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❄️ Can we predict major snowstorms weeks in advance?
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⚠️ Why did LA burn in winter?
"Hot drought" made massive wildfires 149-210% more likely during the rainy season.
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From theory to application: Modified Zebiak-Cane model addresses key biases in ENSO simulation!
Research highlights critical trade-offs in atmospheric parameterization for improved seasonal forecasting 🔍
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Hot article by Congqing Zhu 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.
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Authors report an unprecedented alkyne homocoupling and cross-coupling enabled by actinide–transition metal cooperativity within a heterometallic U–Pd cluster.
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In a recent study published in Cell Metabolism, a research paper provides the first evidence that sperm microRNAs act as carriers of epigenetic information, enabling the intergenerational transmission of paternal exercise capacity and metabolic health, thereby exerting profound effects on offspring development. The collaborative research team was led by Chen-Yu Zhang, Xi Chen, and Di-Jun Chen from Nanjing University, together with Tao Zhang from Nanjing Medical University, titled "Paternal exercise confers endurance capacity to offspring through sperm microRNAs." Throughout evolutionary history, exercise capacity has been fundamental to human survival, with our ancestors relying on sustained physical performance for hunting, migration, and predator evasion. However, with the advent of modern society, human lifestyles have undergone dramatic changes. Sedentary behavior and physical inactivity have become the norm, making exercise seem less essential for survival.
Yet, a growing body of research reveals that the biological benefits of exercise continue to profoundly influence human health. Exercise not only enhances individual physical fitness and metabolic profiles—reducing the risk of chronic diseases—but also exerts deeper effects on the physiological and metabolic characteristics of future generations. Nevertheless, the mechanisms through which paternal exercise influences offspring phenotypes remain poorly understood. In this study, the authors demonstrate that offspring sired by exercise-trained fathers exhibit intrinsic exercise adaptability and improved metabolic parameters compared to those from sedentary fathers. Similarly, offspring of transgenic mice with muscle-specific overexpression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α)—a key enhancer of mitochondrial function—also show improved endurance and metabolic traits, even in the absence of the inherited PGC-1α transgene.
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View from Nanjing uni conference centre
View from a hotel, #NanjingUniversity, China. Here to keynote at an AI conference later in the week. #academicglamour
