A new 'crystalline sponge' for drug discovery: APF-80 illuminates materials design

Many natural compounds that act on the human body provide active ingredients for medicines or clues for developing them, and ...
IEEE

Active Learning-Enhanced Pyramidal Convolution Unet for Change Detection in Optical and SAR Remote Sensing Image Pairs

Abstract: Change detection (CD) between optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) remote sensing (RS) image pairs is a crucial and challenging task. Because of their disparate imaging mechanisms, ...
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Mars can grow plants - the soil just makes them dangerous

Experiments have shown that plants can grow surprisingly well in simulated Martian and lunar soil. The real issue isn’t a lack of nutrients, but toxic compounds embedded in the regolith. Martian soil ...
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Versatile Applications of Cyanoacetic Acid in Organic Chemistry: Active Methylene Compound for the Knoevenagel Condensation and Organocatalyst for the Biginelli Reaction

The Knoevenagel and Biginelli reactions are very important protocols for organic chemistry. The Knoevenagel condensation is a type of aldol reaction widely used in the construction of new C–C bonds.
IEEE

Imaging Chain Modeling and a Scaling Experiment for Optical Remote Sensing of Lunar Surface

Abstract: Lunar exploration has drawn attention all over the world, and remote sensing of the lunar surface through the satellite’s optical camera is one of the most important ways to provide ...