Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41501194›Full record

ArticleNature2026

Surface optimization governs the local design of physical networks.

Xiangyi Meng, Benjamin Piazza, Csaba Both, Baruch Barzel, Albert-László Barabási

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Xiangyi MengDepartment of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5184-7648
Benjamin PiazzaNetwork Science Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Csaba BothNetwork Science Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Baruch BarzelNetwork Science Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-4384
Albert-László BarabásiNetwork Science Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. a.barabasi@northeastern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4028-3522

Funding

European Union’s Horizon 2020 researchIsrael-China ISF-NSFC joint research programmeIsrael Science Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID41501194
PMCPMC12779544

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