Nanjing Normal University

Empowering PolymericMaterials Discovery by ArtificialIntelligence

Abstract Polymeric materials underpin modern technologies spanning energy storage, microelectronics, healthcare and sustainable manufacturing. Yet their rational design remains exceptionally challenging because material performance emerges from complex interactions among molecula...

Mechanism and plasticity of primitive pyroptosis

Pyroptosis is a proinflammatory form of regulated cell death across the tree of life. The gasdermin (GSDM) protein family functions as an evolutionarily conserved executioner of pyroptotic cell death by forming membrane pores. As the canonical activation mechanism, proteolytic cl...

Generative geospatial modelling with geometric algebra

Abstract The integration of data-driven and knowledge-driven approaches in generative geospatial modelling (GGM) is often hindered by their mathematical incompatibilities. Here, we propose a geometric algebra (GA)-based framework that employs a unified multi-vector representation...

Enhanced Sodium-IonTransport across Solid ElectrolyteInterphase via Electric-Field Modulation

Abstract The ion transport properties of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) critically govern the kinetics and cycling stability of rechargeable batteries. However, a mechanistic understanding of ion transport within this dynamic, multicomponent interphase remains limited. In...

Synergistic Integration of Whole-Cell Biosensors and Droplet Microfluidics for High-Throughput Microbial Screening

Abstract High-throughput screening (HTS) is essential for developing microbial cell factories, yet traditional droplet microfluidics often struggles to detect nonfluorescent metabolites. This perspective explores the whole-cell biosensor-encapsulated droplet reactor-based microbi...

Intelligent Programmable Metasurfaces for Robust Spatiotemporal 3D Human Pose Estimation

ABSTRACT Programmable metasurfaces (PMs) provide a compelling platform for human sensing under conditions where vision‐based methods fail. However, conventional metasurface sensing relies exclusively on electromagnetic scattering data captured at the isolated and current time ins...

Dietary Modulationof Osteoporosis via Probioticsand the Gut–Bone Axis: From Mechanisms to Food Applications

Abstract Osteoporosis, a metabolic bone disorder affecting nearly one-third of women and one-fifth of men globally, poses a major public health burden. Current pharmacological treatments face limitations, driving interest in safer nutritional interventions. The gut–bone axis, thr...

Study on the characteristics of toponymic original motivation and division of toponymic layers in Nantong

This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the characteristics of toponymic original motivation for primary-level administrative unit names in the four districts of Nantong. (1) An indicator system is constructed for the characteristics of toponymic original motivation from t...

Monitoring the Concentration of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen and Phosphorus at the Sea Surface Using a Hyperspectral Image—A Case Study of Sheyang Estuary, Yellow Sea

The concentrations of DIN and DIP are important indicators in an offshore ecosystem; although they do not have optical activity, their concentrations are affected by optically active substances, such as sediment, chlorophyll, and dissolved organic matter, an association that is e...

Learning to Self‐Interfere: Zero‐Shot Deconvolution Enables Replica‐Free, Low‐Coherence Common‐Path Quantitative Phase Microscopy

ABSTRACT Digital holographic microscopy (DHM) enables full‐field, label‐free, and high‐precision quantitative phase imaging (QPI), yet its performance is often limited by speckle noise, parasitic artifacts, and vibration sensitivity resulting from the highly coherent illumination...

Reconciling nitrogen fertilization effects on soil nitrification with acidification

Nitrogen (N) fertilization supports nearly half of the global population but disrupts the N cycle. While N addition is assumed to stimulate soil nitrification by increasing substrate supply and nitrifier activity, it may also inhibit nitrification via soil acidification. Resolvin...

Enhanced Recoveryof Strategic Metal Antimony fromWastewater via a Synergistic UV/Iodide/Sulfite Process

Abstract Antimony-bearing wastewater poses substantial environmental risks, while conventional treatment technologies mainly transfer dissolved antimony into secondary hazardous wastes. Here, we developed a synergistic UV/iodide/sulfite process for the rapid reductive recovery of...

Motion-State-Aware Adaptive Step-Length Smartphone PDR for GPS-Denied Pedestrian Localization

Smartphone-based pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) provides an infrastructure-free solution for two-dimensional (2D) planar localization in GPS-denied environments, but its open-loop nature makes it sensitive to accumulated step-length and heading errors. These errors grow when ped...

Comparative Genomics and Functional Evidence for Convergent Adaptation to Hypoxia in Mammals

The independent evolution of hypoxia tolerance across phylogenetically distinct species, including marine mammals, highland species, and subterranean mammals, represents a classic example of convergent evolution. Although these taxa produced similar physiological solutions to add...