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Jan 31, 2025 | 
nature.com | Wei Qing Wang |Yue Peng |Yunqiang Liu |Yanan She
Stimulating green technology innovation in agricultural enterprises through appropriate environmental policies is of great significance for achieving green agricultural development. Based on the data of listed agribusinesses from 2007 to 2020, this paper analyzes the incentive effects of traditional environmental regulatory tools, carbon trading, and policy synergies using the SDM-SDID model. It was found that: (1) Although both traditional environmental regulatory tools and carbon trading provide incentive effects, the former tends to exhibit more pronounced direct effects, making it more suitable for adoption by local governments, while the latter demonstrates stronger spatial spillover effects, making it more appropriate for application in a national market context. (2) Command-and-control environmental regulatory instruments and carbon trading are complementary policy mixes, and other environmental policy mixes are to be used as appropriate in the context of the actual situation. (3) The incentive effects of environmental policies are more significant in eastern regions, non-heavily polluting, and state-owned agribusinesses, but not in the basic agricultural sector. Based on the above research, this paper reveals the differentiated effects of different types of environmental policies and policy combinations on the green technology innovation of agribusinesses. This contributes to the deepening of research on environmental policy selection and provides theoretical support and practical references for precise policy implementation and collaborative governance.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
nature.com | Yuan-Guo Xie |Yang Ruan |Wei Qing Wang |Duu-Jong Lee |Donald E. Canfield |Brian Hedlund | +2 more
AbstractHeterotrophic denitrifiers play crucial roles in global carbon and nitrogen cycling. However, their inability to oxidize sulfide renders them vulnerable to this toxic molecule, which inhibits the key enzymatic reaction responsible for reducing nitrous oxide (N2O), thereby raising greenhouse gas emissions.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
opg.optica.org | Rongquan Chen |Wei Qing Wang |Ming Chen |Yuqing Song
This paper presents, to our knowledge, a novel micro-ring wavelength selective switchdevice based on a contra-directional coupler (contra-DC), whichutilizes the transparent window formed by the contra-DC to select thesingle resonant wavelength of the micro-ring resonator, avoiding thelimitation of free spectral range and realizing the function ofwavelength selection/switching.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
nature.com | Weiqi Hong |Aqu Alu |Zimin Chen |Hongbo Hu |Haohao Dong |Jian Lei | +8 more
AbstractThe mucosal immune response plays a crucial role in the prevention of respiratory viruses. Given the risk of recurrent SARS-CoV-2 infections in the population, the rapid development of next-generation intranasal COVID-19 vaccines with high safety and efficacy is paramount. In the current study, we developed a protein-based intranasal vaccine comprising the XBB.1.5 receptor binding domain (RBD)-derived trimeric recombinant protein (RBDXBB.1.5-HR) and an MF59-like oil-in-water adjuvant.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
nature.com | Tanya J. Major |Riku Takei |Yuya Shirai |Wei Qing Wang |Murray Cadzow |Amanda Phipps-Green | +35 more
Correction to: Nature Genetics https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-01921-5. Published online 15 October 2024. In the version of the article originally published, there were errors in the consortium lists at the end of the paper. Maureen Rischmueller, Hyon K. Choi, Masahiro Nakatochi, Jeff N. Miner, Daniel H. Solomon, Kathleen M. Giacomini and Deanna J. Brackman were erroneously listed as members of the Japan Gout Genomics Consortium.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
nature.com | Laura Spector |Wei Qing Wang |Pietro Sormanni |Monica L. Fernández-Quintero |Andrew Ward |Charlotte M. Deane | +7 more
Science is frequently subject to the Gartner hype cycle1: emergent technologies spark intense initial enthusiasm with the recruitment of dedicated scientists. As limitations are recognized, disillusionment often sets in; some scientists turn away, disappointed in the inability of the new technology to deliver on initial promise, while others persevere and further develop the technology.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
opg.optica.org | Wei Qing Wang |Ming Chen |Yuqing Song |Rongquan Chen
The current research on metasurfaces is mostly focused on its ability to manipulate electromagnetic waves in space, which requires a large number of subwavelength structures to control, thus making it difficult to avoid the problem of large device size. However, it also has great development potential in the conversion of space light to guided waves.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
nature.com | Tanya J. Major |Riku Takei |Yuya Shirai |Wei Qing Wang |Murray Cadzow |Amanda Phipps-Green | +35 more
AbstractGout is a chronic disease that is caused by an innate immune response to deposited monosodium urate crystals in the setting of hyperuricemia. Here, we provide insights into the molecular mechanism of the poorly understood inflammatory component of gout from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 2.6 million people, including 120,295 people with prevalent gout. We detected 377 loci and 410 genetically independent signals (149 previously unreported loci in urate and gout).
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
nature.com | Ting Hu |Hong Zheng |Yi-Lin Wu |Yi-Ming Wang |Wei Qing Wang |Chen-Wei Huang | +4 more
Depression is a significant mental health issue with extensive economic implications, and recent studies suggest it may be transmitted between individuals. However, the mechanisms of this contagion remain unclear, and the social buffering effect has been understudied. This research employs three rodent models, including stress crossover, cohabitation-induced, and non-contact induced depression contagion models, to explore these mechanisms. Here, we report that that naive mice cohabiting with depressed mice showed increased corticosterone levels and depressive behaviors, unlike those with stressed mice, who did not exhibit these changes and even mitigated desperation in stressed mice. Non-contact cohabitation did not produce significant behavioral differences, but exposure to bedding from depressed mice reduced sucrose preference in naive mice. This study introduces reliable models of depression contagion, suggesting it operates independently of stress transmission. The interplay between depression contagion and social buffering may vary in different contexts. These findings provide new insights into the mechanisms of depression contagion and potential strategies for preventing depressive disorders.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
nature.com | Wei Qing Wang
AbstractKindlin-2, an adapter protein, is dysregulated in various human cancers, including triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), where it drives tumor progression and metastasis by influencing several cancer hallmarks. One well-established role of Kindlin-2 involves the regulation of integrin signaling, achieved by directly binding to the cytoplasmic tail of the integrin β subunit.
