554 research outputs found
Specific genetic modifications of domestic animals by gene targeting and animal cloning
The technology of gene targeting through homologous recombination has been extremely useful for elucidating gene functions in mice. The application of this technology was thought impossible in the large livestock species until the successful creation of the first mammalian clone "Dolly" the sheep. The combination of the technologies for gene targeting of somatic cells with those of animal cloning made it possible to introduce specific genetic mutations into domestic animals. In this review, the principles of gene targeting in somatic cells and the challenges of nuclear transfer using gene-targeted cells are discussed. The relevance of gene targeting in domestic animals for applications in bio-medicine and agriculture are also examined
Experimental implementation of high-fidelity unconventional geometric quantum gates using NMR interferometer
Following a key idea of unconventional geometric quantum computation
developed earlier [Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 197902 (2003)], here we propose a more
general scheme in such an intriguing way: , where and are respectively the dynamic and
geometric phases accumulated in the quantum gate operation, with as a
constant and being dependent only on the geometric feature of the
operation. More arrestingly, we demonstrate the first experiment to implement a
universal set of such kind of generalized unconventional geometric quantum
gates with high fidelity in an NMR system.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Nonplanar Chiral Metamaterials with Negative Index
We demonstrate experimentally and numerically that nonplanar chiral
metamaterials give giant optical activity, circular dichroism, and negative
refractive index. The transmission, reflection, and the retrieval results of
the experiments agree pretty well with the simulations. This is an important
step toward the design and fabrication of three-dimensional isotropic chiral
metamaterials.Comment: 3 pages 4 figure
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