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Revolutionizing nitrogen monitoring in ginkgo with spectral modeling
Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of ScienceA research team developed a novel method using bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) spectra combined with the PROSPECT-PRO model and modified ratio indices to estimate nitrogen content nondestructively.
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- Plant Phenomics
Exploring microbial carbon fixation in semiarid farmlands: a path to sustainable agriculture
Maximum Academic PressIn semiarid farmlands, microbes are quietly shaping the planet's carbon cycle.
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- Pedosphere
Visual question answering model enables smarter diagnosis of crop diseases
Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of ScienceA research team has developed a novel AI model, ILCD, and a supporting dataset, CDwPK-VQA, to help early diagnose crop diseases.
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- Plant Phenomics
Fighting back against a dangerous tick-borne disease
University of Missouri-ColumbiaIt’s tick season, and University of Missouri researcher Roman Ganta is fighting back.
As summer heat fuels the rise of lone star ticks across the Midwest and beyond, so too emerges a microscopic menace: Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the dangerous bacterium behind the disease human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME).
Like all bacteria, this tick-borne killer has potential to evolve and outsmart the antibiotic currently used to treat HME.
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- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
How wild strawberries evolved to survive on mountain tops
Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science- Journal
- Horticulture Research
New approach maps nearly 10,000 disease genes to 93 complex diseases, creating 54,240 gene-disease-cell links for precision medicine
Higher Education PressTripletDGC, an open-source GitHub toolkit, leverages single-cell RNA-seq to map nearly 10,000 disease-associated genes to their most impacted cell types—creating over 54,000 gene-disease-cell links to accelerate precision medicine and targeted drug discovery.
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- Frontiers of Computer Science
New python toolkit automates single-cell lineage tracing, accelerates tumor drug resistance analysis
Higher Education PressResearchers at Tsinghua University have unveiled a new Python toolkit for automated single-cell lineage tracing and analysis—featuring rapid barcode QC, clone-size metrics, dynamic Sankey visualizations and quantitative fate-diversity indicators—to accelerate breakthroughs in regenerative medicine and cancer therapy.
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- Frontiers of Computer Science
Powering the abyss: Lithium batteries drive the future of deep-sea
International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing- Journal
- International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Effective way to solve rotational inefficiency in autonomous traffic control—cutting data needs by 50%
Higher Education PressResearchers at the National University of Defense Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University introduce a symmetry-aware neural network architecture that slashes multi-agent reinforcement learning training time by up to 70%, doubles predator–prey task performance, and boosts sample-efficient coordination for autonomous traffic control, cooperative robotics, and power-grid management.
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- Frontiers of Computer Science