Researchers have developed a dual-scale encapsulation strategy using nanocellulose to create high-performance composite phase change materials. The approach combines Pickering emulsion microencapsulation with aerogel scaffold embedding, achieving excellent shape stability and leakage resistance even at high loading levels.

Researchers have developed a scaffold-microenvironment decoupling strategy for chitosan-based hydrogels that architecturally separates mechanical integrity from ionic conductivity, yielding a material with high strength, ultra-high ionic conductivity of 68.6 mS/cm, and exceptional resistance to freezing below –85 °C and dehydration.

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that low-energy suspension plasma spraying can deposit and chemically modify soda lignin in a single step, producing continuous, oxidatively modified coatings without additional crosslinkers, organic solvents, or catalysts. The resulting coatings show UV-blocking and anti-fogging properties.

Skin flaps are essential in reconstructive surgery, but their success can be threatened when blood flow fails to reach the farthest tissue. 

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are primarily driven by mutations in the KIT receptor, yet many patients eventually develop resistance to existing targeted therapies. 

Success after refractive surgery is often measured by visual acuity, but patients also care about how comfortable their vision feels in daily life. Glare, halos, haze, blurred vision, and night-vision discomfort can shape the early postoperative experience even when the eye chart looks excellent. A new prospective cohort study published in Eye Discovery by researchers from the Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University and collaborating institutions provides a detailed early picture of both objective and subjective visual quality after keratorefractive lenticule extraction using the VISUMAX 800 platform.

Diabetic foot ulcers can remain open for weeks or months, leaving patients at risk of infection, hospitalization, and amputation.

A research paper by scientists from Tsinghua University presented a novel text sequence stimulation paradigm that combines periodic visual stimulation with orthographic information and elicits distinct occipital and occipitotemporal scalp response patterns relative to conventional brightness flicker.

The new research paper, published on Jun. 15 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, developed a novel text sequence stimulation paradigm that dramatically improves user comfort without sacrificing performance.

A review paper by scientists from Shenzhen University compared 2 complementary technology paths: “tethered” catheter systems designed for rapid and operator-controlled reopening of large vessels, and “untethered” micro/nanoscale systems, including injectable carrier-based platforms and actively actuated micro/nanorobots, that can be actuated and guided by magnetic, ultrasound, or light energy to seek, penetrate, and disrupt clots at the microscale.

The new research paper, published on Jun. 5 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, compared two complementary technology paths – “tethered” catheter systems and “untethered” micro/nanorobotic platforms – and outlines how their integration under imaging guidance could transform thrombus recanalization.

Underwater landslides are a destructive force, putting vital submarine infrastructure at serious risk and can even generate damaging tsunamis. By analyzing research completed from 2000 to 2025, scientists tracked this phenomenon to better understand what triggers the landslides, how they move and generate tsunamis, and the dangers they pose.