Page 2874, Acknowledgments, lines 1 and 2: "We thank the members of the University of Wisconsin genomics team for expert technical assistance" should read "We thank the members of the University of Wisconsin genomics team for expert technical assistance, especially Sean Phillips and Nicholas Hermersmann whose contributions were outstanding."
Ammonia oxidation to nitrite and its subsequent oxidation to nitrate provides energy to the two populations of nitrifying chemoautotrophs in the energy-starved dark ocean, driving a coupling between reduced inorganic nitrogen (N) pools and production of new organic carbon (C) in the dark ocean. However, the relationship between the flux of new C production and the fluxes of N of the two steps of oxidation remains unclear. Here, we show that, despite orders-of-magnitude difference in cell abundances between ammonia oxidizers and nitrite oxidizers, the two populations sustain similar bulk N-oxidation rates throughout the deep waters with similarly high affinities for ammonia and nitrite under increasing substrate limitation, thus maintaining overall homeostasis in the oceanic nitrification pathway. Our observations confirm the theoretical predictions of a redox-informed ecosystem model. Using balances from this model, we suggest that consistently low ammonia and nitrite concentrations are maintained when the two populations have similarly high substrate affinities and their loss rates are proportional to their maximum growth rates. The stoichiometric relations between the fluxes of C and N indicate a threefold to fourfold higher C-fixation efficiency per mole of N oxidized by ammonia oxidizers compared to nitrite oxidizers due to nearly identical apparent energetic requirements for C fixation of the two populations. We estimate that the rate of chemoautotrophic C fixation amounts to ∼1 × 1013to ∼2 × 1013mol of C per year globally through the flux of ∼1 × 1014to ∼2 × 1014mol of N per year of the two steps of oxidation throughout the dark ocean.
Developing microwave absorption (MA) materials with ultrahigh efficiency and facile preparation method remains a challenge. Herein, a superior 1D@2D@1D hierarchical structure integrated with multi‐heterointerfaces via self‐assembly and an autocatalytic pyrolysis is designed to fully unlock the microwave attenuation potential of materials, realizing ultra‐efficient MA performance. By precisely regulating the morphology of the metal organic framework precursor toward improved impedance matching and intelligently integrating multi‐heterointerfaces to boosted dielectric polarization, the specific return loss value of composites can be effectively tuned and optimized to −1002 dB at a very thin thickness of 1.8 mm. These encouraging achievements shed fresh insights into the precise design of ultra‐efficient MA materials.
Although organic phase change materials can reversibly store and release latent heat during their phase change processes, their weak solar-thermal conversion ability, low thermal conduction, and poor structural stability seriously...
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