Author-Reviewed Papers

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1365 papers reviewed by authors · 1281–1290 / 1365

🧬 genomics

Transposable element-host genome evolutionary arms race revealed by multi-modal epigenomic profiling in a telomere-to-telomere human genome reference

By leveraging multi-modal epigenomic profiling across a telomere-to-telomere human genome reference, this study reveals that transposable elements, particularly SVA and specific Alu and LTR subfamilies, engage in an evolutionary arms race with host defense systems primarily by escaping H3K9me3-mediated heterochromatinization and progressively invading CTCF-rich regulatory regions to drive genomic innovation.

Nikitin, D.2026-03-23✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

📄 plant biology

Cytosolic MAPK signaling gates chloroplast protein import and photosynthetic capacity

This study reveals that cytosolic MAPK signaling regulates chloroplast protein import and photosynthetic capacity by modulating the phosphorylation of the Rubisco small subunit transit peptide through the MPK3-mediated inhibition of the Raf-like kinase ACTPK1.

Jonwal, S., Rengasamy, B., Banerjee, G., Bansal, M., Mohit, M., Sharma, P., Sinha, A. K.2026-03-23✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

🔭 astrophysics

The MOND Depth Index and Dynamical Maturity Clock: Toward a Universal Classification of Galaxies and Star Clusters

This paper proposes a unified classification scheme for stellar systems based on the MOND depth index and dynamical maturity/collisionality metrics, revealing that the observed mass discrepancy is strictly confined to systems that are both in the deep-MOND acceleration regime and dynamically collisionless, while high-acceleration, collisional systems like globular clusters exhibit no such discrepancy.

Robin Eappen, Pavel Kroupa2026-03-20✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

🔭 astrophysics

The structure and evolution of the Galactic high- $α$ disc I. Chemical and age orbital cartography

Using LAMOST–Gaia data, this study reveals that the Galactic high- $\alpha$ disc retains a structured fossil record of its early formation through coherent chemical and age gradients in orbital space, supporting a formation scenario dominated by inside-out and upside-down growth despite subsequent merger events.

Furkan Akbaba, Danny Horta, Olcay Plevne2026-03-20✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

📄 cancer biology

Fibrinogen-Drug Nanoparticles Eradicate Pancreatic and Triple-Negative Breast Cancers in Mice

Researchers developed fibrinogen-drug nanoparticles that exploit the clotting cascade to form sustained intratumoral drug depots, successfully eradicating advanced triple-negative breast and pancreatic cancers in mice through a single, brief treatment.

Razavi, R., O'Connor, M., Hainfeld, J. F.2026-03-20✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

🛠️ software engineering

Orchestrating Human-AI Software Delivery: A Retrospective Longitudinal Field Study of Three Software Modernization Programs

This retrospective longitudinal field study of three industrial software modernization programs demonstrates that embedding AI agents within an orchestrated human-AI workflow across the entire delivery lifecycle yields significantly greater improvements in speed, quality, and efficiency compared to using AI as an isolated coding assistant.

Maximiliano Armesto, Christophe Kolb2026-03-20✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

🔬 physics

In situ U Pb chronology and chemistry of zirconolite in the andesitic meteorite Erg Chech 002

This study reports the discovery of the Solar System's oldest known zirconolite in the andesitic meteorite Erg Chech 002, dating a shock metamorphism event at 4557.9 Ma and suggesting that previous high-precision ages for the meteorite may have been skewed by the inclusion of metamorphic zirconolite in acid-leached samples.

Jun Sakuma, Hisashi Asanuma, Naoto Takahata, Akira Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Iizuka2026-03-19✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

⚛️ high-energy theory

Inflationary branch decoherence and the cosmological arrow of time

This paper demonstrates that the emergence of a robust cosmological arrow of time, distinguishing expanding from contracting histories, arises not merely from inflationary squeezing or boundary conditions but from environment-induced decoherence of superhorizon curvature modes, which irreversibly suppresses interference between macroscopically distinct branches within approximately 0.5 e-folds.

Ali Nayeri2026-03-19✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

🔬 physics

Friendship paradox disappears under degree biased network sampling

This paper demonstrates that degree-biased sampling in undirected graphs eliminates the friendship paradox by ensuring the expected degree of sampled vertices equals the expected degree of their neighbors, a condition equivalent to the stationary state of a random walk or the conservation of total flow.

Wojciech Roga2026-03-18✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

📊 epidemiology

SEVA: An externally driven framework for reproducing COVID-19 mortality waves without transmission feedback

The paper introduces the SEVA framework, an externally driven model that successfully reproduces the temporal structure of early COVID-19 mortality waves across multiple regions using a single parameter for population-level exposure, thereby offering a parsimonious alternative to traditional transmission-based models by decoupling epidemic dynamics from infection feedback.

Varming, K.2026-03-18✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

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