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Musical aptitude moderates ease and vividness but not frequency of the speech-to-song illusion

Scientific Reports
Abstract Repetitions of a spoken phrase can induce a perceptual illusion in which speech transforms into song, known as the speech-to-song illusion. Speech acoustics that share certain pitch and timing properties with songs seem to be involved in facilitating the illusion, with a recent proposal suggesting that the illusion hinges on the ...
Rathcke, Tamara V., Smit, Eline A.
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Droplet Electricity Generators With Maximized Energy Collection Zone Enabled by Aloe‐Inspired Midrib and Cuticle

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An Aloe‐pinspired droplet electricity generator (A‐DEG) overcomes the limited energy collection zone of conventional DEGs by guiding impact droplets through a channeling midrib and artificial cuticle. The channeling midrib induces uni‐directional droplet spreading, while the artificial cuticle on the midrib further reinforces this behavior through its ...
Gibeom Lee, Eunbyeol Kim, Kyongtae Choi, Minjun Song, Sunmin Jang, Dongwhi Choi, Donghyun Seo, Min‐Gyu Lee, Younghoon Lee   +8 more
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Thrush nightingales adjust the peak frequency and structure of their songs in response to different types of experimental noise

Scientific Reports
Animals employ various strategies to minimize the overlap of their vocalizations with other sounds, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of their communication.
Michał Budka
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Phase Engineering of Atomically Precise Nanoclusters (APNCs) of Gold and Beyond

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Engineering the structural phase of materials is of paramount importance for both fundamental research and practical applications. In this Review, we summarize the recent progress in controlling the phases of atomically precise nanoclusters (APNCs) of gold, silver and copper, as well as bimetallic systems. The phase‐enabled material properties of APNCs
Yitong Wang, Avirup Sardar, Weijie Ji, Zhongyu Liu, Rongchao Jin   +4 more
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Advances in Magnesium‐Based Thermoelectrics: A Critical Review

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Magnesium‐based thermoelectric materials have emerged as promising candidates for low‐to‐mid‐temperature energy conversion due to their abundance, low cost, and competitive performance. This review summarizes recent advances in Mg3X2, MgAgSb, and Mg2X systems, covering transport mechanisms, fabrication strategies, stability challenges, and device ...
Li‐Min Zhang, Li Zhang, Nan‐Hai Li, Yan‐Ling Yang, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Zhi‐Gang Chen   +5 more
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Linker‐Engineered Dimeric Acceptors Afford Efficient Organic Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution via Tailored Nanomorphology for Long‐Lived Charge Accumulation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We developed a new series of monomeric (MY) and dimeric acceptors incorporating unfused (DY1) and fused (DY2) linkers, which establish a controlled self‐aggregation trend of MY > DY2 > DY1. The DY2‐based system yields a bulk‐heterojunction nanoparticle morphology that appears to balance phase separation and interfacial accessibility, consistent with ...
Jin‐Woo Lee, Cheng Sun, Yang Song, Guanru Dong, Keren Ai, Stanley Alfred Cazaly, Flurin Eisner, Bumjoon J. Kim, Zeinab Hamid, Iain McCulloch, Yun‐Hi Kim, James R. Durrant   +11 more
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Soft, Degradable, and Magnetic Microcarriers for Encapsulation and Guided Transport of Drugs and 3D Spheroids

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work presents soft, degradable hydrogel microcarriers that combine magnetic responsiveness with the ability to host multiple therapeutic and cellular components. Produced by droplet microfluidics, the carriers maintain structural integrity during manipulation, permit controlled breakdown under physiological conditions, and enable guided motion for
Xuan Peng, Lulu Song, Daryna Mruga, Veronika Bakhmat, Sergei Dzyadevych, Lin Guo, Shahrukh Shakeel, Rico Illing, Olha Bezsmertna, Xiaotao Wang, Nicholas R. Posselli, Sarthak Misra, Sandra Hauser, Jens Pietzsch, Klaus Kopka, Denys Makarov, Željko Janićijević, Xinne Zhao, Larysa Baraban   +18 more
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Transient Laser‐Shocked Synthesis of Amorphous Layer‐Supported Metal Nanocrystals for Efficient Nitrate Reduction

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A general, versatile laser‐shock synthesis process is reported to produce various bimetallic CuNi, CuFe, CuCo, and medium‐entropy CuFeCoNi heterostructures, in which crystalline metal nanoparticles are anchored to amorphous hydroxide supports. During nitrate reduction reaction, the heterostructures undergo dynamic amorphous/crystalline reconstruction ...
Weihua Guo, Jixun Zhang, Siwei Zhang, Yangbo Ma, Yun Song, Jianjun Su, Zihao Li, Yinger Xin, Qiang Zhang, Mingming He, Ruixuan Wang, Rui Xue, Shibo Xi, Ying Wang, Shenlong Zhao, Tao Yang, Zhengxiao Guo, Ben Zhong Tang, Ruquan Ye   +18 more
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Intimate Interaction Between Nucleic Acid and Conjugated Polymers in Organic Electrochemical Transistors Enables Ultrasensitive Biomarker Detection

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The intimate interaction between negatively charged RNA molecules and conjugated polymers in organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) in aqueous electrolytes is investigated. It demonstrates that RNA binding reduces the volumetric capacitance of the polymer channel, enabling the development of an ultrasensitive biosensing platform capable of ...
Hong Liu, Naixiang Wang, Anneng Yang, Jiajun Song, Li Li, Iain McCulloch, Helen Ka‐wai Law, Feng Yan   +7 more
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Low-frequency noise influences fin whale songs

Abstract Shipping noise can negatively affect baleen whales behaviour, including their reproductive singing. Currently limited research studies have focused on the fin whale ( Balaenoptera physalus ). The aim of this paper is to describe how shipping noise may affect fin whale songs.
Valentina Caradonna, Daniela Silvia Pace, Giulia Pedrazzi, Arianna Azzellino, Diego Vicinanza, Paul White, Silvano Buogo, Junio Fabrizio Borsani   +7 more
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