SinoXivThe tube model, which reduces the interaction of many-chain entanglement to a single-chain picture, has enabled quantitative descriptions of the mechanical behaviors of polymeric materials and underpi...
As social media becomes prominent within academia, we examine its reputational costs for academics. Analyzing Twitter posts from 98,000 scientists (2016–22), we uncover substantial political expressio...
Dementia incidence has been declining in Western societies for decades, but whether this reflects higher cognitive capacity entering old age, slower cognitive decline, or both remains unresolved. Anal...
Mother-to-child transmission remains the predominant cause of paediatric HIV infection. Despite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), it remains unclear how paediatric HIV reshapes the development a...
CRISPR-Cas9 screening enables systematic identification of gene dependencies across diverse cancer cell lines. However, distinguishing lineage-specific vulnerabilities from broadly essential genes rem...
Early identification of scoliosis is highly significant for timely intervention and efficient management of the disease. However, conventional static screening approaches rely heavily on subjective as...
Meeting net-zero targets requires scaling carbon dioxide removal from ∼2 GtCO2/yr today to 7–9 GtCO2/yr by 2050. Since different carbon removal technologies face binding upper limits on deployable sca...
Background: Extreme weather events driven by climate change are becoming increasingly frequent and severe globally, posing unprecedented pressure on health systems, especially on their emergency depar...
Background Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) is widely used to assess right ventricular (RV) systolic function in children. Its applicability, however, varies across age groups.Object...
Background: Mpox–associated ocular disease, including keratitis, is an emerging, vision-threatening complication. Management is challenging because no anti-viral therapy has yet been approved to preve...
