Concept, development and applications of DNA computation
January 2026
As traditional silicon-based chips approach their theoretical limits on computing power, DNA-based computation presents a promising alternative with potential advantages such as reduced size, high storage...
Synthetic photonic lattices based on three-level giant-atom arrays
January 2026
•It is the first time the decoherence-free interactions between three-level giant atoms are systematically studied.•We propose feasible simulation schemes for several prototypical photonic lattice models,...
Coordination of genome stability: Novel communication pathways between chloroplasts and other compartments in plant cells
January 2026
Chloroplasts have their own genomes, as do the nucleus and mitochondria. Coordination between these genomic compartments in plant cells is crucial for plant development and adaptation to the environment....
Electrides: Emerging electronic materials for catalysis
January 2026
Electrides are emerging materials that exhibit a unique electronic structure, where electrons, unbound to specific atomic nuclei, act as anions within periodic lattice vacancies. The most characteristic...
Enhancement of antibacterial and wound healing capabilities of cotton fabric through the covalent bonding of antibiotic-loaded hydrophobized mesoporous silica nanoparticles
January 2026
Wound dressings are highly desirable for mitigating pathogenic bacterial infections. Sterilized cotton fabric is a widely used medical dressing, facilitating wound healing, mitigating pathogenic infections,...
Progress in cellular mechanisms of chronic rhinosinusitis
January 2026
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) represents one of the most common chronic conditions occurring in the nasal cavity and sinuses, affecting approximately 10% of the global population and imposing a significant...
Recent advances in ultrasound-targeted nanobubbles combined with cancer immunotherapy: Mechanisms, applications, and challenges
January 2026
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment by leveraging the immune system to target tumors. However, its efficacy is often limited by the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and the development...
Augmented reality navigation for precise implantation of LC2 pelvic tunnel screws in minimally invasive surgery
January 2026
Due to the considerable risk of trauma, traditional open surgery has been gradually replaced by minimally invasive surgery using tunnel screws. However, during minimally invasive pelvic surgery, surgical...
Bioavailability factor for improved drinking water contaminant exposure risk assessment accuracy
January 2026
Despite being low in concentration, the presence of broad-spectrum chemical constituents in drinking water is a fact of modern life. The current drinking water chemical risk assessment practice predominantly...
Supported and isolated metal atoms and clusters as models for understanding the hydrogen economy
January 2026
Hydrogen is a clean, convenient, renewable, and versatile energy carrier that could replace fossil fuels. It could be transformed into the desired energy form without releasing greenhouse gases like...
Quantum defects in two-dimensional van der Waals materials
January 2026
Quantum defects in solid materials, such as nitrogen-vacancy color centers in diamond, have been extensively studied and successfully demonstrated as single photon emitters and potential qubits for...
Promising porous materials for uranium extraction from seawater
January 2026
Uranium extraction from seawater is a promising approach for ensuring continued uranium fuel supply to the nuclear power industry. However, extracting uranium by this route is challenging due to the...
Accumulation of the spontaneous and random mutations is causative of fungal culture degeneration
January 2026
Filamentous fungi frequently degenerate during subculturing, which manifests as the reduction or loss of conidiation, sexuality, secondary metabolite production, and/or virulence against hosts. The...
Coastal Zone Information Model: A comprehensive architecture for coastal digital twin by integrating data, models, and knowledge
January 2026
The coastal zone represents a critical intersection of naturally ecological and socio-economic processes. The abundance of data, models, and knowledge derived from various sources in coastal zones facilitates...
Variations in glacier peak water timing and its influencing factors in High-Mountain Asia
January 2026
High Mountain Asia (HMA) has the largest volume of glaciers outside the polar region and protects approximately 800 million people in the downstream basins against water stress. HMA is facing rapid...
Engineering of rhesus monkey pluripotent stem cells for noninvasive survey and remote control after brain allotransplantation
January 2026
•Long-term noninvasive survey of rhesus monkey brain allografts harboring build-in stimulatory DREADD with MR imaging, [18F]FDG-PET and EEG.•Achieving remote control over neuronal activity of brain...
Preformer MOT: A transformer-based approach for multi-object tracking with global trajectory prediction
January 2026
Policy synergy and thematic evolution of strategic mineral policies in China
January 2026
The significance of strategic critical minerals in the global transition toward green and low-carbon energy has attracted considerable attention from many countries. Understanding the evolution of the...
Inundation counteracts the promoting effect of nitrogen enrichment on soil organic carbon mineralization in a tidal marsh
January 2026
•N addition enhances iron reduction, nitrate reduction and sulfate reduction.•N addition increases C mineralization rates but decreases methanogenesis rates.•Increased inundation decreases methanogenesis...
Revegetation re-carbonizes soil: Patterns, mechanisms, and challenges
January 2026
Revegetation has been widely implemented throughout the world for controlling soil loss, conserving biodiversity, increasing ecosystem productivity, mitigating climate change, and contributing to soil...
Exploring the economically sustainable solutions for clean heating in rural Northern China
January 2026
China's Rural Clean Heating Policy (RCHP) is confronted with affordability issues in terms of the increasing household heating costs against the background of subsidies phase out, calling for economically...
Virtual physical framework reveals vortex-induced vibration “Soar” and “Death” for a bluff body at high Reynolds numbers
January 2026
Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of a bluff body is well known as a canonical phenomenon in complex fluid–structure interactions (FSI). However, our understanding and physical theories of this phenomenon...
A compensation strategy of end-effector pose precision based on the virtual constraints for serial robots with RDOFs
January 2026
It is crucial for serial robots with redundant degrees-of-freedom to accomplish complex tasks with high pose precision of the end-effector. However, due to the cumulative errors in each joint actuator,...
Enhancing cell subpopulation discovery in cancer by integrating single-cell transcriptome and expressed variants
January 2026
MULGONET: An interpretable neural network framework to integrate multi-omics data for cancer recurrence prediction and biomarker discovery
January 2026
Multi-omics cancer data provides complementary views of tumorigenesis and progression. Technical challenges exist in integrating these heterogeneous data into deep learning models to better understand...
