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7-Apr-2026

How marketing can help US firms combat import competition

American Marketing Association

Marketing leadership, strategic differentiation, and robust customer relationships can help firms weather pressures from imports.

Journal

Journal of Marketing

7-Apr-2026

 

How to plan electricity expansion in hydro-dependent systems?

Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral

In hydro-dependent power systems, water availability varies due to droughts and climate variability, increasing the risk of supply shortages. We present an integrated framework for planning generation and transmission expansion under hydrological uncertainty. The approach uses Monte Carlo simulations to estimate hydropower availability factors and a multi-stage MINLP model that integrates reservoir operation and transmission line reconductoring. It is applied to a 24-bus equivalent system over the 2025–2040 period and evaluated under three scenarios with 19,200 simulations. The full renewable scenario reduces total system cost and unserved power

Journal

Energy Conversion and Management

7-Apr-2026

Fly ball!

Harvard University

A study by Harvard neuroscientists shows how fruit flies learn how to manipulate balls with “play-like” experimentation.

Journal

Current Biology

7-Apr-2026

 

Light-driven method enables sustainable production of porous semiconducting polymers

Koç University

A new study reports a visible-light-driven method to synthesize porous semiconducting polymers under ambient conditions without metal catalysts, offering a more sustainable and efficient route with strong photocatalytic performance.

Journal

Nature Communications

7-Apr-2026

 

Cryptorchidism’s rare cause: Be aware of persistent Müllerian duct syndrome

Higher Education Press

A 4‑month‑old male infant who presented with left cryptorchidism and was ultimately diagnosed with persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS) with transverse testicular ectopia. Two novel mutations in the AMHR2 gene were identified.

Journal

UroPrecision

7-Apr-2026

 

Green biocatalyst: Agro-waste boosts enzyme for silver recycling

HEP Data Cooperation Journals

Bacillus sp. CL14 produced proteases with diverse substrates using hydrolyzed feather meal, linseed flour and canola meal. The crude enzyme was successfully applied to hydrolyze the gelatin layer in waste X-ray films, which might be a cost-effective and eco-friendly strategy for silver recovery.

Journal

Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing

7-Apr-2026

 

Engineered super-enzyme paves way for high-yield human milk oligosaccharide

HEP Data Cooperation Journals

Mining a highly active α-1,2-fucosyltransferase and implementing a dual-module metabolic bypass knockout strategy combined with global regulation in engineered Escherichia coli, an efficient microbial accumulation platform of 2’-Fucosyllactose (11.02 g/L, 13.7-fold enhanced) was established.

Journal

Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing

7-Apr-2026

Swipe right? Dating apps linked to body image pressures

Adelaide University

Bumble, Tinder or Hinge – they’re the fast-paced, image-driven dating platforms millions rely on to find everything from love to a late-night fling. But new Adelaide University research suggests they may also be undermining how young adults see their bodies.

Journal

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

7-Apr-2026

 

Machine-learning guides discovery of multi-principal element alloys as electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

HEP Data Cooperation Journals

This study develops an ML-assisted approach for accelerating the discovery of HER electrocatalysts in multi-principal element alloys. With ultralow material costs and record-breaking electrocatalytic metrics, the NbZnCo2 alloy exhibits exceptional potential for industrial alkaline water electrolyzers.

Journal

Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica

7-Apr-2026

 

Machine learning potentials for property predictions of two-dimensional group-III nitrides

HEP Data Cooperation Journals

A high-precision machine learning potential based on the Deep Potential method was constructed to systematically investigate the lattice dynamics, thermodynamic properties, mechanical behaviors, and thermal transport of two-dimensional Group-III nitrides with first-principles accuracy.

Journal

Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica