Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Interfacial Dynamic Oxygen Exchange Preserves C─O Bonds for Selective CO 2 ‐to‐Ethanol Electrosynthesis

ABSTRACT Intermediate‐valence copper (Cu + ) is essential for preserving C─O bonds during the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to ethanol, yet its progressive over‐reduction to Cu 0 under operating potentials inevitably dictates C─O bond cleavage and shifts selectivity toward et...

Highly Tunable Schottky Barrier to 2D Semiconductors Enabled by an Inorganic‐Molecular‐Crystal Tunneling Layer

ABSTRACT Effective tuning of the Schottky barrier, which determines charge transport across the metal‐semiconductor interface, is essential for optimizing the performance of electronics and optoelectronic devices. However, interfacial disorders and orbital overlap between metals...

TPMS-based hierarchically infilled metamaterials via stress-guided strategy for exceptional thermo-mechanical synergy

Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) lattice metamaterials, featuring lightweight characteristics, high load-bearing efficiency, and tailorable heat-transfer responses, show great potential for aerospace structures and thermal management systems. A single topology rarely optimi...

Wings with Stiffness and Stroke Variations Enabling Efficient Flight and Swimming for Flapping-Wing Robots

Abstract Flapping-wing propulsion demonstrates high efficiency and maneuverability, commonly observed in natural species for either aerial flight or aquatic swimming. To chase prey and evade predators, biological flapping wings are specialized for a single medium, posing signific...

Efficacy and safety of PD-L1 versus PD-1 inhibitors as consolidation therapy following concurrent chemoradiotherapy for unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer: a real-world retrospective study

The PACIFIC trial established consolidation immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) following concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) as standard care for unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Both programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and programmed death‑ligand 1...

Associations and potential utility of composite obesity and metabolic indices for osteoporosis risk assessment in Chinese adult men: a cross-sectional study

Osteoporosis in men is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, yet simple tools for preliminary risk assessment remain limited. The aim of this study is to examine the associations and potential utility of composite obesity- and metabolism-related indices for osteopo...

Dietary Fatty Acids, Cardiovascular Disease, and Life Expectancy Among Adults With Adverse Mental Health‐Related Characteristics: A Cohort‐Based Target Trial Emulation Study

ABSTRACT Adverse mental health‐related characteristics contribute to decreased life expectancy, largely driven by an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Dietary fatty acids influence disease occurrence and progression, yet the associations of polyunsaturated fatty acid...

The potential differential significance of admission metabolic markers CHG, TyG and NHHR indices for cerebral artery dissection

At present, the diagnosis of cerebral artery dissection (CeAD) worldwide still relies on imaging findings, making rapid clinical differentiation in the early stages challenging. Our purpose is to explore the distribution characteristics of the cholesterol, high-density lipoprotei...

The association between a novel visceral lipoprotein risk index and new-onset diabetes in middle-aged and older Chinese adults

Abstract Background The global health burden of diabetes continues to grow. While the Chinese Visceral Adiposity Index (CVAI) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) are well-established risk factors for diabetes, the potential compounding effect of these factors is not w...

A Balance‐of‐Charges Descriptor for Electron‐Delocalized Solvents Enables Calendar‐Stable and Thermally Tolerant Silicon‐Based Anodes

ABSTRACT Silicon‐based anodes provide a practical route to lithium‐ion batteries with cell‐level energy densities beyond 350 Wh kg − 1 , but their calendar life is limited by parasitic reductive reactions at the anode–electrolyte interface. Existing single‐parameter electrolyte d...

Hofmeister Effect‐Mediated Liquid‐Air Interfacial Assembly of PEG‐Coated Gold Nanoparticles for Large‐Area Monolayer Films

ABSTRACT Polymer‐grafted nanoparticles (PGNPs) provide a model platform for investigating the interplay between polymer solvation and interfacial assembly. However, the behavior of PGNPs bearing hydrophilic chains at liquid‐air interfaces remains poorly understood due to their st...

High–spatiotemporal resolution deuterium metabolic imaging enables in vivo phenotyping of intra- and intertumoral heterogeneity

Intra- and intertumoral heterogeneities raise fundamental biological questions and have important implications for accurate cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. These heterogeneities reflect tumor complexity, including a pronounced diversity in metabolic phenotypes and pro...

Nasal Brushing Transcriptomics Reveals Candidate Biomarkers of Glucocorticoid Treatment Response in Allergic Rhinitis

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Iteratively DesignedPhospholipid-Targeted SupramolecularSonosensitizers for Precision Treatment of Pulmonary Infections

Abstract Fungal infections represent a significant global health threat, exacerbated by the scarcity of new therapeutic options, increasing drug resistance, and host toxicity. Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) offers a promising approach to overcoming antimicrobial resistance by enabling...

GPR132 antagonists alleviate atherosclerosis by suppressing M1 polarization and subsequent VSMCs proliferation and migration as revealed by transcriptomic profiling

BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with substantial global prevalence, wherein macrophage polarization and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) phenotypic switching are critical pathogenic events. Although G protein-coupled receptor 132 (GPR132) i...

An explainable biomedical foundation model via large-scale concept-enhanced vision–language pretraining

Artificial intelligence for medical imaging is required to be accurate and interpretable to clinicians. However, current multimodal biomedical foundation models often prioritize performance over explainability. Here we present ConceptCLIP, an explainable biomedical foundation mod...

Corrosion Resistance and Deuterium Aging Performance of α-Al2O3 Composite Hydrogen Permeation Barrier Coatings

Hydrogen permeation barriers (HPBs) are essential to the development of both hydrogen and nuclear fusion energy. However, their structural stability and barrier efficiency under extreme conditions are scarcely reported, despite their significant importance to practical applicatio...

Semantically-Equivalent Transformations-Based Backdoor Attacks against Neural Code Models: Characterization and Mitigation

Neural code models are increasingly embedded in software development workflows, but their susceptibility to backdoor attacks presents a significant security risk. Existing studies have mainly examined injection-based attacks, which insert anomalous patterns into code and can ofte...

Buried Layer Enhances Interfacial Dipole Toward Ultrabright Blue Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diodes

ABSTRACT The emerging micro‐displays and visible light communication demand light‐emitting devices capable of simultaneously achieving high efficiency and ultrahigh brightness under high current injection. Lead‐halide perovskite light‐emitting diodes (PeLEDs) are intrinsically ca...

Efficient Fabrication of PVDF Separators with Excellent Thermal Stability and High Ionic Conductivity by Melt Blending for Lithium Metal Batteries

Abstract Lithium (Li) metal batteries represent a transformative candidate for high-end energy storage due to their ultra-high energy density. However, commercial polyolefin separators suffer from poor thermal stability and insufficient electrolyte wettability, resulting in high...