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Overcoming the sensitivity–speed trade-off in two-dimensional photodetectors via a functional oxide interlayer

Yuhui Yang, Qingyun Wu, Xiangxin Gong, Ruihuan Duan et al. • Nature Communications (2026)

Abstract Photodetectors that can achieve both high sensitivity and fast speed remain a challenge due to inherent trade-offs, particularly limiting in photonic integrated circuits. While substantial progress has been made in broadening spect...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72259-1

All-inorganic lattice-contracted fabric image sensors for extreme-temperature radiography

Li Xu, Peng Ran, Wenqian Zhou, Jingshu Wang et al. • Nature Communications (2026)

Abstract Conventional X‑ray sensing fails in extreme temperatures due to a fundamental trilemma: no material offers strong absorption, flexibility, and thermal stability simultaneously. Rigid inorganic scintillators exhibit thermal quenchin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71103-w

Flood Response System—A Case Study

Yogesh Kumar Singh, Upasana Dutta, T. S. Murugesh Prabhu, I. Prabu et al. • Hydrology (2017)

Flood Response System (FRS) is a network-enabled solution developed using open-source software. The system has query based flood damage assessment modules with outputs in the form of spatial maps and statistical databases. FRS effectively f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/hydrology4020030

Small near-infrared photochromic protein for photoacoustic multi-contrast imaging and detection of protein interactions in vivo

Lei Li, Anton A. Shemetov, Mikhail Baloban, Peng Hu et al. • Nature Communications (2018)

Bacterial phytochrome-based probes improved sensitivity in photoacoustic computed tomography. Here the authors engineer a small near-infrared switchable photochromic probe that allows multi-contrast imaging at depths and can be adapted to s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05231-3

Fe-W co-doped V2O5 nanostructures with enhanced oxygen vacancy generation for photocatalytic dye degradation

Akanksha Malik, Sagar Panwar, Deepak Butola, Kriti et al. • Scientific Reports (2026)

Abstract Nanoparticles of V2O5 with dilute doped Fe-, W-, and Fe-W co-doped were prepared by using wet chemical sol–gel method. Structural analysis confirmed the dominant orthorhombic α-V2O5 phase with a minor monoclinic V3O7 phase, whose f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-44277-y

Enhancing Los Angeles’ resilient energy systems amid wildfires

Alexis Pengfei Zhao, Mohannad Alhazmi, Shuangqi Li, Jiarong Li et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Wildfires pose a significant threat to urban regions, with cities like Los Angeles facing increasing challenges due to their vulnerability to frequent and severe wildfire events. This study proposes a novel framework for optimizing...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-02433-w

A hybrid technique to enhance the rainfall-runoff prediction of physical and data-driven model: a case study of Upper Narmada River Sub-basin, India

Sachin Kumar, Mahendra Kumar Choudhary, T. Thomas • Scientific Reports (2024)

Abstract Accurate streamflow prediction is crucial for effective water resource management and planning. This study aims to enhance streamflow simulation accuracy in the data-scarce Upper Narmada River Basin (UNB) by proposing a novel hybri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-77655-5

Reduced Antarctic Bottom Water overturning rate during the early last deglaciation inferred from radiocarbon records

Sifan Gu, Zhengyu Liu, Ning Zhao, Tianyu Chen et al. • Nature Communications (2025)

Abstract The rapid CO2 rise during the early deglaciation is often linked to enhanced ventilation by intensified Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) overturning. The recorded radiocarbon ventilation seesaw during the early deglaciation, which des...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62958-6

Children in All Policies (CAP) 2030 Citizen Science for Climate Change Resilience: a cross-sectional pilot study engaging adolescents to study climate hazards, biodiversity and nutrition in rural Nepal [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Aishworya Shrestha, Katarina Hoernke, Thomas Timberlake, Bhawak Pokhrel et al. • Wellcome Open Research (2023)

Background Young people will suffer most from climate change yet are rarely engaged in dialogue about it. Citizen science offers a method for collecting policy-relevant data, whilst promoting awareness and capacity building. We tested the f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18591.1

Silicon reduces nitrogen stress and improves growth and yield of forage grass under excessive fertilization in tropical soils

Cíntia Cármen de Faria Melo, Danilo Silva Amaral, Renato de Mello Prado, Anderson de Moura Zanine et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Inadequate nitrogen (N) fertilization management in pastures is common and can lead to N deficiency or excess, resulting in physiological imbalances in forage grasses across different regions of the world. Silicon (Si) fertigation ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-03551-1

Sequential generation of linear cluster states from a single photon emitter

D. Istrati, Y. Pilnyak, J. C. Loredo, C. Antón et al. • Nature Communications (2020)

Generating photonic cluster states using a single non-heralded source and a single entangling gate would optimise scalability and reduce resource overhead. Here, the authors generate up to 4-photon cluster states using a quantum dot coupled...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19341-4

Advances of aptamers in esophageal cancer diagnosis, treatment and drug delivery

Yang Fei, Hui Xu, Chunwei Zhang, Jingjing Wang et al. • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology (2025)

Esophageal cancer (EC) is a common malignant tumor of the digestive tract with poor prognosis and high mortality. The early diagnosis of EC mainly depends on endoscopic diagnosis, which not only needs to bear certain economic pressure, but ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.16.121

Establishing a pure antiferroelectric PbZrO3 phase through tensile epitaxial strain

Krina Parmar, Pauline Dufour, Emma Texier, Cécile Carrétéro et al. • Nature Communications (2025)

Abstract The nature of lead zirconate, the historical antiferroelectric material, has recently been challenged. In PbZrO3 epitaxial films, thickness reduction engenders competition among antiferroelectric, ferrielectric and ferroelectric ph...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61867-y

Impact of micromechanical properties of organic matter on the micro-mesopore structures of the over-mature shale in the Niutitang Formation

Hang Lei, Wenjibin Sun, Yujun Zuo, Zhonghu Wu et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract The micromechanical properties of organic matter (OM) and organic pore structures in the over-mature stage are crucial for determining shale reservoir quality and assessing shale gas resource potential. However, there is still deba...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-89164-0

HIV-infection, atherosclerosis and the inflammatory pathway: candidate gene study in a Spanish HIV-infected population.

Laura Ibáñez, Pablo Sebastián Velli, Roser Font, Angeles Jaén et al. • PLoS ONE (2014)

BACKGROUND: Higher prevalence of atherosclerosis and higher cardiovascular risk is observed in HIV-infected individuals. The biological mechanisms underlying these processes are unclear. Several studies have implicated genetic variants in t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112279

Associations of time spent on different types of digital media with self-rated general and mental health in Swedish adolescents

Helena Frielingsdorf, Victoria Fomichov, Ingrid Rystedt, Sofia Lindstrand et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Although previous studies have suggested an association between digital media use and health, detailed knowledge about how different types of digital media impact adolescent health is limited. This cross-sectional population-based ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-83951-x

Evaluation of polybenzimidazole-based polymers for the removal of uranium, thorium and palladium from aqueous medium

V. Vijaya Kumar, C. Ramesh Kumar, A. Suresh, S. Jayalakshmi et al. • Royal Society Open Science (2018)

Four types of polybenzimidazole (PBI)-based polymers (m-PBI, p-PBI, pyridine-based m-PBI and alkylated m-PBI) have been prepared and characterized. Extraction behaviour of heavy metal ions, viz. U(VI), Th(IV) and Pd(II), with these polymers...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1098/rsos.171701

Relationship between atherosclerosis and occlusal support of natural teeth with mediating effect of atheroprotective nutrients: From the SONIC study.

Sayaka Tada, Kazunori Ikebe, Kei Kamide, Yasuyuki Gondo et al. • PLoS ONE (2017)

Whereas most of studies investigating relationship between oral health and atherosclerosis have focused on periodontitis, very few of them were examined about occlusal status of natural teeth which possibly influence dietary habit. The prim...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182563