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The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows

Cetaceans as Potentially Useful Animal Models for Human Central Nervous System Disorders

Stranded cetaceans provide a unique opportunity for gaining insight into their increasingly threatened health and conservation. Within this framework, cetaceans could also serve as potentially useful animal models for human central nervous system (CNS) diseases (Di Guardo, 2023).

Giovanni Di Guardo

Aug 23, 2023

Real-time finger motion recognition using skin-conformable electronics

Nature Electronics

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Real-time finger motion recognition using skin-conformable electronics

INHO LEE and 4 others

Aug 23, 2023

Nature Communications

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Either long-term grazing or long-term exclosure is not good grassland management strategy

Long-term grazing can disrupt the associations between plant biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality, while long-term exclosures may disrupt the associations between soil biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality, thus either is not good grassland management strategy.

Minna Zhang

Aug 23, 2023

Quantifying the interplay between levee construction and urban expansion within the floodplains

Nature Sustainability

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Quantifying the interplay between levee construction and urban expansion within the floodplains

Meng Ding and 1 other

Aug 23, 2023

Knowledge-based mechanistic modeling accurately predicts disease progression with gefitinib in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma

npj Systems Biology and Applications

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Knowledge-based mechanistic modeling accurately predicts disease progression with gefitinib in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma

Claudio Monteiro and 1 other

Aug 22, 2023

npj Vaccines

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Full-length MSP1 as a malaria vaccine: is there hope?

Successful immunisation studies in monkeys based on MSP1 involved the use of the full-length protein as a malaria vaccine. However, unsuccessful human trials only tested MSP1 subunits. We explore the potential of SumayaVac-1 to broadly stimulate immune mechanisms associated with protection.

Richard Thomson Luque

Aug 22, 2023

Nature Sustainability

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Photocatalytically reactive surfaces for simultaneous water harvesting and treatment

We demonstrate a rationally designed system that can capture fog at high efficiency while degrading organic pollutants simultaneously.

Ritwick Ghosh

Aug 22, 2023

Nature Communications

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Unraveling the Evolutionary History of Snake Toxins

Organisms poison each other for various reasons, making toxins a core component of the chemical ecology of many species. Some of these poisonous critters, including snakes, have a significant impact on human populations. Venture into the captivating world of snake toxins with us!

Ivan Koludarov and 2 others

Aug 22, 2023

Communications Chemistry

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Chromophore carbonyl twisting in fluorescent biosensors encodes direct readout of protein conformations with multicolor switching

Understanding the conformational coupling mechanism between a protein and a conjugated fluorophore enables structure-based biosensor design

Homme Hellinga and 1 other

Aug 21, 2023

npj Precision Oncology

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Behind the Paper: “Molecular Disparities in Colorectal Cancers of White Americans, Alabama African Americans, and Oklahoma American Indians”

Hiroshi Y. Yamada, Upender Manne, Chinthalapally V. Rao

Hiroshi Y. Yamada

Aug 21, 2023

From Signal to Surge: How TNFα/TNFR2 Axis Supercharges NK Cell Activity

Cellular & Molecular Immunology

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From Signal to Surge: How TNFα/TNFR2 Axis Supercharges NK Cell Activity

Bryan Marr and 2 others

Aug 21, 2023

Nature Communications

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Diving into connections between the gut microbiota and host lipids

Correlations hint at connections between host traits and groups of bacteria from the gut microbiota, but the underlying mechanisms are often hard to figure out. We explored the biology of understudied gut bacteria from the genus Turicibacter and identified one way they are linked to host lipids.

Jonathan Lynch

Aug 21, 2023

Phase I/II trial of a peptide-based COVID-19 T-cell activator in patients with B-cell deficiency

Nature Communications

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Phase I/II trial of a peptide-based COVID-19 T-cell activator in patients with B-cell deficiency

Maddalena Marconato

Aug 21, 2023

Beauty of halide perovskite polymorphs

Nature Energy

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Beauty of halide perovskite polymorphs

Dr. Sawanta S. Mali

Aug 21, 2023

Predictive modeling for identifying bacterial bioindicators

Communications Biology

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Predictive modeling for identifying bacterial bioindicators

Laurent Fontaine

Aug 21, 2023

What happens when a quantum emitter gets too close to a magnet?

Nature Materials

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What happens when a quantum emitter gets too close to a magnet?

Han Htoon and 2 others

Aug 21, 2023

Communications Engineering

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Fully printed Robotic Gripper with human cognitive adaptability to revolutionize households

To expand robotic applications in household tasks, a lightweight 3D printed, cognitive robotic gripper (COGBOT) with decision-making capabilities was developed employing graphene ink printed capacitive multi-sensor array (CAPSENSAR) which bestows human cognitive perspective to the COGOT.

Dr. Tania Mukherjee

Aug 21, 2023

Nature Communications

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Continuous blood pressure monitoring using a real wearable system

Jian Li

Aug 21, 2023

Nature Electronics

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Unveiling Security Risks in 6G: Exploring Vulnerabilities in Future Wireless Networks

Lianlin Li

Aug 20, 2023

Deciphering the 'due date' - predicting pregnancy duration using physiological data from wearables

npj Digital Medicine

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Deciphering the 'due date' - predicting pregnancy duration using physiological data from wearables

Elise Erickson

Aug 19, 2023

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