Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
What I Learned When I Stopped Studying College Students
Many psychology studies use college student samples or crowdwork websites like Amazon's MTurk, but is it wise to build psychological theory on this small slice of humanity?
Inducing pyrrole rearrangements for chromophore studies
Artificial photoswitches can be used to modulate materials at the molecular level. To further study the photophysical properties of donor-acceptor Stenhouse adduct (DASA) photoswitches, we unlocked the final static DASA structural compartment with unprecedented pyrrole reactivity.
Turning organic wastes into carbon dots by light
Organic waste materials, such as plastics and other long-chain hydrocarbons, are difficult to break down due to stable carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds. We discovered a new way to unlock the potential of these organic compounds by converting them into luminescent carbon dots using light and 2D materials.
Repurposing a Simplified Diagnostic Tool to Increase Screening for HBV and HCV in Resource-limited Settings
What if we could use already existing tools or approaches in other diseases to help reduce the current burden of viral hepatitis?
Predicting Plastron Thermodynamic Stability for Underwater Superhydrophobicity
Non-wettable surfaces can mitigate the adverse effects of wetting-related phenomena. However, current achievements fall short of meeting industrial requirements because traditional goniometry does not provide meaningful information on the wetting regime or plastron stability underwater.
Tepotinib in Asian patients with METex14 skipping NSCLC
VISION, the largest study of a MET inhibitor for rare NSCLC with METex14 skipping mutations, shows tepotinib's efficacy and safety in Asian patients align with overall results. It provides the first health-related quality of life assessment for this group, supporting once-daily tepotinib treatment.
