Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Comparative analysis of smart city scientific research trends in the USA and China
Our study, published in Nature Cities, compares U.S. and China smart city research trends using funded proposals and LLM-based analysis. Findings reveal shared priorities in sustainability and equity, but also national divides, highlighting the need for global collaboration.
It is time for a global ban of declaw in cats
I graduated as a veterinarian in Lyon, France, in 1992 — the very year the European Union banned declawing cats. When I later arrived in North America to specialize in anesthesia and pain management, I was shocked to see how common this procedure still was. I had never even learned how to do it.
Alcohol Blocks Gut Immune Gatekeepers, Compromising Defense Against Bacteria in ALD
mAChR4 -regulated goblet cell–associated antigen passages (GAPs) train gut immune cells, acting as sentinels, maintaining antimicrobial defense in the gut-liver axis, and positioning mAChR4 agonism and GAP formation as a therapeutic checkpoint for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD).
RNA structure beyond canonical base pairs guided by evolution
This is a novel method that integrates the prediction of RNA secondary structure with that of RNA 3D motifs. RNA 3D motifs steer the assembly of canonical helices into a 3D structure. Fully integrated prediction of 3D motifs together with base pairs is a vital step toward inferring RNA 3D structure.
