Academia Sinica

Unlocking seed germination potential through storage in desert flora: implications for restoration

Seed banking is an important strategy for ex situ conservation. In deserts, it supports restoration where seed production is variable and unpredictable. Effective seed storage requires an understanding of seed maturation, germination ecology and storage behaviour. This study asse...

Block Copolymer-Stabilized Complex Emulsions for Flow-Injection Detection of Perfluorooctanoic Acid in Multiple-Well Flow Chips

Abstract Rapid, field-deployable screening methods are needed for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), particularly in high-load and non-potable water streams. Here, we report a responsive complex-emulsion platform in which acid-reactive block copolymers (BCPs) stabilize h...

Magneto-Electronically Coupled Quasiparticle Statesin Monolayered MoS2 Driven by the Proximity Effect of UltrathinSmFeO3

Abstract The magnetic proximity effect (MPE) of magnetic substrates provides an effective route to manipulate spin/valley-dependent quasiparticles in two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) without requiring large external magnetic fields. Herein, we demonstrate a...

Climate Justice in Sports: Quantifying the Thermally-Induced Competitive Inequality

This study examines the impact of thermal stress on competitive inequality in professional football. Using a labor productivity framework and a dataset of over 39,000 matches from the Big Five European leagues (France, England, Germany, Spain, and Italy) spanning 1996 to 2019, we...