Sphere Institute

Recent papers from Sphere Institute

1. Project S.P.H.E.R.E. & Protocol LOC-1: Open-Source Acoustic Metrology for Testing the Locational Variable Hypothesis in a 230 kHz Hollow Copper Sphere2026
2. Distributed normal faulting and relatively low heat flow conditions during early rifting in the southern Okinawa TroughProgress in Earth and Planetary Science · 2026
3. Composition outweighs abundance: Soil bacterial communities mediate plant performance under drought and post-recoveryApplied Soil Ecology · 2026
4. Golden biomass: unlocking the potential of neglected potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) side-streams as sources of bioactive compoundsFrontiers in Plant Science · 2026
5. A single high compost application accelerates organic matter restoration in marginal soil and enhances C and nutrient retentionAgriculture Ecosystems & Environment · 2026
6. Functional unknomics of the SAR11 clade reveal hidden genetic potential underlying adaptation to bottom-up and top-down pressuresmSystems · 2026
7. Patagonian Ice Sheet discharge enhanced by AMOC slowdown through thermal bipolar seesawProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026
8. Severe thiamine deficiency in Baltic salmon coincides with low wild recruitment, increasingly so at long migration distancesBiology Letters · 2026
9. Di-, tri-, and tetranucleotide frequencies covary with lifespan and genome size across protostome invertebratesJournal of Evolutionary Biology · 2026
10. Beneath the Drought: Rhizosphere Processes Shape Genotype‐Specific Sorghum Responses to Drought‐Induced N LimitationPlant Cell & Environment · 2026
11. Tracking biological and mechanical subsoil amelioration via multi-coil electromagnetic inductionGeoderma · 2026
12. First insight into the chemosynthetic bacterial symbiosis in the endangered bivalve Pegophysema bialata (Lucinidae: Pegophyseminae)Plankton and Benthos Research · 2026
13. Species-specific gut bacterial communities in mesopelagic calanoid copepods: relationships with marine snow feeding and gut morphologyPlankton and Benthos Research · 2026
14. Toward Sustainable Agriculture in the Mekong Delta: A Multi-Criteria Analysis of Organic and Conventional Rice Farming SystemsLand · 2026
15. Secondary Growth and Exodermal Barriers Shape Local Root Hydraulics: Modeling Insights in Tomatoin silico Plants · 2026
16. Intercomparison of a Regional Climate Model Ensemble for Selected European CatchmentsInternational Journal of Climatology · 2026
17. A year-long eddy covariance dataset over an Alpine Steppe on the central Tibetan Plateau: a landscape perspective on carbon and energy fluxesEarth system science data · 2026
18. Body mass of streaked shearwaters affects wingbeat during ascending and sea-surface flightJournal of Experimental Biology · 2026
19. Evaluation of ecological risks associated with open loop exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) discharges in the Puget Sound, WAMarine Pollution Bulletin · 2026
20. Metagenome-assembled genomes from time-series samples of artificial seawater aquarium waterMicrobiology Resource Announcements · 2026