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The Resilient and the Vulnerable: Root-Associated Fungal Communities in the Regeneration of Nothofagus pumilio Forest Eight Years After Fire

Wildfires are increasing in frequency and severity worldwide, with long-lasting effects on forest vegetation and fungal communities essential for seedling establishment and forest resilience. Nothofagus pumilio, the dominant tree of South American temperate forests, forms key fun...

Extinction Prediction and Emission Analysis of a Bluff-Body Stabilized Ammonia-Hydrogen-Nitrogen Premixed Flame With Conjugate Heat Transfer

Abstract Ammonia/hydrogen blends represent a promising carbon-free fuel for gas turbine combustors. To minimize the NOx emission, premixed ammonia/hydrogen/nitrogen flames under ultra lean equivalence ratios are investigated. This paper simulates the extinction process of a bluff...

Structural Characterization of Native RNA Polymerase II Transcription Complexes and Nucleosomes in Drosophila melanogaster

Abstract Structural studies of eukaryotic RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription often rely on in vitro assembly, which may not fully represent native conditions. To investigate Pol II transcription in metazoan cells, we developed a method to isolate native transcription comple...

Conversational artificial intelligence in early childhood parenting (0–6 years): a systematic review

This systematic review aimed to examine how parents and primary caregivers of children aged 0–6 years are using conversational AI as an educational resource, and to identify reported benefits, challenges, and outcomes. Following PRISMA 2020 guidelines and a registered PROSPERO pr...

Quantization‐Based Guaranteed‐Cost Control for Interval Type‐2 T‐S Fuzzy Networked Control Systems Under DoS Attacks and Fading Channels

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the guaranteed‐cost state‐feedback control problem for uncertain nonlinear networked control systems (NCSs) subject to hybrid network‐induced disturbances, including Denial‐of‐Service (DoS) attacks, fading channels, and signal quantization. An int...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 1356 Sources, 9056 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 1356 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 9056 leads across 13 categories. 7156 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 734, "FORMULA": 586, "GEOMETRIC": 677, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 764, "QUANTUM": 978, "TIMING": 178, "CELESTIAL": 672, "GEMATRIA": 719, "CONSTANT":...

Assessment of cardiometabolic risk using single point insulin sensitivity estimator (SPISE) in pediatric Bardet–Biedl Syndrome: a pilot study

Abstract Background Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) carries early cardiometabolic risk, yet pediatric screening is complicated by growth and puberty. The metabolic syndrome (MetS) z-score provides a continuous benchmark for clustered risk. The single-point insulin sensitivity estimat...

Medicaid Expansion After the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Analysis of Community Mental Health Care Impacts in New Hampshire

Forty-one states in the United States that adopted Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act reached historically low rates of uninsured that have endured through 2025. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed into law on 4 July 2025 contains numerous provisions tha...

Matrix Stiffness-Encoded Mechanical Memory Maintains Proliferative Dominance in Metastatic Tumors

Primary and metastatic lesions share similar biological properties despite existing in different microenvironments. A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the maintenance of phenotypic homogeneity in heterogeneous microenvironments could help identify strategies for...

Heart Rate Variability in Heart Failure: Mechanisms, Prognostic Value and Modulation Strategies

Heart rate variability (HRV) is a non-invasive marker of cardiac autonomic regulation that reflects the dynamic interaction between sympathetic and parasympathetic influences on the sinoatrial node. Reduced HRV is a hallmark of autonomic dysfunction and has been consistently asso...

Cranioscopic methods for determining human sex using the skull

The aim of this study was to systematize modern craniological methods for determining sex using the skull and evaluate their diagnostic effectiveness, taking into account the introduction of digital technologies and machine learning methods. Classical morphoscopic approaches (V.N...

Jostaberry (Ribes × nidigrolaria) as a Functional Ingredient for 3D Printed Snacks: Impact of Starch Type and Storage on Antioxidant Profile and Stability

The growing demand for functional foods and personalized nutrition has increased interest in three-dimensional printing (3DP) as a technology for developing customized food products. Jostaberry (Ribes × nidigrolaria), a fruit rich in antioxidant compounds, has rarely been explore...

Annotated genome assemblies of two temperate North American dung beetles, Canthon chalcites and Phanaeus vindex

Dung beetles serve as cultivators of their natural habitats, improving soil health and functions in both natural and anthropogenic environments. Despite their ecological importance, whole genome sequences for Scarabaeinae are limited. Here, we present the draft annotated genome a...

Illumination systems in vitreoretinal surgery: a comparative review of safety and efficacy

Abstract Background Endoillumination is essential in modern vitreoretinal surgery, enabling visualization during peripheral vitreous shaving, retinal detachment repair, and other bimanual maneuvers. Chandelier illumination provides a stable wide-field light source through a separ...

Bioinspired architected catalyst for efficient water purification: Bridging reactivity, reusability, and catalytic component utilization

Achieving highly efficient water purification remains a formidable challenge due to intricate coupling among catalytic efficiency, mechanical robustness, and mass transport. Here, we create a bioinspired architected catalyst featuring microscale shell-based frameworks with atomic...

Ferromagnetic Coupling in Dual‐Atom Nanozymes Enables Spin‐Favorable Catalase‐Like Catalysis for Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy

ABSTRACT Iron dual‐atom (Fe DA) nanozymes, structurally analogous to natural catalase, exhibit promising catalase‐like (CAT‐like) activity, yet further improving their catalytic performance and elucidating the underlying mechanism remain major challenges. Herein, we developed a c...

A Multilaboratory Evaluation of Backwater Effects at Bridges Resulting from Diverse Floating Debris Compositions during the 2021 Flood Event in Europe

Abstract The flood event of July 2021 in Western Europe was characterized by water levels far above the 100-year design flood and by billions of euros in damages. During the flood, voluminous debris accumulations of up to <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" a...

The political feasibility of Degrowth and the Green New Deal: Swedish politicians on the relation between economic growth and climate policy

This paper examines the short-term political feasibility of degrowth and Green New Deal (GND) approaches to climate policy in Sweden, focusing on politicians as change agents within representative democracies. While feasibility debates often emphasize biophysical and technologica...

The Search for Life Elsewhere: Avoiding Hype and Fostering Public Understanding

The search for life beyond Earth presents unique challenges for science communication due to its interdisciplinary nature, the potential for groundbreaking discoveries, and the inherent uncertainties involved. The Lorentz Center workshop Breaking News: We Found Extraterrestrial L...

Identificationof the Site of the Fe–S Clusterin CPSF30 via Metal-Coupled Oxidation-Mass Spectrometry

Abstract Cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor 30 (CPSF30) is a zinc finger protein that plays a key role in pre-mRNA processing by recognizing specific AU-rich sequence elements to facilitate polyadenylation. CPSF30 contains five highly conserved domains made up of thr...