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$TALYS calculations of prompt fission observables and independent fission product yields for the neutron-induced fission of $$^{235}$$U$ 3:33

TALYS calculations of prompt fission observables and independent fission product yields for the neutron-induced fission of $$^{235}$$U

Kazuki Fujio, Ali Al-Adili, Fredrik Nordström, Jean-François Lemaître, Shin Okumura, Satoshi Chiba, A. J. Koning

When uranium splits, the story is not over. The two pieces are born hot and unstable, then shed neutrons and light as they settle down, and predicting that aftermath matters for reactors, medicine, and nuclear waste.

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Plasmidome in mcr-1 harboring carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales isolates from human in Thailand

Parichart Boueroy, Thidathip Wongsurawat, Piroon Jenjaroenpun, Peechanika Chopjitt, Rujirat Hatrongjit, Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Anusak Kerdsin

A dangerous form of antibiotic resistance may not need bacteria to reproduce. It can travel in small DNA packages, moving between different bacteria and potentially taking last-resort treatment out of reach.

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Coherent optical control of a superconducting microwave cavity via electro-optical dynamical back-action

Liu Qiu, Rishabh Sahu, William Hease, Georg Arnold, J. M. Fink

A laser pulse can now steer a superconducting microwave cavity, even though light and microwaves normally barely affect each other. The surprising part is how little unwanted disturbance comes along for the ride.

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How does consumer quality preference impact blockchain adoption in supply chains?

Benedict Jun, Shuai Liu, George Q. Huang, C.T. Ng

A blockchain label is not automatically valuable. This study finds that it becomes worth paying for mainly when enough shoppers care deeply about whether a product is genuinely high quality.

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Adversarial attacks on graph-level embedding methods: a case study

Maurizio Giordano, Lucia Maddalena, Mario Manzo, Mario Rosario Guarracino

An artificial-intelligence system can make sense of a complicated network, yet an attacker may not need to touch the cases it must judge. Altering its training examples can be enough to make the system fail.

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$Analysis of differences in fossil fuel consumption in the world based on the fractal time series and complex network$ 3:07

Analysis of differences in fossil fuel consumption in the world based on the fractal time series and complex network

Lin Zhang, Xiao Jian, Yuxuan Ma

Fossil-fuel use may look like a chaotic rise and fall. But this study finds that it carries a remarkably strong memory: what happened before can help shape what happens next.

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