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Article collection on functional materials

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

This collection features articles on Functional Materials published in Smart Materials in Manufacturing. All articles are free to read and download.

Journal: Smart Materials in Manufacturing

Fish shape analysis guides sustainable stinging catfish breeding

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has identified clear body-shape differences between wild and farmed populations of the stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis in Bangladesh.

Journal: Journal of Applied Ichthyology

A learning-based navigation system that knows when to trust each sensor

Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Unmanned vehicles navigating through complex, changing environments—from urban canyons to forested trails—face a fundamental challenge: no single sensor is reliable all the time.

Journal: Satellite Navigation

From licorice to the lab: Lanzhou University engineers a licorice-root compound into a promising two-pronged weapon against colorectal cancer

Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines

Lanzhou University (Lanzhou, China) announced that a research team led by Professor Quanyi Zhao and Dian He of the Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Medical Laboratory Center of Lanzhou University, has designed and synthesized a new series of derivatives of glycyrrhizin — the principal bioactive compound extracted from licorice root, one of the most widely used botanicals in traditional Chinese medicine. The lead compound, designated compound 23, suppresses colorectal cancer through a dual mechanism: directly killing cancer cells while simultaneously calming the chronic inflammation in the tumor microenvironment that fuels tumor growth, metastasis, and immune evasion.

Journal: Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines

When AI enters the physical world, safety gets real

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving beyond screens into cars, drones, service robots and collaborative machines that can perceive, reason and act.

Journal: Machine Intelligence Research

Article collection on polymer

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

This collection features articles on Polymer published in Smart Materials in Manufacturing. All articles are free to read and download.

Journal: Smart Materials in Manufacturing

Ancient icehouse hyperthermal event offers insights into modern climate change

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Professor YAO Le from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), in collaboration with researchers from institutions in China and abroad, has reconstructed the process and mechanism of a major warming event that occurred about 300 million years ago during the Earth's penultimate icehouse, known as the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA).

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Dual-interface strategy unlocks high-performance Ah-level aqueous zinc-iodine pouch cells

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics has developed a dual-interface coordination orchestration strategy to enable high-energy aqueous zinc-iodine batteries, providing a new pathway toward safe, durable, and Ah-level aqueous Zn||I₂ pouch cells.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society

Nanobiochar could help crops withstand drought, pollution, and nutrient loss

Shenyang Agricultural University Collaborative Journals
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As agriculture faces growing pressure from drought, soil degradation, nutrient loss, and contamination, researchers are exploring whether an extremely small form of biochar could provide several solutions at once.

Journal: Biochar X

Surface oxygen species steer hydrogen production from methanol over platinum catalysts

Shenyang Agricultural University Collaborative Journals
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hydrogen is widely viewed as a promising clean energy carrier, but storing and transporting it efficiently remains a major challenge. Methanol offers an attractive alternative because it is liquid under ambient conditions, contains a high proportion of hydrogen, and can be converted into hydrogen when needed. Now, researchers have uncovered how different oxygen species on catalyst surfaces control this conversion process, offering new guidance for designing more efficient catalysts for hydrogen production.

Journal: Energy & Environment Nexus