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Substrate-induced strain in molybdenum disulfide grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition (2024)
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Adams, L. J., Matthews, P. D., Morbec, J. M., & Balakrishnan, N. (in press). Substrate-induced strain in molybdenum disulfide grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition. Nanotechnology, 35(39), Article 395602. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ad5dc1

Transition metal dichalcogenides have been extensively studied in recent years because of their fascinating optical, electrical, and catalytic properties. However, low-cost, scalable production remains a challenge. Aerosol-assisted chemical vapor dep... Read More about Substrate-induced strain in molybdenum disulfide grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition.

Early Results from the HUMDRUM Survey: A Small, Earth-mass Planet Orbits TOI-1450A (2024)
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Brady, M., Bean, J. L., Seifahrt, A., Kasper, D., Luque, R., Stefánsson, G., …Zambelli, R. (2024). Early Results from the HUMDRUM Survey: A Small, Earth-mass Planet Orbits TOI-1450A. Astronomical Journal, 168(2), Article 67. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad500a

M-dwarf stars provide us with an ideal opportunity to study nearby small planets. The HUnting for M Dwarf Rocky planets Using MAROON-X (HUMDRUM) survey uses the MAROON-X spectrograph, which is ideally suited to studying these stars, to measure precis... Read More about Early Results from the HUMDRUM Survey: A Small, Earth-mass Planet Orbits TOI-1450A.

Symmetric double-layer capacitor with natural rubber and sodium salt-based solid polymer electrolyte and reduced graphene oxide electrodes (2024)
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Perera, K. S., Vidanapathirana, K. P., Adams, L. J., Hawes, C. S., & Balakrishnan, N. (2024). Symmetric double-layer capacitor with natural rubber and sodium salt-based solid polymer electrolyte and reduced graphene oxide electrodes. Journal of Energy Storage, 97, Article 112683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.112683

Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are the key to improving electrochemical devices’ energy density and safety. In recent years, natural polymers have received tremendous attention due to the latest advances in green technology for a sustainable futur... Read More about Symmetric double-layer capacitor with natural rubber and sodium salt-based solid polymer electrolyte and reduced graphene oxide electrodes.

Correction: Virtual screening, identification and in vitro validation of small molecule GDP-mannose dehydrogenase inhibitors (2024)
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Dolan, J. P., Ahmadipour, S., Wahart, A. J. C., Cheallaigh, A. N., Sari, S., Eurtivong, C., …Miller, G. J. (in press). Correction: Virtual screening, identification and in vitro validation of small molecule GDP-mannose dehydrogenase inhibitors. RSC Chemical Biology, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cb90026j

Correction for ‘Virtual screening, identification and in vitro validation of small molecule GDP-mannose dehydrogenase inhibitors’ by Jonathan P. Dolan et al., RSC Chem. Biol., 2023, 4, 865–870, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CB00126A.

Rediscussion of eclipsing binaries. Paper XVIII. The F-type system OO Pegasi (2024)
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Southworth, J. (2024). Rediscussion of eclipsing binaries. Paper XVIII. The F-type system OO Pegasi. Observatory, 144(1300),

OO Peg is a detached eclipsing binary system containing two late-A-type stars in a circular orbit with a period of 2.985 d. Using published spectroscopic results and a light curve from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) we determine the... Read More about Rediscussion of eclipsing binaries. Paper XVIII. The F-type system OO Pegasi.

Accessing active fragments for drug discovery utilising nitroreductase biocatalysis. (2024)
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Holder, L., Yuce, E., Oriomah, G., Jenkins, A.-P., Reynisson, J., Winter, A., & Cosgrove, S. (in press). Accessing active fragments for drug discovery utilising nitroreductase biocatalysis. ChemBioChem, Article e202400428. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202400428

Biocatalysis has played a limited role in the early stages of drug discovery. This is often attributed to the limited substrate scope of enzymes not affording access to vast areas of novel chemical space. Here, we have shown a promiscuous nitroreduct... Read More about Accessing active fragments for drug discovery utilising nitroreductase biocatalysis..

NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter (2024)
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Battley, M. P., Collins, K. A., Ulmer-Moll, S., Quinn, S. N., Lendl, M., Gill, S., …Zhao, Y. (2024). NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 686, Article A230. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449307

Context. Long-period transiting exoplanets bridge the gap between the bulk of transit- and Doppler-based exoplanet discoveries, providing key insights into the formation and evolution of planetary systems. The wider separation between these planets a... Read More about NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter.

Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars – V. The circumbinary planet system EBLM J0608–59 (2024)
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Maxted, P. F. L., Miller, N. J., Sebastian, D., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Martin, D. V., & Duck, A. (2024). Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars – V. The circumbinary planet system EBLM J0608–59. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 4577-4583. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1434

EBLM J0608$-$59/TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 is a 12$^{\rm th}$-magnitude, F9 V star in an eclipsing binary with a much fainter M dwarf companion on a wide, eccentric orbit (P = 14.6 d). The binary is orbited by two circumbinary planets: one transiting on a 95-d... Read More about Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars – V. The circumbinary planet system EBLM J0608–59.

BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts (2024)
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Freckelton, A. V., Sebastian, D., Mortier, A., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Maxted, P. F. L., Acuña, L., …Willett, E. (2024). BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 4085-4098. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1405

Planets orbiting binary systems are relatively unexplored compared to those around single stars. Detections of circumbinary planets and planetary systems offer a first detailed view into our understanding of circumbinary planet formation and dynamica... Read More about BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts.

3D simulations of convective shell Neon-burning in a massive star (2024)
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Georgy, C., Rizzuti, F., Hirschi, R., Varma, V., Arnett, W. D., Meakin, C., …Rauscher, T. (in press). 3D simulations of convective shell Neon-burning in a massive star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 4293–4310. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1381

The treatment of convection remains a major weakness in the modelling of stellar evolution with one-dimensional (1D) codes. The ever increasing computing power makes now possible to simulate in 3D part of a star for a fraction of its life, allowing u... Read More about 3D simulations of convective shell Neon-burning in a massive star.

Effect of molecular rotation and concentration on the adsorption of pentacene molecules on two-dimensional monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (2024)
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Black, E., & Morbec, J. M. (2024). Effect of molecular rotation and concentration on the adsorption of pentacene molecules on two-dimensional monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. Electronic Structure, 6(2), Article 025008. https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1075/ad5945

Heterostructures composed of pentacene (PEN) molecules and transition metal dichalchogenides (TMDs) are promising materials for small, flexible and lightweight photovoltaic devices and various other optoelectronic applications. The effects of changin... Read More about Effect of molecular rotation and concentration on the adsorption of pentacene molecules on two-dimensional monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides.

A Photoionization Model for the Infrared Coronal Line Emission in the Classical Nova V1716 Scorpii (2024)
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Woodward, C. E., Shaw, G., Starrfield, S., Evans, A., & Page, K. L. (2024). A Photoionization Model for the Infrared Coronal Line Emission in the Classical Nova V1716 Scorpii. Astrophysical Journal, 968(1), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad4097

A near-infrared spectrum of nova V1716 Scorpii (PNV J17224490-4137160), a recent bright ( Vmax=7.3 mag), Fermi-LAT detected γ-ray source, was modeled using the photoionization code CLOUDY. Abundances were estimated for He, C, N, O, Si, Al, Mg, Fe, Ne... Read More about A Photoionization Model for the Infrared Coronal Line Emission in the Classical Nova V1716 Scorpii.

The EDIBLES Survey: VIII. Band profile alignment of diffuse interstellar bands (2024)
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Ebenbichler, A., Smoker, J. V., Lallement, R., Farhang, A., Cox, N. L. J., Joblin, C., …Cordiner, M. (2024). The EDIBLES Survey: VIII. Band profile alignment of diffuse interstellar bands. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 686, Article A50. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348871

Context. There have been many attempts to identify families of diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) with perfectly correlating band strengths. Although major efforts have been made to classify broadly based DIB families and important insights have been... Read More about The EDIBLES Survey: VIII. Band profile alignment of diffuse interstellar bands.

GJ 238 b: A 0.57 Earth Radius Planet Orbiting an M2.5 Dwarf Star at 15.2 pc (2024)
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Tey, E., Shporer, A., Lin, Z., Stassun, K. G., Lissauer, J. J., Hellier, C., …Jenkins, J. M. (2024). GJ 238 b: A 0.57 Earth Radius Planet Orbiting an M2.5 Dwarf Star at 15.2 pc. Astronomical Journal, 167(6), Article 283. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad3df1

We report the discovery of the transiting planet GJ 238 b, with a radius of 0.566 ± 0.014 R ⊕ (1.064 ± 0.026 times the radius of Mars) and an orbital period of 1.74 days. The transit signal was detected by the TESS mission and designated TOI-486.01.... Read More about GJ 238 b: A 0.57 Earth Radius Planet Orbiting an M2.5 Dwarf Star at 15.2 pc.

Biocatalytic Nucleobase Diversification of 4'-Thionucleosides and Application of Derived 5-Ethynyl-4'-thiouridine for RNA synthesis detection. (2024)
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Westarp, S., Benckendorff, C., Motter, J., Rohrs, V., Sanghvi, Y., Neubauer, P., …Miller, G. J. (in press). Biocatalytic Nucleobase Diversification of 4'-Thionucleosides and Application of Derived 5-Ethynyl-4'-thiouridine for RNA synthesis detection. Angewandte Chemie, Article e202405040. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202405040

Nucleoside and nucleotide analogues have proven to be transformative in the treatment of viral infections and cancer. One branch of structural modification to deliver new nucleoside analogue classes explores replacement of canonical ribose oxygen wit... Read More about Biocatalytic Nucleobase Diversification of 4'-Thionucleosides and Application of Derived 5-Ethynyl-4'-thiouridine for RNA synthesis detection..

Biocatalytic Nucleobase Diversification of 4'‐Thionucleosides and Application of Derived 5‐Ethynyl‐4'‐thiouridine for RNA synthesis detection (2024)
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Westarp, S., Benckendorff, C., Motter, J., Rohrs, V., Sanghvi, Y., Neubauer, P., …Miller, G. J. (in press). Biocatalytic Nucleobase Diversification of 4'‐Thionucleosides and Application of Derived 5‐Ethynyl‐4'‐thiouridine for RNA synthesis detection. Angewandte Chemie, Article e202405040. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202405040

Nucleoside and nucleotide analogues have proven to be transformative in the treatment of viral infections and cancer. One branch of structural modification to deliver new nucleoside analogue classes explores replacement of canonical ribose oxygen wit... Read More about Biocatalytic Nucleobase Diversification of 4'‐Thionucleosides and Application of Derived 5‐Ethynyl‐4'‐thiouridine for RNA synthesis detection.

Gliese 12 b: A Temperate Earth-sized Planet at 12 pc Ideal for Atmospheric Transmission Spectroscopy (2024)
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Kuzuhara, M., Fukui, A., Livingston, J. H., Caballero, J. A., de Leon, J. P., Hirano, T., …Zapatero Osorio, M. R. (2024). Gliese 12 b: A Temperate Earth-sized Planet at 12 pc Ideal for Atmospheric Transmission Spectroscopy. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 967(2), Article L21. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad3642

Recent discoveries of Earth-sized planets transiting nearby M dwarfs have made it possible to characterize the atmospheres of terrestrial planets via follow-up spectroscopic observations. However, the number of such planets receiving low insolation i... Read More about Gliese 12 b: A Temperate Earth-sized Planet at 12 pc Ideal for Atmospheric Transmission Spectroscopy.

Parvalbumin Gene: A Valuable Marker for Pike Authentication and Allergen Risk Assessment. (2024)
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Čermáková, E., Mukherjee, S., Nováková, D., Horká, P., Zdeňková, K., & Demnerová, K. (2024). Parvalbumin Gene: A Valuable Marker for Pike Authentication and Allergen Risk Assessment. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 72(22), 12788–12797. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c01410

Fish from the pike ( ) genus are valued in gastronomy for their superior meat quality. However, they can cause allergic reactions in sensitive consumers. This work aimed to fill the gap in the detection of pike allergens using molecular-biological te... Read More about Parvalbumin Gene: A Valuable Marker for Pike Authentication and Allergen Risk Assessment..

Interlaboratory study on real-time PCR detection and quantification of the European anglerfish, pike, and seabream parvalbumin gene (2024)
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Zdeňková, K., Mukherjee, S., Marin, M. A. L., Horká, P., Kýrová, V., Potůčková, M., & Čermáková, E. (in press). Interlaboratory study on real-time PCR detection and quantification of the European anglerfish, pike, and seabream parvalbumin gene. European Food Research and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-024-04578-w

This study presents a large-scale interlaboratory comparison (ILC) aimed at detecting and quantifying DNA from two European anglerfish (Lophius budegassa, Lophius piscatorius), pike (Esox lucius) and sea bream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) using real-tim... Read More about Interlaboratory study on real-time PCR detection and quantification of the European anglerfish, pike, and seabream parvalbumin gene.

A dusty rain falls on the nova V959 Monocerotis (2024)
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Evans, A., Banerjee, D. P. K., Varricatt, W. P., & Joshi, V. (2024). A dusty rain falls on the nova V959 Monocerotis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(1), 728-738. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1240

We present archival and ground-based infrared observations of the γ-ray-emitting nova V959 Mon, covering the period 100–4205 d after the 2012 eruption. We use these data to determine that the secondary in the nova system is a G5 main sequence star. D... Read More about A dusty rain falls on the nova V959 Monocerotis.