Features based on peer-reviewed papers published in Heliyon.
Dr. Lone Jespersen and Dr. Shingai Nyarugwe built a framework for judging food safety culture assessment tools and found that most existing tools had not been validated comprehensively.
Professor Joseph Godfrey and colleagues propose that a single generic balance equation, paired with domain-specific relations, can systematically build classical physics into machine learning models.
Dr. Cong Ji and Dr. Junbin Shao developed Epi-Clock, which tracks genetic changes in coronavirus data and, in tests on past COVID-19 outbreaks, picked up early signs before cases surged.
Dr. Sahil Saraf's team found that an AI tool for scoring a cell-growth stain in sarcoma samples made pathologists' assessments more consistent, working best alongside human review.
A systematic review led by Emmanuel Kekle Ahialey finds that climate change and shifts in land use and land cover together threaten the steady river flows that hydropower depends on.
Professor Ana Rita Cabrita's team found that sowing site and date shape the protein value and alkaloid content of lupin forage, with yellow lupin carrying the highest alkaloid levels.
O’Neal Dorsel Youté's team found that cleaning with detergent followed by disinfection left no detectable bacteria on laboratory work surfaces at a teaching hospital in Cameroon.
Professor Ayodeji Ifegbesan's team found generally low climate change awareness among citizens of African countries, with education the strongest predictor and radio news the main source of information.
Dr. Paul Li and Dr. Christopher Oberc used next-generation DNA sequencing and machine-learning clustering on ginseng samples and identified a previously unreported genotype, alongside hybrid samples.
Dr. Xiaoping Ren's team reviews spinal cord fusion, in which severed spinal cord ends are rejoined with polyethylene glycol and electrical stimulation, and its promising results in animal studies.
Dr. Jungsun Kim's team found that Sendai virus delivered genes into pancreatic cancer cells of different subtypes more efficiently and consistently than other commonly used viral vectors.
Jasem Suliman Al Ebraheem and colleagues made mesoporous vanadium–molybdenum nanocatalysts that improved oxalic acid production from molasses while using less sulfuric acid than traditional processes.
Dr. Florian Neukart sets out a phased blueprint for a sustainable Mars settlement that relies on local resources, such as sulfur-based concrete, and reusable rockets to cut costs.
Professor Natalia Jimeno's narrative review maps assessment tools and rehabilitation therapies for the language and communication problems of schizophrenia, from broad cognitive programmes to targeted pragmatic training.
Professor Hsiuying Wang reviews evidence that roses have medicinal uses, including against inflammation, diabetes and depression, and that rose petal structures can inspire materials for flexible electronics.
Dr. Ömer Erdoğan's interviews suggest that people raised in conversation-oriented families describe a more positive self-image and stronger sense of belonging than those from conformity-oriented families.
Dr. Dalia Saad's team found microplastics, mostly tiny fibres and fragments, in every Nile tilapia examined from the River Nile at Khartoum, the first such evidence there.
Gabriela Yánez-Jácome and colleagues review evidence that microplastics are widespread across Ecuador's waters, air and wildlife, and call for better waste management, monitoring and regulation.
Dr. Narmada Ashok and Dr. Radha Saraswathy compared South Indian children with and without asthma or allergic rhinitis and linked variants in vitamin D pathway genes to these conditions.
Dr. Elias Volkmer's team found that keloid scars and Dupuytren's disease, though both involve excessive scarring, show entirely distinct gene activity profiles with no shared pattern.
Dr. Jung Hyun Lee's team found in laboratory models that pairing palbociclib with a HIF2α inhibitor promoted immune-triggering cell death, including ferroptosis, in Merkel cell carcinoma cells.
Professor Mazen Khaled's team found that a non-toxic bis-phenylurea-based amine compound forms a protective layer on carbon steel and markedly reduces its corrosion in hydrochloric acid.
Dr. I Made Geria's team shows how ancient Balinese water management, from subak irrigation to protected springs, grew from the Tri Hita Karana philosophy of balancing people, nature and the divine.
Professor Jeong-Ho Kim's team found that blood creatinine falls more with age in older men than older women because men lose more muscle, which can skew kidney function estimates.
