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  • The semiconducting ABC configuration of trilayer graphene is more challenging to grow on large scales than its semimetallic ABA counterpart. Here, an approach to trilayer growth via chemical vapor deposition is presented that utilizes substrate curvature to yield enhanced fraction and size of ABC domains.

    • Zhaoli Gao
    • Sheng Wang
    • A. T. Charlie Johnson
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 11, P: 1-10

  • mTORC1 regulates beta cell survival, function and adaptation to physiologic and pathological stimuli. Here Niet al. demonstrate that that deficiency of Raptor, a component of mTORC1 complex, impairs insulin secretion and glucose tolerance in mice by affecting maturation of beta cells during the postnatal period.

    • Qicheng Ni
    • Yanyun Gu
    • Qidi Wang
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 8, P: 1-13

  • During the progression of type 2 diabetes, insulin-producing β-cells can lose their identity and become reprogrammed into other cell types. Here the authors show that murine diabetic β-cells require the protein Raptor for maintaining β-cell health and preventing them from turning into α-cells, independent of Raptor’s involvement in regulating blood sugar levels.

    • Qinglei Yin
    • Qicheng Ni
    • Guang Ning
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 11, P: 1-16

  • Hydrogels are useful structural materials due to their viscoelasticity, which provides supportive and dissipative properties. Here, a dialysis–casting method was used to fabricate alginate hydrogels, using poloxamer 407 as a porogen, with tunable porosity topologies and high damping properties.

    • Graham J. Day
    • Qicheng Zhang
    • Fabrizio Scarpa
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Materials
    Volume: 6, P: 1-10