Problems of quantitative assessment of the friction couple contact area by V.O. Belavin, Yu.V. Brylkin, S.V. Zaletaev, A.L. Kusov, V.V. Pavlikov, A.A. Potapov, V.A. Tsarkova

“…The results of our research of the surface of steel disks before and after friction are presented. Problems of the friction couple contact area estimation were under consideration. …”
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Effects of pressure on the survival and viability of cancer cells in vitro: An analytical study. by Mohsin Ali Khan, Zaw Ali Khan, Ishrat Husain, Shivbrat Upadhyay, Sarina Zehra, Rumana Ahmad

“…SEM and AFM analysis revealed presence of characteristic 'pores' and 'pits' on the cell surface of pressure-treated versus untreated cancer cells. …”
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Effect of Rape Straw Fiber on Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Fly Ash Concrete by Xiao-yu Lu, Zhuang Zhao

“…Scanning electron microscopy results showed that RSF mixed with the appropriate amount of FAC presented the absence of agglomeration, the presence of bifurcation cracking, and other phenomena, and the ability to combine closely with FAC to fill internal pores and improve the mechanical properties of the FAC effectively.…”
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Effect of stone powder and practical evaluation on mechanical property of manufactured sand concrete by Suhang Yang, Zhifeng Xu

“…Stone powder can fill the pores in the MSC, improve the overall grading of mechanism sand concrete, improve its working performance, and help to improve the mechanical strength of MSC. …”
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Randomly oriented covalent organic framework membrane for selective Li+ sieving from other ions by Shiwen Bao, Zhaoyu Ma, Lei Yu, Qi Li, Jiaxiang Xia, Song Song, Kunyan Sui, Yongye Zhao, Xueli Liu, Jun Gao

“…The random orientation results in narrow pores, which impart size-based selectivity among alkaline ions. …”
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Osteoarthritis: modern aspects of pathogenesis, focus on low-intensity inflammation by I. S. Svintsitskaya, D. S. Aganov, K. V. Raimuev, A. S. Merlushkina, M. M. Toporkov, A. I. Zhigulina

“…Activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome promotes the synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines, interleukin (IL) 1 β and IL18, and the formation of gasdermin pores, which – combined – leads to cell death, pyroptosis. …”
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Promotion of compact coprecipitates by hot isostatic pressing in GH4061 prepared by laser powder bed fusion by Jin Huang, Fangchen Liu, Hongwei Qi, Jiasheng Liu, Zhou Zhou, Guohua Xu, Xinbo He, Yang Liu, Lei Wang, Fanqiang Meng

“…These findings indicate that by eliminating pores through HIP and controlling precipitate morphology via heat treatment, LPBF manufactured samples can achieve mechanical performance superior to traditionally forged ones.…”
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EP 250108a/SN 2025kg: Observations of the Most Nearby Broad-line Type Ic Supernova Following an Einstein Probe Fast X-Ray Transient by Jillian C. Rastinejad, Andrew J. Levan, Peter G. Jonker, Charles D. Kilpatrick, Christopher L. Fryer, Nikhil Sarin, Benjamin P. Gompertz, Chang Liu, Rob A. J. Eyles-Ferris, Wen-fai Fong, Eric Burns, James H. Gillanders, Ilya Mandel, Daniele Bjørn Malesani, Paul T. O’Brien, Nial R. Tanvir, Kendall Ackley, Amar Aryan, Franz E. Bauer, Steven Bloemen, Thomas de Boer, Clécio R. Bom, Jennifer A. Chacón, Ken Chambers, Ting-Wan Chen, Ashley A. Chrimes, Joyce N. D. van Dalen, Valerio D’Elia, Massimiliano De Pasquale, Michael D. Fulton, Paul J. Groot, Rahul Gupta, Dieter H. Hartmann, Agnes P. C. van Hoof, Mark E. Huber, Luca Izzo, Wynn Jacobson-Galan, Páll Jakobsson, Albert Kong, Tanmoy Laskar, Thomas B. Lowe, Eugene A. Magnier, Elisabetta Maiorano, Antonio Martin-Carrillo, Lluis Mas-Ribas, Daniel Mata Sánchez, Matt Nicholl, Christopher J. Nixon, Samantha R. Oates, Gregory Paek, Jesse Palmerio, Diego Paris, Daniëlle L. A. Pieterse, Giovanna Pugliese, Jonathan A. Quirola Vasquez, Jan van Roestel, Andrea Rossi, Alicia Rouco Escorial, Ruben Salvaterra, Benjamin Schneider, Stephen J. Smartt, Ken Smith, Ian A. Smith, Shubham Srivastav, Manuel A. P. Torres, Chiara Ventura, Paul Vreeswijk, Richard Wainscoat, Yi-Jung Yang, Sheng Yang

“…Finally, we show that the sample of EP FXT-SNe supports past estimates that low-luminosity jets seen through FXTs are more common than successful (GRB) jets, and that similar FXT-like signatures are likely present in at least a few percent of the brightest Type Ic-BL SNe.…”
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Mechanical Properties and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Karst Limestone under Uniaxial Compression by Jianxun Chen, Qingsong Wang, Jiaqi Guo, Yanbin Luo, Yao Li, Qin Liu, Hongyu Wang

“…For samples with good integrity, wave velocity increased with increasing of water content. (2) In the dry state, the samples presented tension failure. In saturated state, the samples presented tension-shear failure. …”
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A Preliminary Study of Biodegradable Waste as Sorbent Material for Oil-Spill Cleanup by J. Idris, G. D. Eyu, A. M. Mansor, Z. Ahmad, C. S. Chukwuekezie

“…The results show that EPFB fibre consists of numerous micro pores, hydrophobic, and partially crystalline and amorphous with approximately 13.5% carbon. …”
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AGN STORM 2. II. Ultraviolet Observations of Mrk 817 with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope by Y. Homayouni, Gisella De Rosa, Rachel Plesha, Gerard A. Kriss, Aaron J. Barth, Edward M. Cackett, Keith Horne, Erin A. Kara, Hermine Landt, Nahum Arav, Benjamin D. Boizelle, Misty C. Bentz, Thomas G. Brink, Michael S. Brotherton, Doron Chelouche, Elena Dalla Bontà, Maryam Dehghanian, Pu Du, Gary J. Ferland, Laura Ferrarese, Carina Fian, Alexei V. Filippenko, Travis Fischer, Ryan J. Foley, Jonathan Gelbord, Michael R. Goad, Diego H. González Buitrago, Varoujan Gorjian, Catherine J. Grier, Patrick B. Hall, Juan V. Hernández Santisteban, Chen Hu, Dragana Ilić, Michael D. Joner, Jelle Kaastra, Shai Kaspi, Christopher S. Kochanek, Kirk T. Korista, Andjelka B. Kovačević, Daniel Kynoch, Yan-Rong Li, Ian M. McHardy, Jacob N. McLane, Missagh Mehdipour, Jake A. Miller, Jake Mitchell, John Montano, Hagai Netzer, Christos Panagiotou, Ethan Partington, Richard W. Pogge, Luka Č. Popović, Daniel Proga, Daniele Rogantini, Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann, David Sanmartim, Matthew R. Siebert, Tommaso Treu, Marianne Vestergaard, Jian-Min Wang, Martin J. Ward, Tim Waters, Peter R. Williams, Fatima Zaidouni, Ying Zu

“…These require detailed models, and will be presented in future work.…”
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Building an international precision medicine platform trial for the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): an expert consensus project report by Kiran Reddy, Neil Aggarwal, Narges Alipanah-Lechner, Djillali Annane, David B Antcliffe, Daphne Babalis, J Kenneth Baillie, Abigail Beane, Lieuwe DJ Bos, Aidan Burrell, Carolyn S Calfee, Kiki Cano-Gamez, Victoria R Cornelius, Mary Cross, Emma Davenport, Lorenzo del Sorbo, Laura Esserman, Eddy Fan, Vito Fanelli, Niall D Ferguson, D Clark Files, Christoph Fisser, Shigeki Fujitani, Ewan C Goligher, Anthony C Gordon, Giacomo Grasselli, Fergus Hamilton, Rashan Haniffa, Andrea Haren, Daniel JR Harvey, Leanne M Hays, Anna Heath, Nicholas Heming, Susanne Herold, Tim Hicks, Nao Ichihara, Vinod Jaiswal, Jun Kataoka, Julian C Knight, Patrick R Lawler, Kathleen Liu, John C Marshall, David M Maslove, Michael A Matthay, Daniel F McAuley, Nuala J Meyer, Jonathan A Millar, Holger Müller-Redetzky, Alistair Nichol, John Norrie, Marlies Ostermann, Andrew Owen, Cecilia M O’Kane, Dhruv Parekh, Rachel Phillips, Duncan Richards, Bram Rochwerg, Anthony J Rostron, Hiroki Saito, Romit J Samanta, Vittorio Scaravilli, Wesley Self, Manu Shankar-Hari, A John Simpson, Pratik Sinha, Marry R Smit, Jonathan Stewart, B Taylor Thompson, István Vadász, Ed Waddingham, Steve Webb, Graham Wheeler, D Martin Witzenrath, Mark M Wurfel, Thomas R Martin

“…Funding This article presents independent research funded by the (NIHR) Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme as award number NIHR154493. …”
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A Study on Astrazon Black AFDL Dye Adsorption onto Vietnamese Diatomite by Bui Hai Dang Son, Vo Quang Mai, Dang Xuan Du, Nguyen Hai Phong, Dinh Quang Khieu

“…In the present paper, the adsorption of Astrazon Black AFDL dye onto Vietnamese diatomite has been demonstrated. …”
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Conquering surfactant-induced partial wetting of commercial membrane in membrane distillation through in-situ water flushing by Jiahao Mo, Yang Yang, Xianhui Li, Zhifeng Yang

“…This work presents a refined approach to conquer surfactant-induced wetting in MD by water flushing. …”
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A Review of Methodologies for the Rapid Analysis and Quantification of Gases in Solid Media by Chu Zhang, Leizi Jiao, Yibo Wei, Feng Bao, Rui Guo, Daming Dong

“…However, the measurement of certain gases remains challenging when using current sensing techniques and sensors; this is particularly true for the gases that are present in solid media. For example, the nitrous oxide that is emitted from soil is often trapped within soil pores, while a significant portion of the ethylene that is released from fruit dissolves within the flesh of the fruit itself. …”
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Macroscopically uniform interface layer with Li+ conductive channels for high-performance Li metal batteries by Qian Chen, Binyin Gao, Zhilin Yang, Yong Li, QingWei Zhai, Yangyu Jia, Qiannan Zhang, Xiaokang Gu, Jinghan Zuo, Lei Wang, Tianshuai Wang, Pengbo Zhai, Cheng Yang, Yongji Gong

“…The carbon nitride with ordered pores in basal plane provides high-speed lithium-ion transport channels with low tortuosity. …”
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Wear and Corrosion Properties of Pure Mo Coating Layer Manufactured by Atmospheric Plasma Spray Process by Yu-Jin Hwang, Yurian Kim, Soon-Hong Park, Sung-Cheol Park, Kee-Ahn Lee

“…Corrosion mainly occurred at the splat boundary and pores that were present in the initial state. Based on the findings above, the potential application of APS Mo coating material was also discussed.…”
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Room-temperature-cured MoSi2-phosphate emissivity coating with a self-sealing structure by Xianqi Cao, Kunlong Zhao, Tong Liu, Laiming Song, Yize Wu, Chunhong Zhang, Wenxin Cao, Jianwei Bai, Lijia Liu, Jinlong Xue, Yun Zhang, Jiaqi Zhu

“…Considering that both the melting of BSP and MoSi2 oxidation occur at similar temperatures, molten BSP occludes pores and blocks oxygen diffusion to protect MoSi2 at medium and high temperatures. …”
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Self‐Supporting Graphene Foam for the Removal of Chlorine from Water by Konrad Dybowski, Grzegorz Romaniak, Bartłomiej Januszewicz, Anna Sobczyk‐Guzenda, Jacek Grabarczyk, Adam K. Puszkarz, Anna Jędrzejczak

“…Microscopic investigations, BrunauerEmmettTeller (BET), and X‐ray tomography are carried out to characterize its internal structure, including the nature and size of the pores, and to determine the specific surface area. …”
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Microplastics' occurrence, distribution, and chemical toxicity in backwater sediments from Puducherry Coast, Southeast India

“…The MPs exhibited morphological changes, including irregular cracks, micro-brittles, pores, and erosion-like amorphous characteristics, potentially threatening marine organisms. …”
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