Supply chain resilience: A review from the inventory management perspective
March 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, leading to economic damage and product shortages caused by demand surges and supply disruptions. Concurrently, geopolitical...
An overview of fake news detection: From a new perspective
January 2025
•This survey summarizes three intrinsic characteristics of fake news by analyzing its entire diffusion process, namely intentional creation, heteromorphic transmission, and controversial reception,...
Role of artificial intelligence in revolutionizing drug discovery
May 2025
The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, particularly through machine learning (ML), marked a significant progression in drug discovery. AI acts as a powerful catalyst in narrowing...
Recent progress in human body energy harvesting for smart bioelectronic system
May 2021
From every heartbeat to every footstep, human beings dissipate energy all the time. Researchers are trying to harvest energy from the human body and convert it into electricity, which can be supplied...
Cryotherapy and thermotherapy in the management of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: A comprehensive review
November 2025
As non-pharmacological options for osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), cold and heat therapies manipulate local temperatures to improve symptoms and promote functional recovery. Cryotherapy...
Challenges and prospects for advanced packaging
November 2024
In the post-Moore era, advanced packaging is becoming more critical to meet the everlasting demands of electronic products with smaller size, more powerful performance and lower cost. In this paper,...
A review of GaN RF devices and power amplifiers for 5G communication applications
January 2025
In the emerging 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) era, the spotlight is sharply focused on the power amplifier, a critical component with stringent specification requirements that dictates the performance of the...
A review on the GaN-on-Si power electronic devices
May 2022
The past decades have witnessed a tremendous development of GaN-based power electronic devices grown on Si substrate. This article provides a concise introduction, review, and outlook of the research...
A commentary of TikTok recommendation algorithms in MIT Technology Review 2021
November 2021
TikTok is one of the world's most attractive and fastest-growing social media platforms. It has more than 2.6 billion downloads globally and over 100 million users in the US. The “secret weapon” is...
Supply chain resilience: Measure, risk assessment and strategies
March 2025
Supply chains in modern economy are fragmented and globalized following international specialization. It brings economic benefits while at the same time may raise propagated risks along supply chains....
Signal acquisition of brain–computer interfaces: A medical-engineering crossover perspective review
January 2025
Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology represents a burgeoning interdisciplinary domain that facilitates direct communication between individuals and external devices. The efficacy of BCI systems...
The updated understanding of advanced maternal age
November 2024
The rising rates of pregnancies associated with advanced maternal age (AMA) have created unique challenges for healthcare systems worldwide. The elevated risk of poor maternal outcomes among AMA pregnancies...
Lensless camera: Unraveling the breakthroughs and prospects
July 2025
Lensless imaging is an innovative and swiftly advancing technology at the intersection of optics, imaging technology, and computational science. It captures scene by directly recording the interference...
Cryogen-free superconducting magnetic resonance imaging system: A review
Available online 24 May 2025
The development of cryogen-free superconducting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems represents a significant milestone in MRI technology. By eliminating the need for liquid helium bath cooling,...
The grassland carbon cycle: Mechanisms, responses to global changes, and potential contribution to carbon neutrality
March 2023
•Biotic and abiotic processes together shape the grassland C cycle.•Increasing aridity could cause abrupt changes in grassland ecosystem attributes.•Improper land-use causes rapid loss of grassland...
Overview of emerging semiconductor device model methodologies: From device physics to machine learning engines
September 2025
Advancements in the semiconductor industry introduce novel channel materials, device structures, and integration methods, leading to intricate physics challenges when characterizing devices at circuit...
The retinal pigment epithelium: Functions and roles in ocular diseases
November 2024
The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) between retinal photoreceptors and choroidal capillaries is a single layer of cells that are of critical importance to the eye. RPE cells are derived from the anterior...
Future research of supply chain resilience: Network perspectives and incorporation of more stakeholders
March 2025
In recent years, global supply chains face great challenges driven by events such as trade wars, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the Russia-Ukraine War. Since the disruptions caused by such shocks are more...
Intelligent nanozymes: Biomimetic design, mechanisms and biomedical applications
July 2025
Nanozymes are a unique class of nanomaterials that possess intrinsic enzymatic properties, exhibiting similar reaction kinetics to natural enzymes. As enzyme substitutes in various biomedical applications,...
Engineering exosomes and exosome-like nanovesicles for improving tissue targeting and retention
March 2025
Exosomes are natural nano-size particles secreted by human cells, containing numerous bioactive cargos. Serving as crucial mediators of intercellular communication, exosomes are involved in many physiological...
Underwater robot sensing technology: A survey
May 2021
Underwater robot technologies are crucial for marine resource exploration and autonomous manipulation, and many breakthroughs have been achieved with key indicators (e.g., dive depth and navigation...
Targeted delivery and controlled release of polymeric nanomedicines for tumor therapy
July 2025
Drug therapy, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy, remains a cornerstone of cancer treatment; however, significant toxic side effects are often unavoidable, inhibiting tumor growth while causing...
The Big Chip: Challenge, model and architecture
November 2024
As Moore’s Law comes to an end, the implementation of high-performance chips through transistor scaling has become increasingly challenging. To improve performance, increasing the chip area to integrate...
Chemical recycling of waste plastics: Current challenges and perspectives
May 2025
Waste plastics offer valuable feedstock for refining facilities. Their well-structured molecular compositions and functional groups make them ideal candidates for conversion into high-value chemicals...
A database for deliquescence and efflorescence relative humidities of compounds with atmospheric relevance
July 2022
Deliquescence relative humidity (DRH) and efflorescence relative humidity (ERH), the two parameters that regulate phase state and hygroscopicity of substances, play important roles in atmospheric science...
