An artificial intelligence approach to palaeogeographic studies: a case study of the Late Ordovician brachiopods of Laurentia by Akbar Sohrabi

“…In this method, after entering the dataset, an artificial intelligence model learns the morphological features of brachiopods related to each geographical region and then estimates the geographical location of the brachiopods for new specimens. …”
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Heart cockle shells transmit sunlight to photosymbiotic algae using bundled fiber optic cables and condensing lenses by Dakota E. McCoy, Dale H. Burns, Elissa Klopfer, Liam K. Herndon, Babatunde Ogunlade, Jennifer A. Dionne, Sönke Johnsen

“…Within each window, aragonite forms narrow fibrous prisms perpendicular to the surface. …”
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Development of a set of monosomic alien addition lines from Gossypium raimondii in Gossypium hirsutum toward breeding applications in cotton by Zhenzhen Xu, Xiaoxi Lu, Wenjie Ding, Wei Ji, Wuzhimu Ali, Heyang Wang, Shan Meng, Qi Guo, Peng Xu, Xianglong Chen, Liang Zhao, Huan Yu, Xinlian Shen

“…These MAALs will provide important genetic bridge materials for gene transfer from G. raimondii as well as for the study of Gossypium species genomes and their evolution. Conclusions A set of Gossypium hirsutum - Gossypium raimondii MAALs were developed and they showed abundant variation in morphological, agronomic, yield, and fiber quality traits, as well as in drought and salt resistance at seedling stage.…”
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A combination of activation and repression by a colinear Hox code controls forelimb-restricted expression of Tbx5 and reveals Hox protein specificity. by Satoko Nishimoto, Carolina Minguillon, Sophie Wood, Malcolm P O Logan

“…Acquisition of this regulatory element would have been critical for the evolution of limbs in vertebrates and modulation of the factors we have identified can be molecular drivers of the diversity in limb morphology.…”
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Domestication and varietal diversification of Old World cultivated cottons (Gossypium sp.) in the Antiquity by Christopher Viot

“…Many traditional varieties have been described for each of these two species; an evolution is apparent from perennial, rather primitive forms through to annual varieties and modern phenotypes, with adaptations to cultivation in diverse conditions, including cold climates and short summers. …”
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Insights into the Lunar Imbrium Basin Mare Units by Characterizing Their Regolith Property, Chronology, and Composition by Shuangshuang Wu, Jianping Chen, Feng Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Xiaojian Xu

“…Investigating volcanic activity aids in deeply understanding the lunar endogenic geological processes and thermal evolution over time. Previous studies on lunar volcanism mainly focused on using optical, spectral, and topographical data, which are good at analyzing lunar surface morphology and composition, but detection of its subsurface regolith property has been greatly restricted. …”
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Steric and energetic studies on adsorption of toxic arsenic ions by hematite nano-rods from laterite highlighting the impact of modification periods by Dina Mostafa, Nabila Shehata, Mashael D. Alqahtani, May N. Bin Jumah, Nahaa M. Alotaibi, Noof A. Alenazi, Hassan A. Rudayni, Ahmed A. Allam, Wail Al Zoubi, Mostafa R. Abukhadra

“…Lateritic iron ore was subjected to alkaline modification for different durations (12 h (HM12), 24 h (HM24), 36 h (HM36), and 48 h (HM48)), leading to morphological evolution into nanorod structures (2D) with variations in surface area, crystallinity, and adsorption efficacy for arsenate (As(V)) ions. …”
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Integrative taxonomy of new xenophyophores (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) from the abyssal northwest Pacific by Andrew J. Gooday, Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Chong Chen, Maria Holzmann, Julien Richirt, Koji Seike, Momo Yamashita, Masashi Tsuchiya, Hidetaka Nomaki

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Multiple ITS copies reveal extensive hybridization within Rheum (Polygonaceae), a genus that has undergone rapid radiation. by Dongshi Wan, Yongshuai Sun, Xu Zhang, Xiaotao Bai, Jun Wang, Ailan Wang, Richard Milne

“…Seven species contained two divergent copies of ITS that resolved in different clades from one another in each case, indicating hybridization events too recent for concerted evolution to have homogenised the ITS sequences. …”
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Dealloying Behavior of NiCo and NiCoCu Thin Films by Benjamin E. Peecher, Jennifer R. Hampton

“…Here, the electrochemical dealloying process was explored for electrodeposited binary NiCo and ternary NiCoCu thin films. For each of the four different metal ratios, films were dealloyed using linear sweep voltammetry to various potentials in order to gain insight into the evolution of the film over the course of the linear sweep. …”
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Examining Mammalian facial behavior using Facial Action Coding Systems (FACS) and combinatorics. by Aisha Mahmoud, Lauren Scott, Brittany N Florkiewicz

“…However, it is unclear whether these numbers represent the total number of facial muscle movement combinations (which we refer to as facial configurations) that each species is capable of producing. If unobserved combinations of facial muscle movements are communicative in nature, it is crucial to identify them, as this information is important for testing research hypotheses related to the evolution of complex communication among mammals. …”
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Microstructure development during thermomechanical treatment of Al-Mg-Si alloy by Martinova Z., Zlateva G.

“…Transmission electron microscopy observations, tensile tests and electrical conductivity measurements were carried out in order to correlate microstructural features to properties on each TMT step. It was established that pre-aging at room temperature affected the morphology of dislocation structure induced by next cold deformation. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of laryngeal cancer treatment literature (2003–2023) by Yan Zhao, Jiancheng Xue

“…This study explores the evolution of key topics and trends in laryngeal cancer research. …”
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Studies of wolf x coyote hybridization via artificial insemination. by L David Mech, Cheryl S Asa, Margaret Callahan, Bruce W Christensen, Fran Smith, Julie K Young

“…Following the production of western gray wolf (Canis lupus) x western coyote (Canis latrans) hybrids via artificial insemination (AI), the present article documents that the hybrids survived in captivity for at least 4 years and successfully bred with each other. It further reports that backcrossing one of the hybrids to a male gray wolf by AI also resulted in the birth of live pups that have survived for at least 10 months. …”
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Open Cluster Dynamics under the Influence of Outflow–Ambient Interactions by Muxin Liu, Lile Wang, Xiaoting Fu, Luis C. Ho

“…We modify the N -body integration code REBOUND with both NDF and DF implemented according to the outflow conditions of each star in a consistently constructed OC. The evolution of stars is also involved in determining the gas–star interactions throughout their stellar lives. …”
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Exploring the utility of unretouched lithic flakes as markers of cultural change by Manuel Will, Hannes Rathmann

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Effectiveness of the GAEC standard of cross compliance retain terraces on soil erosion control by Paolo Bazzoffi, Lorenzo Gardin

“…At Lamole, the natural vegetation in evolution on completely degraded terraces is able to decrease erosion below the tolerance threshold. …”
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The Andean adaptive toolkit to counteract high altitude maladaptation: genome-wide and phenotypic analysis of the Collas. by Christina A Eichstaedt, Tiago Antão, Luca Pagani, Alexia Cardona, Toomas Kivisild, Maru Mormina

“…We genotyped 730,525 SNPs in 25 individuals from each population. In genome-wide scans of extended haplotype homozygosity Collas showed the strongest signal around VEGFB, which plays an essential role in the ischemic heart, and ELTD1, another gene crucial for heart development and prevention of cardiac hypertrophy. …”
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Lethal injuries on the scaphitid ammonoid Hoploscaphites nicolletii (Morton, 1842) in the Upper Cretaceous Fox Hills Formation, South Dakota, USA by Amane Tajika, Anastasia Rashkova, Neil H. Landman, Adiël A. Klompmaker

“…Abstract Predator–prey relationships are considered a major driver for the evolution of organisms, and thus contributed to shaping morphology, ecology, and diversity. …”
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Transformer based spatially resolved prediction of mechanical properties in wire arc additive manufacturing by Mohammad Keshmiri, Shirin Dehgahi, Abdullah Mohiuddin, Ahmed J. Qureshi

“…Finally, for model prediction interpretation, we investigated the location-aware morphology with various thermal profiles and mechanical properties, which allowed us to explain the reason behind each prediction.…”
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