For Jifeng Zhang, research adviser for bioproduct pharmaceutical development at Eli Lilly & Co., the solvation of ions in water has decidedly practical implications. The topic may appear arcane and ...

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The authors have proposed the Microbiota-derived metabolites–epigenetics (MDME) axis, a conceptual framework explaining how microbial metabolites function as a critical link between the environment ...

It is a matter of contention whether it is possible to provide a philosophically convincing general explanatory framework for the biological sciences which is also of scientific value. The authors of ...

A theoretical framework explaining the risk of rare events causing major disruptions in complex networks, such as a blackout in a power grid, has been proposed by a mathematician in a new paper. A ...

Data Assimilation (DA) is an important mathematical method for predicting turbulent flows for weather forecasting. However, the origins of the critical length scale, a crucial parameter in this method ...

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Western theoretical frameworks are often ill-suited for China studies, according to Chinese academics who called instead for research that was grounded in the country's specific context. The case for ...