Surface Structural Changes in Silicone Rubber Due to Electrical Tracking

Cutting-Edge Scientific News: Research Reveals Degradation Mechanisms of Silicone Rubber under Electrical Tracking Background: Motivation and Challenges With the rapid development of power transmission and distribution systems, polymer composite insulators have gradually replaced traditional glass and ceramic insulators as the preferred materials f...

A Foundation Model for Joint Segmentation, Detection and Recognition of Biomedical Objects Across Nine Modalities

Decoding the Future of Biomedical Image Analysis: A Foundational Model for Multi-Modal Joint Segmentation, Detection, and Recognition Background In biomedical research, image analysis has become a crucial tool for advancing discoveries, enabling multi-scale studies ranging from organelles to organs. However, traditional biomedical image analysis of...

EvoAI Enables Extreme Compression and Reconstruction of the Protein Sequence Space

Extreme Compression and Reconstruction of Protein Sequence Space: A Breakthrough Study on EvoAI Background Protein design and optimization have become central challenges in fields like biotechnology, medicine, and synthetic biology. The functions of proteins are determined by their sequences and structures, but this functional sequence space is hig...

Evaluation of Large Language Models for Discovery of Gene Set Function

Exploration of Gene Set Function Discovery Using Large Language Models: GPT-4 Excels Academic Background In functional genomics, gene set enrichment analysis is a critical methodology for understanding gene functions and their associated biological processes. However, existing enrichment analyses rely heavily on curated gene function databases, suc...

Overcoming the Preferred-Orientation Problem in Cryo-EM with Self-Supervised Deep Learning

Overcoming the Preferred-Orientation Problem in Single-Particle Cryo-EM: An Innovative Solution through Deep Learning Background Introduction In recent years, single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (Single-Particle Cryo-EM) has become a core technique in structural biology due to its ability to resolve the atomic-resolution structures of bio...

Multiscale Footprints Reveal the Organization of Cis-Regulatory Elements

Multiscale Footprints Reveal the Role of Cis-Regulatory Elements in Cell Differentiation and Aging Background Introduction The regulation of gene expression is a key mechanism in cell fate determination and disease development, and cis-regulatory elements (CREs) play a crucial role in this process. CREs dynamically regulate gene expression by bindi...