Technology outage risk and independent research and development investment decision in global supply chains
March 2025
Under the new global situation of the world pattern, the global industrial chain and supply chain are being reconstructed, and the safe and stable operation is facing a large number of risks and challenges....
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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...
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Pnictogen bonding enabled photosynthesis of chiral selenium-containing pyridines from pyridylphosphonium salts
March 2025
Pyridylphosphonium salts, which are readily available and air and thermally stable, have been used to effectively synthesize structurally diverse pyridines. Herein, we report the pnictogen bonding (PnB)...
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Enabling beam-scanning antenna technologies for terahertz wireless systems: A review
March 2025
Due to the exponentially growing global mobile data of wireless communications evolving from 5 G to 6 G in recent years, research activities of leveraging terahertz (THz) waves to obtain larger channel...
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Supply chain resilience from the maritime transportation perspective: A bibliometric analysis and research directions
March 2025
Maritime transportation is responsible for the vast majority of global overseas commerce. However, systematic reviews of supply chain resilience from the maritime transportation perspective are limited....
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Confined iron-based nanomaterials for water decontamination: Fundamentals, applications, and challenges
March 2025
Nanotechnology-enabled water treatment is the most attractive approach to realizing advanced purification of contaminated waters that challenge the efficacy of traditional water treatment technologies....
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Intelligent design and synthesis of energy catalytic materials
March 2025
Efficient energy conversion and storage are crucial for the sustainable development and growth of renewable energy sources. However, the limited varieties of traditional energy catalytic materials cannot...
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Retime-mapping terahertz vernier biosensor for boosting sensitivity based on self-reference waveguide interferometers
March 2025
The optical vernier effect serves as a potent mechanism for boosting sensitivity and accuracy in the communication band, which is a prominent hotspot in coherent detection. Extending vernier gain to...
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Accelerating the offshore CCUS to carbon-neutral China
March 2025
Offshore carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is to capture CO2 from emission sources and then inject the captured CO2 into sub-seabed geological reservoirs, thus it will be permanently isolated...
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Isotopic evidence reveals the gradual intensification of millet agriculture in Neolithic western Loess Plateau
March 2025
•Gradual intensification of millet agriculture in Neolithic northern China.•New evidence has removed an apparent hiatus in the spread of millet cultivation across prehistoric China.•Explaining the changing...
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A recent survey on instance-dependent positive and unlabeled learning
March 2025
Training with confident positive-labeled instances has received a lot of attention in Positive and Unlabeled (PU) learning tasks, and this is formally termed “Instance-Dependent PU learning”. In instance-dependent...
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Gut microbiome and liver diseases
March 2025
Symbiotic microbiota plays a crucial role in the education, development, and maintenance of the host immune system, significantly contributing to overall health. Through the gut-liver axis, the gut...
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The role of GPI-anchored membrane-bound alkaline phosphatase in the mode of action of Bt Cry1A toxins in the diamondback moth
March 2025
The insecticidal Cry proteins produced by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are extensively used for pest control in formulated sprays and in genetically modified crops, but resistance to Bt...
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DNA damage-induced YTHDC1 O-GlcNAcylation promotes homologous recombination by enhancing m6A binding
March 2025
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent internal RNA modification, and its regulators include writers, readers and erasers. m6A is under stringent control and takes part in many biological events,...
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Plant-derived nanovesicles: Promising therapeutics and drug delivery nanoplatforms for brain disorders
March 2025
•Extensive sources of plant-derived nanovesicles.•Bioengineering strategies of plant-derived nanovesicles for excellent therapeutic effects.•Plant-derived nanovesicles as novel candidates for brain...
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Fluorination strategy toward chemical and functional modification
March 2025
•In this review, the recent progress, status, future opportunities, and challenges with concern of the chemical and material aspects for fluorooxysalts that contain fluorine-involved M-F bonds are discussed.•This...
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Terahertz channels in atmospheric conditions: Propagation characteristics and security performance
March 2025
With the growing demand for higher wireless data rates, the interest in extending the carrier frequency of wireless links to the terahertz (THz) range has significantly increased. For long-distance...
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Promoting Cl2O generation from the HOCl + HOCl reaction on aqueous/frozen air–water interfaces
Available online 31 March 2025
Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a temporary reservoir of dichlorine monoxide (Cl2O). Previous studies have suggested that Cl2O is difficult to generate from the reaction of HOCl + HOCl in the gas phase....
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Polymer depolymerization, recycling, and high-value transformation: Charting a sustainable future for polymer science
Available online 31 March 2025
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Earthworm gut's potential positive impact on carbon cycle by influencing carbohydrate metabolism and microbial genome size
Available online 29 March 2025
•Earthworm gut had higher proportion of glycosyl transfer genes than soil.•Earthworm gut had higher proportion of carbon fixation genes in arable systems.•Earthworm gut eukaryome had large genome size...
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Decarbonization via plasma-enabled CO2 conversion: prospects and challenges
Available online 29 March 2025
The increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are significantly worsening the greenhouse effect, triggering a series of serious environmental problems. There is an urgency to develop and deploy decarbonization...
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Deep Learning-assisted Terahertz Intelligent detection and Identification of Cancer Tissue
Available online 26 March 2025
Cancer, as one of the most notorious health diseases, represents the main reason attributed to millions of worldwide deaths each year. Timely detection and accurate diagnosis are thus vital to cancer...
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Developing doubled haploid technology for alfalfa breeding
Available online 25 March 2025
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a perennial, outcrossing legume crop predominantly grown for hay, silage, and livestock grazing. Compared with other major crops, alfalfa has a complex genome and is...
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Evaluating plasticity of rejuvenated metallic glasses by effective enthalpy
Available online 25 March 2025
Structural rejuvenation is a promising strategy to enhance the plasticity of metallic glasses, but quantitatively evaluating the rejuvenation-deformation relationship is challenging. In this work, we...
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Breaking hydrogen bond network enhances oxygenic photosynthesis of photosystem II
Available online 25 March 2025
Protein hydration water plays a crucial role in maintaining protein structures and functions, yet it remains challenging to manipulate. In this study, we use photosystem II (PS II), a protein complex...
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