Yunxia Xu

Aug 21, 2024 | science.org | Manasa VL Chanduri |Exequiel Ezcurra |Yunxia Xu |Bo Xu

AbstractThe sources of fluids and metals in porphyry systems of continental-collision settings are poorly constrained. Mercury isotopes display unique mass-independent fractionation (expressed as Δ199Hg) and may provide important constraints on metal and volatile sources given that Hg is a highly volatile metal. Here, we report Hg isotope data on ore-forming porphyries, barren magmatic rocks, and mantle-derived mafic magmas from southern Tibet.

Aug 21, 2024 | science.org | Manasa VL Chanduri |Exequiel Ezcurra |Yunxia Xu |Deqiang Ma

AbstractUnderstanding the extent to which people and wildlife overlap in space and time is critical for the conservation of biodiversity and ecological services. Yet, how global change will reshape the future of human-wildlife overlap has not been assessed. We show that the potential spatial overlap of global human populations and 22,374 terrestrial vertebrate species will increase across ~56.6% and decrease across only ~11.8% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface by 2070.

Aug 21, 2024 | science.org | Manasa VL Chanduri |Exequiel Ezcurra |Yunxia Xu |Neha Ghosh

AbstractThe Drosophila corneal lens is entirely composed of chitin and other apical extracellular matrix components, and it is not known how it acquires the biconvex shape that enables it to focus light onto the retina. We show here that the zona pellucida domain–containing protein Dusky-like is essential for normal corneal lens morphogenesis.

Aug 21, 2024 | science.org | Manasa VL Chanduri |Exequiel Ezcurra |Yunxia Xu |Chen Xu

AbstractFlexible tactile sensors play important roles in many areas, like human-machine interface, robotic manipulation, and biomedicine. However, their flexible form factor poses challenges in their integration with wafer-based devices, commercial chips, or circuit boards.