High-Quality Epitaxial Cobalt-Doped GaN Nanowires on Carbon Paper for Stable Lithium-Ion Storage by Peng Wu, Xiaoguang Wang, Danchen Wang, Yifan Wang, Qiuju Zheng, Tailin Wang, Changlong Sun, Dan Liu, Fuzhou Chen, Sake Wang

“…Density functional theory (DFT) calculations further illustrated that Co substitution changed the electron configuration in the GaN, which led to enhancement of the electron transfer efficiency and a reduction in the ion diffusion barrier on the Co-GaN electrode. …”
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Test study on flow field morphology of high-pressure abrasive water jet and erosion and failure characteristics of coal by Bingbing HE, Qiheng REN, Qingxiang WANG, Fucheng ZHANG, Lingjun MA, Yayou XU, Baofu WANG, Xiaolin SONG

“…The comparison of erosion efficiency shows that under the working conditions of 5 MPa and 6 MPa, the crushing volume of quartz sand abrasive jet is 4.65 and 7.82 times that of pure water jet respectively, confirming that abrasive blending significantly improves the energy conversion efficiency. …”
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Iron and siRNA co-encapsulated ferritin nanocages induce ferroptosis synergistically for cancer therapy by Danni Liu, Yaoqi Wang, Qi Sun, Dong Mei, Xiaoling Wang, Yan Su, Jie Zhang, Ran Huo, Yang Tian, Siyu Liu, Shuang Zhang, Chunying Cui

“…Ferroptosis has received great attention as an iron-dependent programmed cell death for efficient cancer therapy. However, with the accumulation of iron in tumor cells, the antioxidant system is activated by reducing glutathione (GSH) with glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), which critically limits the ferroptosis therapeutic effect. …”
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Influencing Factors of Hexavalent Chromium Speciation Transformation in Soil from a Northern China Chromium Slag Site by Shuai Zhu, Junru Chen, Yun Zhu, Baoke Zhang, Jing Jia, Meng Pan, Zhipeng Yang, Jianhua Cao, Yating Shen

“…Among reducing agents, FeSO₄ exhibited the strongest effect (reduction efficiency >30%), followed by citric acid and fulvic acid. …”
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Reinforcement learning-based dynamic field exploration and reconstruction using multi-robot systems for environmental monitoring by Thinh Lu, Divyam Sobti, Deepak Talwar, Wencen Wu

“…This research introduces a strategy for path planning and control of a group of mobile sensing robots to efficiently explore and reconstruct a dynamic field consisting of multiple non-overlapping diffusion sources. …”
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Expanding the Use of a Fluorogenic Method to Determine Activity and Mode of Action of Bacillus thuringiensis Bacteriocins Against Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria by Norma M. de la Fuente-Salcido, J. Eleazar Barboza-Corona, A. N. Espino Monzón, R. D. Pacheco Cano, N. Balagurusamy, Dennis K. Bideshi, Rubén Salcedo-Hernández

“…Here we standardize this method to efficiently determine the activity of bacteriocins against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. …”
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Smart green ports: a sustainable solution for the maritime industry in a changing climate by Mohamed Elhussieny

“…First, the findings will inform policymakers on how to promote sustainability in port operations and, therefore, help develop regulatory frameworks that will assist in the diffusion of innovative technologies. For instance, port authorities can use the findings from this study to make smart technology investments that have both environmental benefits and economic returns, thereby improving the overall efficiency of operations. …”
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Ordered embeddings and intrinsic dimensionalities with information-ordered bottlenecks by Matthew Ho, Xiaosheng Zhao, Benjamin D Wandelt

“…Unifying several prior approaches, we demonstrate that IOB models achieve efficient compression of essential information for a given encoding architecture, while also assigning a semantically meaningful ordering to latent representations. …”
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Reversal of Spin‐Torque Polarity with Inverting Current Vorticity in Composition‐Graded Layer at the Ti/W Interface by Hayato Nakayama, Taisuke Horaguchi, Jun Uzuhashi, Cong He, Hiroaki Sukegawa, Tadakatsu Ohkubo, Seiji Mitani, Kazuto Yamanoi, Yukio Nozaki

“…These findings suggest that the sign of spin torque is governed by the polarity of compositional gradient, providing a novel strategy for efficient spin‐torque generation without relying on materials with strong spin or orbital Hall effect.…”
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Advancing multifunctional carbon fibre composites: the role of nanomaterials in boosting electrochemical performance for energy storage by Farag M. A. Altalbawy, Ayad Abdulrazzaq Mutar, Ramdevsinh Jhala, Nagaraj Patil, Fadhil Faez Sead, Debasish Shit, V. K. Bupesh Raja, Abinash Mahapatro, Jamal K. Abbas, Hadi Noori

“…This review examines how strategic integration of nanomaterials—including graphene, carbon nanotubes and MXenes—can overcome these challenges by enhancing surface reactivity, improving electrical conductivity and facilitating efficient ion diffusion, thereby enabling high-performance multifunctional composites. …”
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Microenvironment engineering by targeted delivery of Ag nanoparticles for boosting electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction by Ting Xu, Hao Yang, Tianrui Lu, Rui Zhong, Jing-Jing Lv, Shaojun Zhu, Mingming Zhang, Zheng-Jun Wang, Yifei Yuan, Jun Li, Jichang Wang, Huile Jin, Shuang Pan, Xin Wang, Tao Cheng, Shun Wang

“…Our study shows that delivering catalysts within the GDL does not only gain the desired physical protection from GDL skeleton to achieve a superior local microenvironment for more efficient pH-universal eCO2RR, but also manifests the pore structures to effectively address gas accumulation and flood issues.…”
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Amide proton transfer-weighted imaging and T1 mapping as diagnostic tools to evaluate high-risk histopathologic phenotypes before surgery in rectal adenocarcinoma and their correla... by Yaxin Chai, Yaxin Chai, Yongchao Niu, Ruixue Cheng, Pan Liang, Jianbo Gao

“…The measured parameters included APT signal intensity (APT SI), T1 relaxation time before (native T1) and after (post-contrast T1) enhancement, and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate diagnostic efficiency, and Spearman correlation analysis was used to evaluate the correlation between parameters with Ki-67, respectively.ResultsAPT SI values were significantly different between the mucinous adenocarcinoma (MC) group and the common adenocarcinoma (AC) group in two centers (center 1: [2.64 ± 0.33%] vs. [2.22 ± 0.78%], P<0.05), (center 2: [3.27 ± 0.80%] vs. [2.59 ± 0.77%], P<0.05). …”
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Impact of CO2-water-coal on enhanced coalbed methane recovery by CO2 injection in Huainan coalfield by Helong ZHANG, Shiqi LIU, Yuchen TIAN, Wenkai WANG, Shuxun SANG, Sijian ZHENG, Bing LI, Yongchun CHEN

“…The permeability recovery further facilitated pressure transmission, CO2 adsorption, and CH4 desorption/diffusion, ultimately enhancing CH4 production and CO2 sequestration efficiency.…”
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Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B using polyaniline-coated XTiO3(X = Co, Ni) nanocomposites by Mariyem Abouri, Abdellah Benzaouak, Mohamed Elouardi, Lahcen El Hamdaoui, Fatima Zaaboul, Khalil Azzaoui, Belkheir Hammouti, Rachid Sabbahi, Shehdeh Jodeh, Mohammed Alaoui El Belghiti, Adnane El Hamidi

“…%PANI@NiTiO3 nanocomposite demonstrated excellent stability and recyclability, maintaining its degradation efficiency over four consecutive cycles with minimal change. …”
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MGLI-Former: a multi-scale and global-local information interactive attention transformer for urban shantytown extraction by Shouhang Du, Shaoyu Wang, Yuhao Hua, Shu Peng, Fei Qin, Xue Li, Yufei Wu

“…Shantytowns, characterized by poor living conditions and simple houses, necessitate efficient extraction and analysis for urban planning. …”
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Solution Process–Based Facile Flame–Boosted Low‐Valence Transition Metal Doping on Pristine Oxide for Highly Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Solar Water Oxidation Reaction by Seung Hun Roh, Eujin Kwak, Won Tae Hong, Chengkai Xia, Sungsoon Kim, Heeyeop Chae, Xu Yu, Wooseok Yang, Jongwook Park, Jung Kyu Kim

“…Herein, we introduce facile ultrafast flame‐boosted doping of Mo into a BiVO4 (FL MoBVO) film for 20 s to achieve an efficient PEC OER. Mo elements in a low‐valence state (i.e., Mo6−δ) and Mo6+ are successfully doped into the photoanode, which manipulate the energy band structure, facilitating the downward shift of band edges and promoting the surface catalytic kinetics. …”
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Rigid‐Flexible Coupling Realized by Synergistic Engineering of the Graphitic‐Amorphous Architecture for Durable and Fast Potassium Storage by Mingchi Jiang, Ning Sun, Bin Cao, Xuyang Jian, Razium Ali Soomro, Bin Xu

“…This work elucidates the impact of carbon configurations on K‐storage performance and proposes a structural model for efficient K‐ion storage, which is instrumental in the rational design and advancement of carbon anodes in PIBs.…”
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Green-derived CaO nanoparticles from Furcraea plant fibers: A sustainable route for biomedical applications by Lakshmikanth G, Beemkumar Nagappan, Arpit Arora, Nalla Bhanu Teja, Madhan Kumar G, Sankar Narayan Das, Ritesh Pratap Singh, Kamakshi Priya K

“…This work advances plant-based nanotechnology as a viable path toward next-generation, resource-efficient solutions in biomedical and material sciences.…”
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Rapid Synthesis of Fast-Charging TiNb₂O₇ for Lithium-Ion Storage via Ultrafast Carbothermal Shock by Xianyu Hu, Yunlei Zhong, Xiaosai Hu, Xiyuan Feng, Fengying Ye

“…This study provides an efficient synthesis strategy and theoretical basis for the design of high-performance fast-charging battery materials through atomic-scale structural engineering.…”
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Fabrication of an Original Transparent PVA/Gelatin Hydrogel: In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity against Skin Pathogens by Naila Imtiaz, Muhammad Bilal Khan Niazi, Fehmida Fasim, Barkat Ali Khan, Syeda Asma Bano, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Malik Badshah, Farid Menaa, Bushra Uzair

“…The design of actively efficient and low-toxicity formulations against virulent bacterial strains causing skin infections remains a challenging task. …”
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