Global Intelligence Database
Lignin is nature's toughest, messiest glue, evolved for survival rather than chemical simplicity. A new review examines how fractionation and self-assembly strategies might finally allow us to turn this chaotic plant polymer into high-performance materials.
By Pajer, Crestini, Argyropoulos
While surgery offers a profound physical reset for severe obesity, the physical and mental weight can creep back over time. A new perspective argues that long-term success requires lifelong multidisciplinary support and structured exercise to maintain the surgical intervention's benefits.
By Boppre, Bezerra, Baena-Raya, Hernández-Martínez, Soriano-Maldonado, Zacca, Fonseca
A new theoretical framework proposes that a Quantum Entropic Vacuum (QEV) can explain the orbital velocities of stars without invoking dark matter halos. By bounding the vacuum spectrum between quantum and thermal scales, the model reproduces the dynamics of spiral galaxies like NGC 3198.
By Kamminga