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1335 papers reviewed by authors · 251–260 / 1335

🔬 physics

Life as Form: Biomimetic Transport Networks in Complementary Active Matter

This paper demonstrates that active oscillator ensembles governed by chiral symmetry breaking and complementary interactions self-organize into autonomous, biomimetic transport networks by exploiting internal dynamical frustration to achieve optimal routing and self-repair, thereby establishing a decentralized, autopoietic computational substrate rooted in weak ergodicity breaking.

Alessandro Scirè2026-09-01✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔭 astrophysics

Dust and PAHs in late-stage galaxy evolution: Imprints of TP-AGB dust injection, grain growth and AGN feedback in high-z quiescent galaxies with JWST and ALMA

This paper presents a semi-analytic model demonstrating that delayed dust injection from TP-AGB stars and ISM grain growth sustain diverse dust and PAH reservoirs in high-redshift quiescent galaxies for up to 2.5 Gyr after quenching, creating detectable signatures with JWST and ALMA that serve as independent probes of late-stage interstellar medium evolution rather than mere remnants of prior star formation.

D. Donevski, A. Nanni, K. E. Whitaker, A. W. S. Man, A. Faisst, A. Lapi, I. García-Bernette, M. Romano, T. Petrushevska (…)2026-08-31✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔬 physics

Towards Large-Scale Heterogeneous Data Organization for Scientific Foundation Models: A Nuclear Fusion Case Study

This paper characterizes the challenges of organizing massive, heterogeneous, and sparse nuclear fusion data for foundation model training, offering a scalable template for representing multi-modal fluctuation data to advance both scientific understanding and control systems.

Nathaniel Chen, Kouroche Bouchiat, Peter Steiner, Azarakhsh Jalalvand, SangKyeun Kim, Egemen Kolemen2026-08-31✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📄 earth science

Urban waste dominates microplastic pollution in Ethiopian irrigated farmlands: Evidence from FTIR spectroscopy, random forest classification, and farmer surveys

This study reveals that urban waste mismanagement, rather than industrial activity, is the primary source of widespread microplastic contamination in Ethiopian irrigated farmlands, highlighting an urgent need for improved municipal waste collection, stricter plastic bans, and farmer education to mitigate this emerging environmental threat.

Daniel Mulugeta, Yordanos Fekede, Hagos Tsegaye, Abebe Getachew2026-08-31✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
💻 computer science

Generalizing the LoD Transition Space for Continuous Multi-Scale Representation using Straight Skeletons

This paper proposes a generalized LoD Transition Space framework that utilizes straight-skeleton-based 3D volumes to enable continuous, topologically consistent multi-scale transformations between diverse geometric primitives (polygons, polylines, and points), thereby supporting smooth map generalization across arbitrary Levels of Detail.

Amin Gholami, Pawel Boguslawski, Martijn Meijers2026-08-31✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
💻 bioinformatics

MetaDome 2027: a comprehensively updated resource for aggregating missense variant evidence across homologous human protein domains

This paper presents MetaDome 2027, a comprehensively updated resource that aggregates missense variant evidence across homologous human protein domains with GRCh38 support, significantly expanding domain coverage and providing critical pathogenic evidence to reclassify variants of uncertain significance in clinical genetics.

Wiel, L., Ferraro, F., Yu, J., Zhen, J., Nachun, D., Mendez, R., Reuter, C. M., Cui, J. L., Bonner, D. E., Carter, J. N. (…)2026-08-31✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📄 agriculture

Evaluation of Tomato Juice-Supplemented Extender Formulations for Liquid Preservation of Red Sokoto Buck Semen

This study demonstrates that supplementing extender formulations with tomato juice, particularly in a combination with sodium citrate and egg yolk (TJSCEY), significantly enhances the short-term liquid preservation quality of Red Sokoto buck semen by maintaining high sperm viability and low mortality over 72 hours.

Shehu Sidi, Tanko Abubakar Sununu, Hadiza Lawal Jibril, Ekaete Ime Oviawe, Junaidu Yusuf, Asmau Abdulmalik Sa'ad, Aminu (…)2026-08-29✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
💻 computer science

Towards a Theory of Pragmatic Information

This paper introduces a quantitative definition of "pragmatic information" as the Kullback-Leibler divergence between prior and posterior probabilities of a decision-relevant variable, establishing it as a non-negative, additive measure analogous to free energy that bridges the gap between standard information theory and the actual meaning utilized in decision-making across diverse fields like finance, biology, and gambling.

Edward D. Weinberger2026-08-28✓ Author reviewed ⓘ