greenhouse gas budget on the Tibetan Plateau remains unknown and the potential for methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) and nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) emissions from an intensifying livestock system and expanding surface water in offsetting terrestrial carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) sinks are both of great concerns and uncertainties, which compromise an accurate assessment of Tibetan Plateau contribution to China's ambitious climate goals by 2060s. Here we integrated greenhouse gas flux measurements at ∼500 sites in empirical modeling approaches, emissions from the livestock sector with process-based biogeochemistry modeling to estimate CH<sub>4</sub> and N<sub>2</sub>O fluxes across terrestrial ecosystems and inland waters in 2000s and 2010s. We found that emissions from livestock and inland waters, predominantly contributed by CH<sub>4</sub>, compensated ∼21% and ∼13% of carbon sinks provided by forests and grasslands after adjusting carbon burial in sediments and riverine carbon export, respectively. The Tibetan Plateau then acted as an appreciable greenhouse gas sink that almost compensated for its contemporary anthropogenic emissions, making it nearly climate-neutral. The enhancement of terrestrial CO<sub>2</sub> sinks in the 2060s under medium warming scenario would be counterbalanced by livestock CH<sub>4</sub> emissions when the current overgrazing status continues. By transitioning to a livestock-forage balance and implementing mitigation initiatives to reduce livestock emission intensity, the greenhouse gas sink is projected to increase by more than 1.5 times. We suggested that a transition towards sustainable pastoralism illuminates the path to minimizing ecosystem greenhouse gas emissions and amplifying the role of the Tibetan Plateau in fulfilling China's climate ambition.</p>","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144085597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science BulletinPub Date : 2025-05-02DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2025.04.061
Ming Gong, Peng-Lu Zhao, Hai-Zhou Lu, Qian Niu, X C Xie
{"title":"Emergence of nodal-knot transitions by disorder.","authors":"Ming Gong, Peng-Lu Zhao, Hai-Zhou Lu, Qian Niu, X C Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.04.061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.04.061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Under certain symmetries, degenerate points in three-dimensional metals form one-dimensional nodal lines. These nodal lines sometimes exhibit intricate knotted structures and have been studied in various contexts. As one of the most common physical perturbations, disorder effects often trigger novel quantum phase transitions. For nodal-knot phases, whether disorder can drive knot transitions remains an open and intriguing question. Employing renormalization-group calculations, we demonstrate that nodal-knot transitions emerge in the presence of weak disorder. Specifically, both chemical-potential-type and magnetic-type disorders can induce knot transitions, resulting in the emergence of distinct knot topologies. The transition can be quantitatively characterized by changes in topological invariants such as the knot Wilson loop integrals. Our findings open up a new avenue for manipulating the topology of nodal-knot phases through disorder effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144085594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}