Research works

A pair of chitosan receptors confer broad-spectrum fungal resistance

Chitosan, a major fungal cell wall component, activates plant immunity, yet the underlying perception mechanism remains unknown. In this study, we identified OsFID1, an apoplast-localized DUF26 domain protein, as a chitosan-binding receptor essential for chitosan-triggered immuni...

Fractal Dimension of Shallow Cumulus Cloud Boundaries Beyond Bulk Fractal Scaling

Abstract Cloud boundaries reflect turbulent mixing and cloud–environment interactions, but their geometric complexity remains poorly quantified. Here, we investigate the complexity of shallow cumulus cloud edge using two fractal approaches: the bulk area–perimeter method and the...

Long‐Term Increase in Equatorial Rayleigh‐Taylor Instability: Synergistic Effects of Greenhouse Gas Cooling and Geomagnetic Field Secular Variation

Abstract Equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) are ionospheric irregularities generated by Rayleigh–Taylor instability (RTI) that disrupt satellite communications. We quantify secular change of RTI growth rates and isolate underlying drivers using WACCM‐X simulations. Results reveal a...

Astrophysical Parameters of 5056 Open Star Clusters from Bayesian Nested Sampling with PARSEC Isochrones

Abstract We present a homogeneous catalogue of ages, metallicities, distances, and reddenings for 5 056 open clusters in the Unified Cluster Catalogue (UCC), derived uniformly from Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3) colour–magnitude diagrams via Bayesian nested sampling with PARSEC isochr...

Mechanical Irreversibility and Strength Overcompensation in a Gypsum Dehydration–Rehydration Cycle

Abstract Dehydration–rehydration reactions of hydrous minerals modify rock strength, fluid transport, and deformation in reactive geological environments. Although dehydration‐induced weakening is widely studied, the mechanical consequences of subsequent rehydration remain poorly...

Tracking recent extremes and interannual variability of global fire emissions using a near-real-time extension to the Global Fire Emissions Database

Abstract. The Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) is widely used to quantify spatiotemporal variability and long-term trends in burned area and fire emissions, supporting assessments of fire impacts on ecosystems and atmospheric composition. GFED has historically relied on obse...

Deep learning detection of submesoscale eddies from MODIS SST in the South China Sea

This dataset provides daily records of submesoscale eddies in the South China Sea from 2015 to 2024, identified from MODIS Aqua and Terra sea surface temperature (SST) imagery. Distributed as daily TXT files, each record includes eddy polarity, center coordinates (longitude and l...

Superconducting half-dome in bilayer nickelates

Understanding how superconductivity emerges and collapses in correlated electron systems remains a central challenge in condensed matter physics. As a recently discovered member of the high temperature superconductor family, bilayer nickelates provide a new opportunity for examin...

Repulsive gravitational force as a witness of the quantum nature of gravity

We show that a single spatially superposed 'source' mass acting on a 'probe' matter wavepacket can reveal the quantum nature of the gravitational field. For this we use a specific state preparation and measurement of the superposed source mass, including a postselection, which al...

Subpocket-Aware Fragment-Based Docking Pipeline for Kinase Ligand Design: Methodology and a PKA Case Study

Abstract Protein kinases regulate signal transduction through phosphorylation, and their dysregulation drives diseases like cancer, autoimmune disorders, and Alzheimer’s, making them key drug targets. Fragment-based drug design offers a powerful route to kinase inhibitors but oft...

ROOFS: RObust biOmarker Feature Selection

Feature selection (FS) is essential for biomarker discovery and clinical predictive modeling. Over the past decades, methodological literature on FS has become rich and mature, offering a wide spectrum of algorithmic approaches. However, much of this methodological progress has n...

The petal identity gene PhDEF has a major binding and regulatory action in the epidermis

ABSTRACT In flowering plants, floral organ identity is specified by the combinatorial action of homeotic genes. While the role of these genes in the early specification of organ identity is well established, their late function throughout floral organ development and in specific...

Comment on “Role of matter interactions in superradiant phenomena”

Recently, Mendonça et al. [arXiv:2503.04961] investigated the Dicke-XXZ model and the Dicke-Ising model. For the latter model, their calculated quantum phase diagram contradicts claims about the existence of an intermediate phase with superradiant and antiferromagnetic order and...

Improving snow simulations through improved representations of vegetation conditions: insights from high resolution simulations over California

Abstract. Most hydrological models underestimate snow water equivalent (SWE) in the mountainous western US. Key limitations may be due to coarse resolution precipitation input and inadequate representations of snow-vegetation interactions. Vegetation affects snow dynamics through...

Structure-activity relationship of Cu(II) and Pd(II) thiosemicarbazone complexes with anticancer and antibacterial properties

Twelve thiosemicarbazones and 24 corresponding Cu(II) and Pd(II) complexes were synthesised and evaluated for their physicochemical properties and biological activities. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and mass spectrometry confirmed ligand deprotonation and the formation of neu...

Compressing multivariate functions with tree tensor networks

Tensor networks are a compressed format for multi-dimensional data. One dimensional tensor networks—often referred to as tensor trains (TT) or matrix product states (MPS)—are increasingly being used as a numerical Ansatz for continuum functions by ``quantizing’’ the inputs into d...

Differentiable Optics with dLux II: Optical Design Maximising Fisher Information

The design of astronomical hardware operating at the diffraction limit requires optimisation of physical optical simulations of the instrument with respect to desired figures of merit, such as photometric or astrometric precision. System design entails many parameters some of whi...

Higher order approximation of nonlinear SPDEs with additive space-time white noise

We consider strong approximations of 1+1-dimensional stochastic PDEs driven by additive space-time white noise. It has long been proposed (Math. Comp. 70 (2001) 121–134; Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 465 (2009) 649–667), as well as observed in simulations, that...

Multiagent Assortment Optimization in Sequential Matching Markets

Motivated by the challenges faced by choice-based matching platforms, in this work, we study a generalization of the two-sided assortment optimization model. Specifically, this model consists of two sides (e.g., customers and suppliers) who have preferences over the opposite side...

How volant seabirds benefit from sub-surface predators during multi-predator feeding aggregations

Abstract Multi-predator feeding aggregations are common in marine ecosystems and frequently involve seabirds. Often labelled opportunistic ‘scroungers’, volant seabirds derive diverse benefits from the association with sub-surface predators (such as cetaceans, pinnipeds, Teleosts...