Benchmark stars for mean stellar density and surface gravity estimates of solar-type stars (2025)
Journal Article
Maxted, P. F. L. (2025). Benchmark stars for mean stellar density and surface gravity estimates of solar-type stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539(4), 3741-3757. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf735

Adding an independent estimate of the mean stellar density, , as a constraint in the analysis of stars that host transiting exoplanets can significantly improve the precision of the planet radius estimate in cases where the light curve is too noisy t... Read More about Benchmark stars for mean stellar density and surface gravity estimates of solar-type stars.

The past, present and future of observations of externally irradiated disks (2025)
Journal Article
Allen, M., Anania, R., Andersen, M., Aru, M.-L., Ballabio, G., Ballering, N. P., Beccari, G., Berné, O., Bik, A., Boyden, R., Coleman, G., Díaz-Berrios, J., Eatson, J. W., Frediani, J., Forbrich, J., Gkimisi, K., Goicoechea, J. R., Gupta, S., Guarcello, M. G., Haworth, T. J., …Zeidler, P. (2025). The past, present and future of observations of externally irradiated disks. Open Journal of Astrophysics, 8, https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.137538

Recent years have seen a surge of interest in the community studying the effect of ultraviolet radiation environment, predominantly set by OB stars, on protoplanetary disc evolution and planet formation. This is important because a significant fracti... Read More about The past, present and future of observations of externally irradiated disks.

TOI-6478 b: a cold under-dense Neptune transiting a fully convective M dwarf from the thick disc (2025)
Journal Article
Scott, M. G., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Barkaoui, K., Sebastian, D., Burgasser, A. J., Collins, K. A., Dransfield, G., Hellier, C., Howell, S. B., Piette, A. A. A., Rackham, B. V., Stassun, K. G., Stokholm, A., Timmermans, M., Watkins, C. N., Fausnaugh, M., Fukui, A., Jenkins, J. M., Narita, N., Ricker, G., …Watanabe, D. (2025). TOI-6478 b: a cold under-dense Neptune transiting a fully convective M dwarf from the thick disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540(2), 1909–1927. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf684

Growing numbers of exoplanet detections continue to reveal the diverse nature of planetary systems. Planet formation around late-type M dwarfs is of particular interest. These systems provide practical laboratories to measure exoplanet occurrence rat... Read More about TOI-6478 b: a cold under-dense Neptune transiting a fully convective M dwarf from the thick disc.

Socio‐Technical Security Modelling and Simulations in Cyber‐Physical Systems: Outlook on Knowledge, Perceptions, Practices, Enablers, and Barriers (2025)
Journal Article
Ani, U. D., Al‐Mhiqani, M., Tuptuk, N., Hailes, S., & McKendrick Watson, J. D. (2025). Socio‐Technical Security Modelling and Simulations in Cyber‐Physical Systems: Outlook on Knowledge, Perceptions, Practices, Enablers, and Barriers. IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, 10(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1049/cps2.70017

Socio‐Technical Security Modelling and Simulation (STSec‐M&S) is a technique used for reasoning and representing security viewpoints that include both the social and technical aspects of a system. It has shown great potential for improving the cybers... Read More about Socio‐Technical Security Modelling and Simulations in Cyber‐Physical Systems: Outlook on Knowledge, Perceptions, Practices, Enablers, and Barriers.

P102 Pain management and its variation by deprivation in patients with inflammatory arthritis: the PAIN PATH survey (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, I. C., Daud, N., Hider, S., Paskins, Z., Twohig, H., Halliday, N., Mallen, C. D., Jordan, K. P., & Muller, S. (2025, April). P102 Pain management and its variation by deprivation in patients with inflammatory arthritis: the PAIN PATH survey. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2025, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, England, UK

Background/Aims UK-based electronic health record studies show that many patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) receive opioid and gabapentinoid prescriptions - particularly in areas of deprivation - despite little and no evidence for efficacy, re... Read More about P102 Pain management and its variation by deprivation in patients with inflammatory arthritis: the PAIN PATH survey.

Skew bracoids containing a skew brace (2025)
Journal Article
Colazzo, I., Koch, A., Martin-Lyons, I., & Truman, P. J. (2025). Skew bracoids containing a skew brace. Journal of Algebra and Its Applications, https://doi.org/10.1142/S021949882650235X

Skew bracoids have been shown to have applications in Hopf-Galois theory. We show that a certain family of skew bracoids correspond bijectively with left cancellative semibraces. A consequence of this correspondence is that skew bracoids in this fami... Read More about Skew bracoids containing a skew brace.

The infrared counterpart and proper motion of magnetar SGR 0501+4516 (2025)
Journal Article
Chrimes, A. A., Levan, A. J., Lyman, J. D., Borghese, A., Dhillon, V. S., Esposito, P., Fraser, M., Fruchter, A. S., Götz, D., Hounsell, R. A., Israel, G. L., Kouveliotou, C., Mereghetti, S., Mignani, R. P., Perna, R., Rea, N., Skillen, I., Steeghs, D., Tanvir, N. R., Wiersema, K., …Zane, S. (2025). The infrared counterpart and proper motion of magnetar SGR 0501+4516. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 696(April 2025), Article A127. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202453479

Aims. Soft gamma repeaters (SGRs) are highly magnetised neutron stars (magnetars) notable for their gamma-ray and X-ray outbursts. We used near-infrared (NIR) imaging of SGR 0501+4516 in the days, weeks, and years after its 2008 outburst to character... Read More about The infrared counterpart and proper motion of magnetar SGR 0501+4516.

Substrate-Induced Strain in Molybdenum Disulfide Thin Films Grown by Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adams, L., Morbec, J., Matthews, P., & Balakrishnan, N. (2025, April). Substrate-Induced Strain in Molybdenum Disulfide Thin Films Grown by Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition. Presented at 6 th International Conference on Nanomaterials, Nanofabrication and Nanocharacterization, Oludeniz, Turkey

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. Aerosolassisted chemical vapour dep... Read More about Substrate-Induced Strain in Molybdenum Disulfide Thin Films Grown by Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition.

Malaria parasites undergo a rapid and extensive metamorphosis after invasion of the host erythrocyte. (2025)
Journal Article
Fréville, A., Moreira-Leite, F., Roussel, C., Russell, M. R. G., Fricot, A., Carret, V., Sissoko, A., Hayes, M. J., Diallo, A. B., Kerkhoven, N. C., Ressurreição, M., Dokmak, S., Blackman, M. J., Collinson, L. M., Buffet, P. A., Vaughan, S., Ndour, P. A., & van Ooij, C. (2025). Malaria parasites undergo a rapid and extensive metamorphosis after invasion of the host erythrocyte. EMBO Reports, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-025-00435-3

Within the human host, the symptoms of malaria are caused by the replication of malaria parasites within erythrocytes. Growth inside the erythrocyte exposes the parasites to the normal surveillance of erythrocytes by the host organism, in particular... Read More about Malaria parasites undergo a rapid and extensive metamorphosis after invasion of the host erythrocyte..

The impact of wind mass loss on nucleosynthesis and yields of very massive stars at low metallicity (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Higgins, E. R., Vink, J. S., Hirschi, R., Laird, A. M., & Sabhahit, G. (2025). The impact of wind mass loss on nucleosynthesis and yields of very massive stars at low metallicity

The chemical feedback from stellar winds in low metallicity (Z) environments is key for understanding the evolution of globular clusters and the early Universe. With disproportionate mass lost from the most massive stars (M > 100Msun), and an excess... Read More about The impact of wind mass loss on nucleosynthesis and yields of very massive stars at low metallicity.

TOI-2015 b: A sub-Neptune in strong gravitational interaction with an outer non-transiting planet (2025)
Journal Article
Barkaoui, K., Korth, J., Gaidos, E., Agol, E., Parviainen, H., Pozuelos, F. J., Palle, E., Narita, N., Grimm, S., Brady, M., Bean, J. L., Morello, G., Rackham, B., Burgasser, A. J., Van Grootel, V., Rojas-Ayala, B., Seifahrt, A., Marfil, E., Passegger, V. M., Stalport, M., …Zúñiga-Fernández, S. (2025). TOI-2015 b: A sub-Neptune in strong gravitational interaction with an outer non-transiting planet. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 695(March 2025), Article A281. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452916

TOI-2015 is a known exoplanetary system around an M4 dwarf star, consisting of a transiting sub-Neptune planet in a 3.35-day orbital period, TOI-2015 b, accompanied by a non-transiting companion, TOI-2015 c. High-precision radial-velocity measurement... Read More about TOI-2015 b: A sub-Neptune in strong gravitational interaction with an outer non-transiting planet.

Germline transformation of the West Nile virus and avian malaria vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say using the piggyBac transposon system. (2025)
Journal Article
Nevard, K., Kaur, R., & Harvey-Samuel, T. (2025). Germline transformation of the West Nile virus and avian malaria vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say using the piggyBac transposon system. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 180(May 2025), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2025.104309

Culex quinquefasciatus Say is a mosquito which acts as a vector for numerous diseases including West Nile virus, lymphatic filariasis and avian malaria, over a broad geographical range. As the effectiveness of insecticidal mosquito control methods de... Read More about Germline transformation of the West Nile virus and avian malaria vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say using the piggyBac transposon system..

A joint effort to discover and characterize two resonant mini-Neptunes around TOI-1803 with TESS, HARPS-N, and CHEOPS (2025)
Journal Article
Zingales, T., Malavolta, L., Borsato, L., Turrini, D., Bonfanti, A., Polychroni, D., Mantovan, G., Nardiello, D., Nascimbeni, V., Lanza, A. F., Bekkelien, A., Sozzetti, A., Broeg, C., Naponiello, L., Lendl, M., Bonomo, A. S., Simon, A. E., Desidera, S., Piotto, G., Mancini, L., …Winn, J. N. (2025). A joint effort to discover and characterize two resonant mini-Neptunes around TOI-1803 with TESS, HARPS-N, and CHEOPS. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 695(March 2025), Article A273. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451180

Context. The discovery and characterization of mini-Neptunes hold a potentially crucial impact on planetary formation and evolution theories. Estimating their orbital parameters and atmospheric properties would provide valuable hints to improve forma... Read More about A joint effort to discover and characterize two resonant mini-Neptunes around TOI-1803 with TESS, HARPS-N, and CHEOPS.

Development of a Three-Dimensional Pathology-Simulating Model of Neurotrauma Using a Polymer-Encapsulated Neural Cell Network (2025)
Journal Article
Wiseman, J. P., Dombros-Ryan, Z., Griffiths, J., Adams, C., & Chari, D. M. (in press). Development of a Three-Dimensional Pathology-Simulating Model of Neurotrauma Using a Polymer-Encapsulated Neural Cell Network. Gels, 11(4), Article 247. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels11040247

Penetrating traumatic injuries of the brain have a poor clinical prognosis necessitating development of new therapies to improve neurological outcomes. Laboratory research is hampered by reliance on highly invasive experimental approaches in living a... Read More about Development of a Three-Dimensional Pathology-Simulating Model of Neurotrauma Using a Polymer-Encapsulated Neural Cell Network.

3′-O-β-Glucosylation of nucleoside analogues using a promiscuous bacterial glycosyltransferase (2025)
Journal Article
Dolan, J. P., Keenan, T., Cheallaigh, A. N., Fascione, M. A., & Miller, G. J. (2025). 3′-O-β-Glucosylation of nucleoside analogues using a promiscuous bacterial glycosyltransferase. RSC Chemical Biology, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CB00026B

Nucleoside analogue therapeutics have a proven capability within drug discovery as antiviral and antineoplastic agents. However, their efficacy can be limited by poor cellular uptake, off target toxicity and low bioavailability. Glycosylation of phar... Read More about 3′-O-β-Glucosylation of nucleoside analogues using a promiscuous bacterial glycosyltransferase.

Genomic-transcriptomic analysis identifies the Syrian hamster as a superior animal model for human diseases (2025)
Journal Article
Wang, C., Cheng, Z., Miao, J., Xue, X., Dong, Y., Zhao, L., Guo, H., Wang, J., Wang, Z., Lu, S., Fang, G., Peng, Y., Zhai, Y., Zhang, Z., Gao, D., Wang, Z., Wang, P., Zhang, L., Dunmall, L. S. C., Wang, J., …Wang, Y. (in press). Genomic-transcriptomic analysis identifies the Syrian hamster as a superior animal model for human diseases. BMC Genomics, 26(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11393-4

Background: The Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) has shown promise as a human diseases model, recapitulating features of different human diseases including COVID-19. However, the landscape of its genome and transcriptome has not been systematica... Read More about Genomic-transcriptomic analysis identifies the Syrian hamster as a superior animal model for human diseases.

First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (FLARES) – XV: The physical properties of super-massive black holes and their impact on galaxies in the early universe (2025)
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Wilkins, S., Kuusisto, J. K., Irodotou, D., Liao, S., Lovell, C. C., Soininen, S., Berger, S. C., Newman, S. L., Roper, W. J., Seeyave, L. T. C., Thomas, P. A., & Vijayan, A. P. (in press). First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (FLARES) – XV: The physical properties of super-massive black holes and their impact on galaxies in the early universe. Open Journal of Astrophysics, 8, https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.132374

Understanding the co-evolution of super-massive black holes (SMBHs) and their host galaxies remains a key challenge of extragalactic astrophysics, particularly the earliest stages at high-redshift. However, studying SMBHs at high-redshift with cosmol... Read More about First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (FLARES) – XV: The physical properties of super-massive black holes and their impact on galaxies in the early universe.

Hydrodynamic Predictions for the Next Outburst of T Coronae Borealis: It Will Be the Brightest Classical or Recurrent Nova Ever Observed in X-Rays * * R.M.W. took part in the observations and early simulations for this paper and we are grateful for his help. (2025)
Journal Article
Starrfield, S., Bose, M., Woodward, C. E., Iliadis, C., Hix, W. R., Evans, A., Shaw, G., Banerjee, D. P. K., Liimets, T., Page, K. L., Geballe, T. R., Ilyin, I., Perron, I., & Wagner, R. M. (in press). Hydrodynamic Predictions for the Next Outburst of T Coronae Borealis: It Will Be the Brightest Classical or Recurrent Nova Ever Observed in X-Rays * * R.M.W. took part in the observations and early simulations for this paper and we are grateful for his help. Astrophysical Journal, 982(2), 89. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adb8ed

T Coronae Borealis (TCrB) is a recurrent nova with recorded outbursts in 1866 and 1946 and possible outbursts in 1217 and 1787. It is predicted to explode again in 2025 or 2026 based on multiple observational studies. The system consists of a massive... Read More about Hydrodynamic Predictions for the Next Outburst of T Coronae Borealis: It Will Be the Brightest Classical or Recurrent Nova Ever Observed in X-Rays * * R.M.W. took part in the observations and early simulations for this paper and we are grateful for his help..

A census of OB stars within 1 kpc and the star formation and core collapse supernova rates of the Milky Way (2025)
Journal Article
Quintana, A. L., Wright, N. J., & García, J. M. (in press). A census of OB stars within 1 kpc and the star formation and core collapse supernova rates of the Milky Way. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 538(3), 1367–1383. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf083

OB stars are crucial for our understanding of Galactic structure, star formation, stellar feedback and multiplicity. In this paper we have compiled a census of all OB stars within 1 kpc of the Sun. We performed evolutionary and atmospheric model fits... Read More about A census of OB stars within 1 kpc and the star formation and core collapse supernova rates of the Milky Way.

3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-1-S-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-S-phenylthio-α-d-mannopyranoside (2025)
Journal Article
Porter, J., & Miller, G. J. (2025). 3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-1-S-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-S-phenylthio-α-d-mannopyranoside. Molbank, 2025(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.3390/M1981

The title compound was isolated as the unexpected reaction product from a reaction attempting to access a glycosyl 1-phosphate. The product was isolated in good yield, as one diastereoisomer, and was characterised by 1H, 13C, and 2D NMR, alongside HR... Read More about 3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-1-S-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-S-phenylthio-α-d-mannopyranoside.