What’s the cap on human energy expenditure? Elite athletes reveal ‘metabolic ceiling’
Ultra-runners face a limit on how much energy they can expend.Credit: Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP via Getty The human body…
Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-I) may be associated with nuclear testing and reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena
This study provided a preliminary test of hypothesized associations between short-lived star-like transients identified in POSS-I sky survey…
Why simply ending animal testing isn’t the answer in biomedical research
A polarized debate in biomedical research is pitting those who favour ‘traditional animal models’ — meaning living non-human…
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…