The formula for maximum efficiency (ηmax) of heat conversion into electricity by a thermoelectric device in terms of the dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) has been widely used to assess the ...

Contributed by James Tiedje; received April 23, 2025; accepted January 26, 2026; reviewed by Gwyn A. Beattie and Corné M. Pieterse Soilborne diseases pose a significant threat to plant health, often ...

Open in Viewer Climatic configuration of the western European margin mid-latitudes during the MIS 5a/4 transition. (Top) Global and Greenland paleoclimatic records compared to the sea surface ...

Our method can be regarded as a variant of the method of fundamental solutions (MFS), in which solutions are also approximated via finite sums (6). The MFS differs from our approach in that each term ...

Agriculture was the critical intermediary through which climate change influenced the trajectory of ancient civilizations, yet the mechanisms linking environmental shifts and early farming practices ...

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THE KINETICS OF FORMATION OF NATIVE RIBONUCLEASE DURING OXIDATION OF THE REDUCED POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN ...

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Future drought is projected to occur under warmer temperature conditions as climate change progresses, referred to here as global-change-type drought, yet quantitative assessments of the triggers and ...

Finally, Knyazikhin et al. (1) argue that links between leaf biochemistry (e.g., %N) and “hyperspectral” reflectance data are obscured by variation in leaf-surface albedo, which seems inconsistent ...

This case illustrates a recurring dilemma in AI governance. As large language models (LLMs) and autonomous decision-making ...

Singlet oxygen (1 O 2) drives key photochemical reactions in the atmosphere and natural waters, yet its spatial distribution in multiphase systems remains unexplored. Here, we reveal strong microscale ...