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A laboratory preprint followed reconstituted skim-milk casein micelles through camel-chymosin hydrolysis and gelation. An intermediate-scale scattering feature faded before aggregation, while a second high-q peak became visible; the authors say the pattern is consistent with κ-casein having an internal structural role, but the simulations do not uniquely define the micelle.
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A modeling preprint argues that unusually steep modulus–density relationships in open-porous solids may partly reflect how their internal networks change as density changes, rather than a different local deformation mode. The framework is analytical and illustrative, with no physical specimens, empirical dataset or independent validation reported.
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A preprint comparing stiff three-atom molecular and atomistic glass models found higher reported elastic moduli and larger quasilocalized-vibration proxies in the molecular model, along with stronger dilation-to-shear coupling in nonlinear plastic modes. The authors say effective-degree-of-freedom corrections bring some measures closer, but the simulations do not test real or polymeric glasses.
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An arXiv preprint uses analytical and numerical calculations to chart how idealized dipolar and multipolar particle assemblies rotate under circularly polarized light.
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A preprint reports that tested quarter-filled calculations remain finite at high nonlinear Drude-weight orders, contrary to a low-energy prediction of divergence. At half filling, the weights vanish in the thermodynamic limit and follow a size-dependent exponential pattern.
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A new arXiv preprint presents a theorem-based route for reconstructing Abelian topological orders from normalized torus Berry data.
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Organic transistors containing platinum nanoparticles showed a reported memory window greater than 20 volts and electrical behavior the authors describe as Coulomb-blockade-like. The laboratory study also reported optical programming, electrical erasing and paired-pulse facilitation, but its device count was not reported and its neural-network results came from simulation.
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A laboratory study of CeTe3 single crystals reports that the inferred charge-density-wave transition temperature fell toward room temperature as hydrostatic pressure rose. The authors also observed pressure-dependent changes in collective oscillations and relaxation dynamics, but the proposed microscopic explanations remain indirect.
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An arXiv preprint reports spectral features in optically excited MnBi₂Te₄ that its authors interpret as signatures of a nonequilibrium exciton condensate and a BEC–BCS crossover. The measurements do not directly establish condensate coherence, leaving the interpretation model-dependent.
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