Nature China highlights the best research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong, providing scientists from around the world with a convenient portal into publications drawn from across all scientific disciplines. Each week, our editors select the best published research and provide a summary of the results.
Cell biology: A new role for G protein
A G-protein subunit regulates mitochondrial fusion through its interaction with mitofusin 1
Pharmacology: Brain protection
A new drug prevents brain damage from stroke with few side effects
Catalytic materials: All that glitters is not gold
Researchers in Xiamen have developed a method for producing freestanding, ultrathin palladium films
Catalytic materials: Works in water
Functionalizing graphene with sulphonic acid groups makes for an efficient, water-tolerant acid catalyst
Photonics: A complete makeover
Oxygen plasma etching alters the optical properties of a colloidal photonic crystal by changing its lattice symmetry while retaining its
ordered crystalline structure
Neuroimaging: Mind the details
Micro-optical sectioning tomography reveals the brain's microscopic features, including axons and dendrites
Acoustics: A one-way street
Researcher in Nanjing have built an acoustic rectifier using glass and water
