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Optical Monitoring of the Didymos–Dimorphos Asteroid System with the Danish Telescope around the DART Mission Impact (2023)
Journal Article
Rożek, A., Snodgrass, C., Jørgensen, U. G., Pravec, P., Bonavita, M., Rabus, M., …Castillo Baeza, N. S. (2023). Optical Monitoring of the Didymos–Dimorphos Asteroid System with the Danish Telescope around the DART Mission Impact. The Planetary Science Journal, 4(12), Article 236. https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/ad0a64

The NASA’s Double-Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a unique planetary defence and technology test mission, the first of its kind. The main spacecraft of the DART mission impacted the target asteroid Dimorphos, a small moon orbiting the asteroid D... Read More about Optical Monitoring of the Didymos–Dimorphos Asteroid System with the Danish Telescope around the DART Mission Impact.

Very massive star models: I. Impact of rotation and metallicity and comparisons with observations (2023)
Journal Article
Martinet, S., Meynet, G., Ekström, S., Georgy, C., & Hirschi, R. (2023). Very massive star models: I. Impact of rotation and metallicity and comparisons with observations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 679, Article A137. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347514

Context. In addition to being spectacular objects, very massive stars (VMSs) are suspected to have a tremendous impact on their environment and on cosmic evolution in general. The nucleosynthesis both during their advanced stages and their final expl... Read More about Very massive star models: I. Impact of rotation and metallicity and comparisons with observations.

A resonant sextuplet of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright star HD 110067. (2023)
Journal Article
Luque, R., Osborn, H. P., Leleu, A., Pallé, E., Bonfanti, A., Barragán, O., …Zingales, T. (in press). A resonant sextuplet of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright star HD 110067. Nature, 623(7989), 932-937. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06692-3

Planets with radii between that of the Earth and Neptune (hereafter referred to as 'sub-Neptunes') are found in close-in orbits around more than half of all Sun-like stars . However, their composition, formation and evolution remain poorly understood... Read More about A resonant sextuplet of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright star HD 110067..

The EBLM Project—From False Positives to Benchmark Stars and Circumbinary Exoplanets (2023)
Journal Article
Maxted, P. F. L., Triaud, A. H. M. J., & Martin, D. V. (in press). The EBLM Project—From False Positives to Benchmark Stars and Circumbinary Exoplanets. Universe, 9(12), Article 498. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9120498

The EBLM project aims to characterise very-low-mass stars that are companions to solar-type stars in eclipsing binaries. We describe the history and motivation for this project, the methodology we use to obtain the precise mass, radius, and effective... Read More about The EBLM Project—From False Positives to Benchmark Stars and Circumbinary Exoplanets.

The enigmatic multiple star VV Ori (2023)
Journal Article
Budding, E., Southworth, J., Pavlovski, K., Rhodes, M. D., Zihao, W., Love, T., …Alexander, M. (in press). The enigmatic multiple star VV Ori. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 6389-6405. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3586

New photometry, including TESS data, have been combined with recent spectroscopic observations of the Orion Ib pulsating triple-star system VV Ori. This yields a revised set of absolute parameters with increased precision. Two different programs were... Read More about The enigmatic multiple star VV Ori.

CHEOPS and TESS view of the ultra-short-period super-Earth TOI-561 b (2023)
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Patel, J. A., Egger, J. A., Wilson, T. G., Bourrier, V., Carone, L., Beck, M., …Walton, N. A. (2023). CHEOPS and TESS view of the ultra-short-period super-Earth TOI-561 b. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 679, Article A92. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244946

Context. Ultra-short-period planets (USPs) are a unique class of super-Earths with an orbital period of less than a day, and hence they are subject to intense radiation from their host star. These planets cannot retain a primordial H/He atmosphere, a... Read More about CHEOPS and TESS view of the ultra-short-period super-Earth TOI-561 b.

Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass (GOT ’EM) Survey. III. Recovery and Confirmation of a Temperate, Mildly Eccentric, Single-transit Jupiter Orbiting TOI-2010 (2023)
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Mann, C. R., Dalba, P. A., Lafrenière, D., Fulton, B. J., Hébrard, G., Boisse, I., …Ting, E. B. (2023). Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass (GOT ’EM) Survey. III. Recovery and Confirmation of a Temperate, Mildly Eccentric, Single-transit Jupiter Orbiting TOI-2010. Astronomical Journal, 166(6), Article 239. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad00bc

Large-scale exoplanet surveys like the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission are powerful tools for discovering large numbers of exoplanet candidates. Single-transit events are commonplace within the resulting candidate list due to the... Read More about Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass (GOT ’EM) Survey. III. Recovery and Confirmation of a Temperate, Mildly Eccentric, Single-transit Jupiter Orbiting TOI-2010.

Harnessing a Biocatalyst to Bioremediate the Purification of Alkylglycosides (2023)
Journal Article
Wahart, A. J. C., Dolan, J. P., Anderson, S. D., Cheallaigh, A. N., Staniland, J., Lima, M. A., …Cosgrove, S. C. (2023). Harnessing a Biocatalyst to Bioremediate the Purification of Alkylglycosides. ChemBioChem, Article e202300752. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202300752

Wahart et al. demonstrate the use of an immobilised oxidase enzyme coupled to an extractive amino resin for the bioremediation of a common industrial surfactant. This allows the facile purification of alkyl monoglucosides without the need for high en... Read More about Harnessing a Biocatalyst to Bioremediate the Purification of Alkylglycosides.

A transcriptomics-based drug repositioning approach to identify drugs with similar activities for the treatment of muscle pathologies in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) models. (2023)
Journal Article
Hoolachan, J. M., McCallion, E., Sutton, E. R., Çetin, Ö., Pacheco-Torres, P., Dimitriadi, M., …Bowerman, M. (2024). A transcriptomics-based drug repositioning approach to identify drugs with similar activities for the treatment of muscle pathologies in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) models. Human molecular genetics, 33(5), 400–425. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddad192

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disorder caused by the reduction of survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein levels. Although three SMN-augmentation therapies are clinically approved that significantly slow down disease progres... Read More about A transcriptomics-based drug repositioning approach to identify drugs with similar activities for the treatment of muscle pathologies in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) models..

TOI-858 B b: A hot Jupiter on a polar orbit in a loose binary (2023)
Journal Article
Hagelberg, J., Nielsen, L. D., Attia, O., Bourrier, V., Pearce, L., Venturini, J., …Ziegler, C. (2023). TOI-858 B b: A hot Jupiter on a polar orbit in a loose binary. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 679, Article A70. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244940

We report the discovery of a hot Jupiter on a 3.28-day orbit around a 1.08 M⊙ G0 star that is the secondary component in a loose binary system. Based on follow-up radial velocity observations of TOI-858 B with CORALIE on the Swiss 1.2 m telescope and... Read More about TOI-858 B b: A hot Jupiter on a polar orbit in a loose binary.

TESS giants transiting giants V - Two hot Jupiters orbiting red-giant hosts (2023)
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Pereira, F., Grunblatt, S. K., Psaridi, A., Campante, T. L., Cunha, M. S., Santos, N. C., …Huber, D. (in press). TESS giants transiting giants V - Two hot Jupiters orbiting red-giant hosts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 6332-6345. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3449

In this work we present the discovery and confirmation of two hot Jupiters orbiting red-giant stars, TOI-4377 b and TOI-4551 b, observed by TESS in the southern ecliptic hemisphere and later followed-up with radial-velocity (RV) observations. For TOI... Read More about TESS giants transiting giants V - Two hot Jupiters orbiting red-giant hosts.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Impact of Water on the Stability of Postmodified Schiff Base Containing Metal–Organic Frameworks (2023)
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Radnović, N. D., Hawes, C. S., Kordić, B. B., Bogdanović, M. G., Barta Holló, B., Radanović, M. M., …Rodić, M. V. (in press). Synthesis, Characterization, and Impact of Water on the Stability of Postmodified Schiff Base Containing Metal–Organic Frameworks. Inorganics, 11(11), Article 432. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11110432

In this study, the synthesis of a Schiff base containing metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) of the UiO-67 family has been investigated. MOFs featuring free amine groups were successfully synthesized under mild solvothermal conditions using 2-amino-[1,1′... Read More about Synthesis, Characterization, and Impact of Water on the Stability of Postmodified Schiff Base Containing Metal–Organic Frameworks.

Physical properties of the eclipsing binary KIC 9851944 and analysis of its tidally-perturbed p- and g-mode pulsations (2023)
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Jennings, Z., Southworth, J., Pavlovski, K., & Van Reeth, T. (in press). Physical properties of the eclipsing binary KIC 9851944 and analysis of its tidally-perturbed p- and g-mode pulsations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(2), 4052-4075. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3427

Stars that are both pulsating and eclipsing offer an important opportunity to better understand many of the physical phenomena that occur in stars, because it is possible to measure the pulsation frequencies of stars for which the masses and radii ar... Read More about Physical properties of the eclipsing binary KIC 9851944 and analysis of its tidally-perturbed p- and g-mode pulsations.

Supporting coordination through hydrogen bonding in lanthanide complexes of 7-azaindole- N -oxide † (2023)
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Wood, O. G., Jones, L., & Hawes, C. S. (in press). Supporting coordination through hydrogen bonding in lanthanide complexes of 7-azaindole- N -oxide †. CrystEngComm, 25(45), 6371-6378. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ce00985h

Ligands capable of simultaneous metal coordination and hydrogen bond donation provide useful structural features to enhance cooperativity and favour specific geometries within the coordination sphere. Here we present the first structurally characteri... Read More about Supporting coordination through hydrogen bonding in lanthanide complexes of 7-azaindole- N -oxide †.

ALMA Observations of Supernova Remnant N49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. Non-LTE Analysis of Shock-heated Molecular Clouds (2023)
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Sano, H., Yamane, Y., van Loon, J. T., Furuya, K., Fukui, Y., Alsaberi, R. Z. E., …Tachihara, K. (2023). ALMA Observations of Supernova Remnant N49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. Non-LTE Analysis of Shock-heated Molecular Clouds. Astrophysical Journal, 958(1), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acffbe

We present the first compelling evidence of shock-heated molecular clouds associated with the supernova remnant (SNR) N49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Using 12CO(J = 2–1, 3–2) and 13CO(J = 2–1) line emission data taken with the Atacama Large... Read More about ALMA Observations of Supernova Remnant N49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. Non-LTE Analysis of Shock-heated Molecular Clouds.

The dynamics of star formation in the local Milky Way as traced by OB associations (2023)
Thesis
Quintana Isasi, A. L. P. (2023). The dynamics of star formation in the local Milky Way as traced by OB associations. (Thesis). Keele University

OB associations are gravitationally unbound, low-density groups of young stars delineated by bright OB stars. At the intersection of star formation and Galactic structure, they are important across many areas of astronomy. However, most historical OB... Read More about The dynamics of star formation in the local Milky Way as traced by OB associations.

The human factor: results of a small‐angle scattering data analysis round robin (2023)
Journal Article
Pauw, B. R., Smales, G. J., Anker, A. S., Annadurai, V., Balazs, D. M., Bienert, R., …Wuttke, J. (in press). The human factor: results of a small‐angle scattering data analysis round robin. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 56, 1618-1629. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600576723008324

A round‐robin study has been carried out to estimate the impact of the human element in small‐angle scattering data analysis. Four corrected datasets were provided to participants ready for analysis. All datasets were measured on samples containing s... Read More about The human factor: results of a small‐angle scattering data analysis round robin.

Diagnosing Invasive Parasites (2023)
Book Chapter
Bojko, J., Collings, A. J., Burgess, A. L., & Goode, J. A. (2023). Diagnosing Invasive Parasites. . Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI). https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789248135.0002

Microorganisms are everywhere and biological invasions are no exception. In this chapter, we present an arsenal of diagnostic and research tools that can help the invasion biologist to identify, characterize, quantify and understand the symbiotic ass... Read More about Diagnosing Invasive Parasites.

Using the solid injection technique with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify cuticular hydrocarbons in several thrips insect species (2023)
Thesis
Covaci, A. (2023). Using the solid injection technique with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify cuticular hydrocarbons in several thrips insect species. (Thesis). Keele University

Thrips are a group of insects included in the order Thysanoptera. So far, over 6000 species have been described, among which over 100 are known as crop pests There is a plethora of studies on various species of thrips, yet the CHC composition is know... Read More about Using the solid injection technique with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify cuticular hydrocarbons in several thrips insect species.