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Sedimentary environment controls on critical metals enrichment in late Permian coal measures in western Guizhou, China (2025)
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Bian, X., Yang, M., Lu, J., Yin, L., Shao, L., Hilton, J., Bond, D. P., & Dai, S. (2025). Sedimentary environment controls on critical metals enrichment in late Permian coal measures in western Guizhou, China. Ore Geology Reviews, 186, Article 106824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106824

Critical metals are, as the name suggests, critical to modern society and understanding how and where they form is essential for targeted exploration for new resources. In the late Permian, the input of alkaline volcanic ash from the Emeishan Large I... Read More about Sedimentary environment controls on critical metals enrichment in late Permian coal measures in western Guizhou, China.

Redox-innocent scandium(III) as the sole catalyst in visible light photooxidations (2025)
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Tolba, A. H., El-Zohry, A. M., Khan, J. I., Svobodová, E., Chudoba, J., Klíma, J., Lušpai, K., Pižl, M., Šturala, J., & Cibulka, R. (2025). Redox-innocent scandium(III) as the sole catalyst in visible light photooxidations. Nature communications, 16(1), Article 7851. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63233-4

In recent years, the catalytic activity of scandium triflate Sc(OTf)3 has attracted significant attention due to its robust Lewis acidity and the oxophilicity of Sc3+. These features have led to impressive progress in developing diverse organic react... Read More about Redox-innocent scandium(III) as the sole catalyst in visible light photooxidations.

Practitioners' Perspective on Protecting Freshwater Biota and Habitats at Flood-Relief Pumps in New Zealand (2025)
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Bolland, J. D., & Franklin, P. A. (2025). Practitioners' Perspective on Protecting Freshwater Biota and Habitats at Flood-Relief Pumps in New Zealand. Ecological Management & Restoration, 26(3), Article e70020. https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70020

Land drainage infrastructure, including flood-relief pumps, plays a critical role in protecting life and property, and for maintaining productive land. However, there is increasing recognition of the significant negative effects of flood-relief pumps... Read More about Practitioners' Perspective on Protecting Freshwater Biota and Habitats at Flood-Relief Pumps in New Zealand.

Tuning the spontaneous emission of CdTe quantum dots with hybrid silicon-gold nanogaps (2025)
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Al-Hamadani, A., Al-Dulami, A., Bartschmid, T., Menath, J., Muravitskaya, A., Vogel, N., Bourret, G. R., Bouillard, J. S. G., & Adawi, A. M. (2025). Tuning the spontaneous emission of CdTe quantum dots with hybrid silicon-gold nanogaps. RSC advances, 15(35), 29053-29062. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ra04583e

Hybrid dielectric-metal nanogaps offer unique properties such as enhanced local density of optical states (LDOS) and simultaneously high quantum yield and coupling efficiency, with applications in bright single-photon sources, efficient nanoLEDs and... Read More about Tuning the spontaneous emission of CdTe quantum dots with hybrid silicon-gold nanogaps.

Implications of retailer-owned digital twins services: The trade-offs between customer experience, misfit returns reduction, and investment costs (2025)
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Yang, Q., Sun, L., Wu, X., & Li, Y. (2026). Implications of retailer-owned digital twins services: The trade-offs between customer experience, misfit returns reduction, and investment costs. Journal of retailing and consumer services, 88, Article 104478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2025.104478

Many prominent retailers, including Walmart, Kroger, IKEA, and Amazon, utilize Digital Twins (DTs) to enhance customer experience and reduce misfit returns by creating virtual replicas of products, service systems, shopping environments, and customer... Read More about Implications of retailer-owned digital twins services: The trade-offs between customer experience, misfit returns reduction, and investment costs.