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438 papers reviewed by authors · 341–350 / 438
This study demonstrates that surplus Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) samples remain stable for up to 14 days and yield bacterial 16S rRNA sequencing results comparable to standard whole-stool samples, validating their use for large-scale, low-cost gut microbiota research.
This paper demonstrates that loop-level corrections to the leptonic decays of the , , and Higgs bosons provide stronger exclusion limits on heavy, flavor-specific leptophilic gauge bosons than current direct search constraints, offering a complementary probe for new physics at the TeV scale and beyond.
This study numerically demonstrates that the evolution of land vegetation was a critical factor in preventing subsequent Snowball Earth episodes by lowering continental albedo, thereby making global glaciation unlikely under current solar luminosity and CO2 levels even with equatorial continents, whereas the bare, high-albedo Rodinia supercontinent combined with lower solar output could trigger Snowball states at significantly higher CO2 concentrations.
The paper introduces LEMMA, a lightweight semantic segmentation model that utilizes Laplacian pyramids to enhance edge recognition and drastically reduce computational costs while achieving state-of-the-art performance in marine remote sensing applications.
This study reveals that in plants, the transcription elongation factor SPT6L recruits AGO4 via its AGO-hook domain to guide sRNA-directed mRNA cytosine methylation, a process essential for preventing RNA polymerase II stalling and ensuring proper transcription termination.
This study introduces a physical framework based on the dimensionless parameter to classify exoplanet thermal environments by comparing stellar irradiation and tidal heating, revealing that while stellar flux dominates most systems, a significant fraction of the analyzed population is primarily heated by tidal forces driven by semi-major axis and eccentricity.
This paper demonstrates the viability of a compact, refractive Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) system utilizing novel multi-actuator Deformable Lenses to triple the corrected field-of-view and improve fiber coupling efficiency for wide-field astronomical imaging and free-space optical communications.
This paper analyzes over 66,000 magnitude measurements of the cataclysmic variable SS Cygni to identify quasi-periodic oscillations, predominantly occurring during quiescent phases, with the most frequent periods being approximately 30 minutes.
The paper introduces AI-Supervisor, a multi-agent framework that replaces stateless research pipelines with a persistent, self-correcting Research World Model to autonomously supervise the entire AI research lifecycle—from literature review and structured gap discovery to method development and paper writing—through consensus-driven validation and iterative refinement.
Using the first spatially resolved integral field spectroscopic dataset of the Lagoon Nebula (M 8) from the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper, this study constructs the first map of the oxygen abundance discrepancy factor (ADF) in an H II region, revealing a global mean ADF of ~0.47 dex and radial variations that provide new constraints on the origin of this long-standing astrophysical problem.