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Nonlinear free-decay oscillations of a magnetically levitated air bubble in water produced by coalescence (2025)
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Hunter-Brown, G., Sampara, N., Scase, M. M., & Hill, R. .. A. (in press). Nonlinear free-decay oscillations of a magnetically levitated air bubble in water produced by coalescence. Physical Review Fluids, https://doi.org/10.1103/qxcs-8t7l

Magnetic levitation is used for the first time to study freely suspended air bubbles in water, in particular the transient nonlinear shape oscillations of bubbles newly formed from the coalescence of two parent bubbles. Since we find that this method... Read More about Nonlinear free-decay oscillations of a magnetically levitated air bubble in water produced by coalescence.

The Impact of Uncertainty Estimation on Radiomic Segmentation Reproducibility and Scan-Rescan Repeatability in Kidney MRI (2025)
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Damiano, R., Lanzarone, E., Lussana, F., Villa, G., Daniel, A. J., Francis, S., Caroli, A., & Scalco, E. (in press). The Impact of Uncertainty Estimation on Radiomic Segmentation Reproducibility and Scan-Rescan Repeatability in Kidney MRI. Medical Physics,

Background: Radiomics holds great potential but is hindered by segmentation and scan-rescan variability, which affect the reproducibility and repeatability of radiomic analysis, respectively. Recently, deep learning (DL) has shown promise in improv-... Read More about The Impact of Uncertainty Estimation on Radiomic Segmentation Reproducibility and Scan-Rescan Repeatability in Kidney MRI.

Dynamic scaling theory for a field quench near the Kasteleyn transition in spin ice (2025)
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Powell, S., & Pal, S. (2025). Dynamic scaling theory for a field quench near the Kasteleyn transition in spin ice. Physical Review Letters, 134(25), Article 256701. https://doi.org/10.1103/b9gd-y4y6

We present a dynamic scaling theory to describe relaxation dynamics following a magnetic-field quench near an unconventional phase transition in the magnetic material spin ice. Starting from a microscopic model, we derive an effective description for... Read More about Dynamic scaling theory for a field quench near the Kasteleyn transition in spin ice.

Fast and accurate implementation of the effective fluid approximation for ultralight axions (2025)
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Moss, A., Gaughan, L., & Green, A. M. (2025). Fast and accurate implementation of the effective fluid approximation for ultralight axions. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 111(12), Article 123530. https://doi.org/10.1103/fy1y-rjst

We present a numerically efficient and accurate implementation of the Passaglia-Hu effective fluid approximation for ultralight axions (ULAs) within the Boltzmann code CAMB. This method is specifically designed to evolve the axion field accurately ac... Read More about Fast and accurate implementation of the effective fluid approximation for ultralight axions.

The NExpo Study: A protocol of behavioural, physiological, and neuroimaging measures to assess the effects of noise exposure on the auditory pathway (2025)
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Dewey, R. S., Guest, H., Millman, R. E., Prendergast, G., Plack, C. J., & Francis, S. T. (2025). The NExpo Study: A protocol of behavioural, physiological, and neuroimaging measures to assess the effects of noise exposure on the auditory pathway. Aperture Neuro, 5, https://doi.org/10.52294/001c.140461

Background: Noise exposure is the main cause of preventable hearing loss worldwide. Findings from animal studies suggest that even moderate noise exposure can cause substantial damage to the cochlear nerve without any noticeable hair cell damage. Cru... Read More about The NExpo Study: A protocol of behavioural, physiological, and neuroimaging measures to assess the effects of noise exposure on the auditory pathway.

Deeper multi-redshift upper limits on the Epoch of Reionization 21-cm signal power spectrum from LOFAR between z=8.3 and z=10.1 (2025)
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Mertens, F. G., Mevius, M., Koopmans, L. V. . E., Offringa, A. R., Zaroubi, S., Acharya, A., Brackenhoff, S. A., Ceccotti, E., Chapman, E., Chege, K., Ciardi, B., Ghara, R., Ghosh, S., Giri, S. K., Hothi, I., Höfer, C., Iliev, I. T., Jelić, V., Ma, Q., Mellema, G., …Yatawatta, S. (2025). Deeper multi-redshift upper limits on the Epoch of Reionization 21-cm signal power spectrum from LOFAR between z=8.3 and z=10.1. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 698, Article A186. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202554158+

We present new upper limits on the 21-cm signal power spectrum from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR), at redshifts í µí± § ≈ 10.1, 9.1, and 8.3, based on reprocessed observations from the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR). The analysis incorporates signific... Read More about Deeper multi-redshift upper limits on the Epoch of Reionization 21-cm signal power spectrum from LOFAR between z=8.3 and z=10.1.

JWST PRIMER: strong evidence for the environmental quenching of low-mass galaxies out to z ≃ 2 (2025)
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Hamadouche, M. L., McLure, R. J., Carnall, A. C., McLeod, D. J., Dunlop, J. S., Whitaker, K. E., Donnan, C. T., Begley, R., Stanton, T. M., Almaini, O., Aird, J., Cullen, F., Cutler, S., Grogin, N. A., & Koekemoer, A. M. (2025). JWST PRIMER: strong evidence for the environmental quenching of low-mass galaxies out to z ≃ 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf971

We present the results of a study investigating the galaxy stellar-mass function (GSMF), size-mass relations and morphological properties of star-forming and quiescent galaxies over the redshift range 0.25 < z < 2.25, using the JWST PRIMER survey. Th... Read More about JWST PRIMER: strong evidence for the environmental quenching of low-mass galaxies out to z ≃ 2.

Benchmarking TERS and TEPL probes: towards a reference sample for quantification of near-field enhancement factors in gap and non-gap modes (2025)
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Kerfoot, J., Legge, E. J., Collins, A., Chauhan, J., Rossnagel, K., Beton, P. H., Mellor, C. J., Pollard, A. J., Rance, G. A., & George, M. W. (2025). Benchmarking TERS and TEPL probes: towards a reference sample for quantification of near-field enhancement factors in gap and non-gap modes. Analyst, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5AN00456J

Benchmarking the near-field signal enhancement attained using plasmonic metal-coated atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes for tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) and tip-enhanced photoluminescence (TEPL) measurements is challenging given the absen... Read More about Benchmarking TERS and TEPL probes: towards a reference sample for quantification of near-field enhancement factors in gap and non-gap modes.

Inter- and Intramolecular On-Surface Synthesis of Porphyrin-Based Nanostructures on Au(111) and Cu(111) (2025)
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Frampton, E. S., Clarke, M., Edmondson, M., Gray, A., Bradford, J., Warwick, L., Pearce, N., Champness, N. R., & Saywell, A. (2025). Inter- and Intramolecular On-Surface Synthesis of Porphyrin-Based Nanostructures on Au(111) and Cu(111). ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8(24), 12608-12618. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c01525

Surface-confined synthesis provides alternative reaction pathways to those utilized within solution-phase chemistry and offers a route to extended molecular architectures with nanoscale dimensions and fascinating magnetic, electronic, and catalytic p... Read More about Inter- and Intramolecular On-Surface Synthesis of Porphyrin-Based Nanostructures on Au(111) and Cu(111).

Distinct origins of environmentally quenched galaxies in the core and outer virialised regions of massive clusters at 0.8 < 𝑧 < 1.5 (2025)
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Hewitt, G., Sarron, F., Balogh, M. L., Rudnick, G., Bahé, Y., Baxter, D. C., Castignani, G., Cerulo, P., Cooper, M. C., Demarco, R., Edward, A. H., Finn, R. A., Forrest, B., Muzzin, A., Nantais, J., Vulcani, B., Wilson, G., & Zaritsky, D. (2025). Distinct origins of environmentally quenched galaxies in the core and outer virialised regions of massive clusters at 0.8 < 𝑧 < 1.5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf932

High-redshift (𝑧 ∼ 1) galaxy clusters are the domain where environmental quenching mechanisms are expected to emerge as important factors in the evolution of the quiescent galaxy population. Uncovering these initially subtle effects requires explorin... Read More about Distinct origins of environmentally quenched galaxies in the core and outer virialised regions of massive clusters at 0.8 < 𝑧 < 1.5.

The Onset of Feedback in Abell 1885: Evidence for Large-Scale Quenching Despite a Young Central AGN (2025)
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White, L., Mcdonald, M., Ubertosi, F., Gaspari, M., Hlavacek-Larrondo, J., Russell, H., & Somboonpanyakul, T. (in press). The Onset of Feedback in Abell 1885: Evidence for Large-Scale Quenching Despite a Young Central AGN. Astrophysical Journal,

We present a new 8.5 ks Chandra observation of Abell 1885 (z=0.089), obtained as part of the Cluster Evolution Reference Ensemble At Low-z (CEREAL) survey of ∼200 low-z galaxy groups and clusters. These data reveal that Abell 1885 is a strong cool co... Read More about The Onset of Feedback in Abell 1885: Evidence for Large-Scale Quenching Despite a Young Central AGN.

A Novel Machine Learning Model for the Automated Diagnosis of Nasal Pathology in Canine Patients (2025)
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Istrate, A., Constantinescu, R., Anandavel, L., Rajeshkumar Tandel, S., Dye, S., & Dye, C. (2025). A Novel Machine Learning Model for the Automated Diagnosis of Nasal Pathology in Canine Patients. Animals, 15(12), Article 1718. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15121718

Computed tomography (CT) is the imaging method of choice for evaluating the canine nasal cavity, being invaluable in determining disease extent, guiding sampling, and planning treatment. While predictions of pathology type can be made, there is signi... Read More about A Novel Machine Learning Model for the Automated Diagnosis of Nasal Pathology in Canine Patients.

Euclid preparation. LXX. Forecasting detection limits for intracluster light in the Euclid Wide Survey (2025)
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Euclid Collaboration, Bellhouse, C., Golden-Marx, J., Bamford, S., Hatch, N., Kluge, M., Ellien, A., Ahad, S., Dimauro, P., Durret, F., Gonzalez, A., Jimenez-Teja, Y., Montes, M., Sereno, M., Slezak, E., Bolzonella, M., Castignani, G., Cucciati, O., De Lucia, G., Ghaffari, Z., …Walton, N. (2025). Euclid preparation. LXX. Forecasting detection limits for intracluster light in the Euclid Wide Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 698, Article A14. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202553887

The intracluster light (ICL) permeating galaxy clusters is a tracer of the cluster assembly history and potentially a tracer of their dark matter structure. In this work, we explore the capability of the Euclid Wide Survey to detect ICL using HE-band... Read More about Euclid preparation. LXX. Forecasting detection limits for intracluster light in the Euclid Wide Survey.

Asymmetric thiol-modified hybrid polyoxometalates: building blocks for hierarchical nanostructured redox materials (2025)
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Newton, G. N., Hampson, E., Kibler, A. J., Cameron, J. M., Watts, J. A., Bellamy-Carter, A., Saywell, A., Johnson, L. R., & Walsh, D. A. (2025). Asymmetric thiol-modified hybrid polyoxometalates: building blocks for hierarchical nanostructured redox materials. Nanoscale, https://doi.org/10.1039/d5nr00544b

The development of hierarchical, redox-active nanostructures can drive new advances in fields ranging from energy storage to sensors and memristors. The self assembly of redox-active molecular building blocks into redox-active structures is especiall... Read More about Asymmetric thiol-modified hybrid polyoxometalates: building blocks for hierarchical nanostructured redox materials.

How probable is the Lyman-alpha damping wing in the spectrum of the redshift z = 5.9896 quasar ULAS J0148+0600? (2025)
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Fiona, S., James S., B., George D., B., Luke, C., Martin G., H., Laura, K., Girish, K., & Ewald, P. (in press). How probable is the Lyman-alpha damping wing in the spectrum of the redshift z = 5.9896 quasar ULAS J0148+0600?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,

The shape of the Ly-𝛼 transmission in the near zone of the redshift 𝑧 = 5.9896 quasar ULAS J0148+0600 (hereafter J0148) is consistent with a damping wing arising from an extended neutral hydrogen island in the diffuse intergalactic medium (IGM). Here... Read More about How probable is the Lyman-alpha damping wing in the spectrum of the redshift z = 5.9896 quasar ULAS J0148+0600?.

Effect of haemodialysis on the brain and heart assessed using multiparametric MRI (2025)
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Cox, E., Gullapudi, V., Buchanan, C., White, K., Nicholas, R., Canaud, B., Taal, M., Selby, N., & Francis, S. (in press). Effect of haemodialysis on the brain and heart assessed using multiparametric MRI. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation,

Background and hypothesis
Haemodialysis (HD) patients often develop cognitive impairment, negatively impacting health-related quality of life. We use brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures to study the acute changes in cerebral water conte... Read More about Effect of haemodialysis on the brain and heart assessed using multiparametric MRI.

Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bandgaps (2025)
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Cull, W. J., Ramasse, Q. M., Biskupek, J., Rance, G. A., Cardillo‐Zallo, I., Weare, B. L., Fay, M. W., Roy Whitney, R., Scammell, L. R., Alves Fernandes, J., Kaiser, U., Patanè, A., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2025). Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bandgaps. Advanced Materials, Article 2501821. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202501821

Manipulating semiconductor properties without altering their chemical composition holds promise for electronic and optical materials. However, linking atomic positions in nanomaterials to their functional properties is challenging due to their polydi... Read More about Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bandgaps.

Quantum correlations in a gravitational collapse simulation with SpheriCo.jl (2025)
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Berczi, B., Eriksson, M., Giannakopoulos, T., & Saffin, P. M. (2025). Quantum correlations in a gravitational collapse simulation with SpheriCo.jl. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025(5), Article 173. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282025%29173

We report on work using a newly developed code, SpheriCo.jl, that computes the gravitational collapse of a spherical scalar field, where the scalar can be either a classical field, or a quantum field operator. By utilising summation-by-parts methods... Read More about Quantum correlations in a gravitational collapse simulation with SpheriCo.jl.

Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of blood plasma for rapid endometrial cancer detection (2025)
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Schiemer, R., Grant, J., Shafiee, M. N., Phang, S., Furniss, D., Boitor, R., Seddon, A. B., Notingher, I., Atiomo, W., Jones, N. W., & Gajjar, K. B. (2025). Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of blood plasma for rapid endometrial cancer detection. British Journal of Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-025-03050-0

Background: Endometrial cancer (EC) is the 6th most common cancer among women worldwide. No effective non-invasive screening methods or approved blood biomarkers for EC exist. Previous research explored Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform I... Read More about Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of blood plasma for rapid endometrial cancer detection.

T₁-Dark Rim as a Marker of New and Chronic Active Multiple Sclerosis Lesions: A Serial Study With Frequent 7T MRI (2025)
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Marshall, M., Aphiwatthanasumet, K., Mougin, O., Stadelmann, C., Morgan, P. S., Dineen, R. A., Gowland, P., Evangelou, N., & Clarke, M. A. (2025). T₁-Dark Rim as a Marker of New and Chronic Active Multiple Sclerosis Lesions: A Serial Study With Frequent 7T MRI. Journal of Neuroimaging, 35(3), Article e70044. https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.70044

Background and Purpose:
Chronic active multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions represent a particularly destructive subset of lesions on pathology. However, their imaging correlates, including paramagnetic rim lesions (PRLs) detected on susceptibility-weig... Read More about T₁-Dark Rim as a Marker of New and Chronic Active Multiple Sclerosis Lesions: A Serial Study With Frequent 7T MRI.