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Multifractal signatures of AI, animal, nature, cave, and human art

This study employs multifractal analysis to quantitatively compare the texture complexity of 142 images across six categories, revealing that AI-generated art exhibits the widest spectral range, animal paintings mirror natural photographs with notable individual variation, cave art demonstrates high spatial uniformity with regional differences, and human paintings show strong textural consistency driven by extreme figure-ground contrasts, thereby offering a novel metric for investigating attention and intentionality across species, technologies, and time.

Marius Bodea2026-08-11
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Diversity, Host-Feeding Patterns, and Oropouche Virus Surveillance in Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Western Brazilian Amazon

This study characterizes the high diversity and host-feeding patterns of *Culicoides* midges in Rondônia, Brazil, revealing greater species richness in forest fragments compared to peridomiciliary areas and the presence of anthropophilic vectors, though no Oropouche virus RNA was detected in the sampled populations.

Gabriel Rodrigues, Emanuelle de Sousa Farias, Jordam William Pereira Silva, Nadson Willian Felipe Gasparelo, Isis Marinh (…)2026-08-11
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Phytochemical Composition, Antioxidant Capacity, and Antibacterial properties of Balanites Aegyptiaca Leaves (Desert Date) from Bor Town, Jonglei State, South Sudan

This study demonstrates that the aqueous-ethanolic leaf extract of *Balanites aegyptiaca* from Bor Town, South Sudan, is rich in phenolic and flavonoid compounds, exhibiting significant concentration-dependent antioxidant and broad-spectrum antibacterial activities against key pathogens, thereby supporting its potential as a natural source for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.

Garang Mabior Juarwel, Emmanuel T. Issangya, Fauzi A. Nassor, David G. Madit, Debora C. Kajeguka, Godfrey Temba, Sixbert (…)2026-08-11
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Insight into pollen morphology in the taxonomy and biogeography of Beslerieae Bartl. (Gesneriaceae)

This study demonstrates that while pollen morphology provides valuable characters for delimiting species within the Brazilian genera *Anetanthus*, *Besleria*, and *Tylopsacas* of the tribe Beslerieae, it lacks the resolution to distinguish between these genera or correlate with their geographic distribution.

Talita Kely Bellonzi, Gabriel Emiliano Ferreira, Cintia Neves Souza, Alain Chautems, John L. Clark, Mathieu Perret, Edua (…)2026-08-11
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Phylosymbiosis with limited functional divergence in bee gut microbiota

This study demonstrates that strong phylosymbiosis in bee gut microbiomes arises from host filtering of environmental microbial pools rather than strict vertical transmission or sociality, resulting in taxonomically distinct but functionally conserved communities across diverse bee lineages.

Alexander Keller, Andrea Pinos, Frederico Ronchetii, Antionia Mayr, Fabienne Maihoff, Shao Chui, Gemma Villagomez, Pedro (…)2026-08-11
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A native-state chemical atlas of the aging osteochondral interface

This study introduces Panoramic Biomolecular Imaging in Pristine Samples (PBI-PS), a label-free Raman-based technique that reveals how aging in the osteochondral interface is driven by a spatially coupled chemical program of metabolic, structural, and inflammatory changes rather than independent tissue degeneration.

Wenguo Cui, Jie Chen, Baikun Liu, Jiawei Chen, Ke Yang, Huitong Ruan, Yuchen Liu, Lu Luo, Xiaoyu Zhao2026-08-11
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Consolidation effect of Sanxingdui relic ancient ivory by biomineralization with Sporosarcina pasteurii and Bacillus subtilis, and metatranscriptomic analysis

This study demonstrates that a composite microbial induced calcite precipitation (MICP) technology utilizing *Sporosarcina pasteurii* and *Bacillus subtilis* effectively consolidates deteriorated Sanxingdui waterlogged ivory by significantly enhancing its mechanical strength and reducing porosity, while metatranscriptomic analysis reveals that the process upregulates key enzyme genes while suppressing general metabolic pathways.

Yijun Zou, Zhenbin Xie, Luman jiang, Biao Jiang, Zhijun Zhao2026-08-11