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Decoding cellular population dynamics through mechanistic modelling and statistical data analysis - npj Systems Biology and Applications
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1700+ words) What is the central biological question? What observations must the model account for? What is the minimal model required to address the question? What simplifying assumptions and levels of abstraction are acceptable? What temporal and spatial resolution (sampling frequency and…...
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10+ mon, 1+ week ago (243+ words) A multistage convolutional-attention network for fundus image classification fuses multiscale convolutional stems with self-attention modules to diagnose a range of retinal diseases. By combining low-level feature extractors with global attention layers, the model achieves state-of-the-art accuracy using fewer parameters than…...
Predicting protein function from sequence and structure - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (1704+ words) Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology volume8, pages 9951005 (2007) Cite this article 'Inheritance through homology' is the most common and generally more accessible approach to function prediction, but orthology should be established where possible to improve confidence in predictions. The body of functional…...
Three-Dimensional Geological Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (142+ words) No recent Nature Portfolio content available. The graph below shows the total number of articles in three-dimensional geological modeling and uncertainty analysis across all publications each year (not limited to Nature Index journals). Implicit modelling: A method that uses continuous…...
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review " often against guidance
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (296+ words) Miryam Naddaf is a science writer based in London. More than 50% of researchers have used artificial intelligence while peer reviewing manuscripts, according to a survey of some 1, 600 academics across 111 countries by the publishing company Frontiers. Receive 52 print issues and online…...
AI cracks 80-year-old mathematics challenge " researchers are astonished
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (177+ words) The late Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős thought he had the last word on a geometry problem. Now an Open AI chatbot has proved him wrong. The late Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős thought he had the last word on a geometry…...
Heart disease diagnosis and categorization from ECG signals using hybrid Fuzzy-CNN machine optimized by meta-heuristic algorithms - Scientific Reports
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1653+ words) Presentation of a hybrid method based on the combined characteristics of the ECG signal and its converted 2 D image for tracking and gathering a person's CVD vital indicators. Introduction of a hybrid fuzzy-CNN deep learning system trained using metaheuristic PUMA…...
Photoenzymatic catalysis through computation - Nature Synthesis
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (86+ words) Nature Synthesis (2026) Cite this article Kaufold, B. W. , Chintala, N. , Pandeya, P. & Dong, S. S. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 19, 24692483 (2023). Desroches, J. W. & Dong, S. S. J. Chem. Phys. 162, 244104 (2025). Carceller, J. M. et al. Chem 11, 102318 (2025). Curtolo, F. & Dong, S. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 4163941649 (2025). Correspondence to Thomas West. Sijia Dong declares no competing interests. Version of record: 22 May 2026 Nature…...
Evaluating large language models for diagnostic reasoning from unstructured clinical narratives in epilepsy | Communications Medicine
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1699+ words) Overall, Semio LLM provides a scalable, domain-adaptable framework for evaluating LLMs in clinical disciplines where unstructured verbal descriptions encode diagnostic information. By identifying both the strengths and limitations of LLMs, our work contributes to testing the applicability of foundational AI…...
Constructing artificial methylotrophic S. cerevisiae for chondroitin sulfate production using a multidimensional combinatorial strategy - Nature Synthesis
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1332+ words) Nature Synthesis (2026) Cite this article This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (grant no. 2022 YFD2101400, H. -M. Q.), National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 32372279, H. -M. Q.) and the Independent Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology…...