Vegetation cover change as a growing driver of global leaf area index dynamics
DatasetsVegetation cover data The Vegetation Continuous Fields version 1 product (VCF5KYR) was adopted to provide global fine-scale fractional…
Why we still don’t understand the Universe — even after a century of dispute
Discordance: The Troubled History of the Hubble Constant Jim Baggott Oxford Univ. Press (2025) Ever since the publication…
Improved distance and energy aware link stability protocol for internet of medical things
In this section, we discuss the performance of the IDEALS, which is designed for IoMT applications. The simulation…
Local microwave sensing of excitons and their electrical environment
Local optoelectronic detection of discrete exciton Rydberg states We first introduce the ER-MIM technique that enables us to…
Distinct mechanochromic and piezochromic behaviors of thermally activated delayed fluorescence 4CzTPN crystal
Zhang, X., Chi, Z., Zhang, Y., Liu, S. & Xu, J. Recent advances in mechanochromic luminescent metal complexes.…
Factors influencing employment and absenteeism in working age people with multiple sclerosis
Study design and participants After local ethical approval, a convenience sample of 119 pwMS, 65 women and 54…
Monopole-mediated light control of half skyrmion topology in nematic liquid crystals
Creation of topological monopole-antimonopole pairs in half skyrmions Topological defects, which are a necessary result of broken continuous…
An enhanced instantaneous detonation model for underwater explosions involving condensed explosives
Underwater explosion (UNDEX) has found applications in diverse research fields, including underwater mineral mining, waterway and port excavation,…
Piezo1 regulates the mechanotransduction of soft matrix viscoelasticity
Cell response to matrix viscoelasticity is stiffness- and Piezo1-dependent Two different hydrogel pairs were synthesised by mixing different…
Optically-biased Rydberg microwave receiver enabled by hybrid nonlinear interferometry
Comparison between superhet and optical-bias MW detection setupsConventional Rydberg superhet Let us start by recalling the standard atomic…
Mysterious ‘little red dots’ are baffling astronomers. What are they?
An artist’s impression of a black hole star, the explanation favoured by many astronomers for the little red…
Sperm sequencing reveals extensive positive selection in the male germline
Ethics This study was carried out under TwinsUK BioBank ethics, approved by the North West–Liverpool Central Research Ethics…