A research team has developed a fluorescent probe that changes from red to green as it detects uranyl ions, a form of uranium that can contaminate water.

Researchers at South China University of Technology, in collaboration with the Dongguan Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed a novel supranano multi-precipitate microstructure in amorphous soft magnetic composites using Ar/O₂ plasma treatment. By facilitating magnetic-moment reversal, this approach significantly reduced the coercivity while maintaining  excellent overall performance. The optimized material exhibits an ultralow coercivity of 0.13 Oe, an effective permeability of 37.3, a high saturation magnetization of 185 emu g^-1 and an ultralow core loss of 191.18 kW m⁻³ at 1 MHz and 20 mT. These results provide for a promising strategy for developing next-generation soft magnetic composites for miniaturized, high-frequency, and high-efficiency power electronics devices.

A research team has developed a reusable magnetic sensor that detects trace amounts of uranyl ions, a mobile form of uranium, in water. 

When cold water hits a scorching frying pan, it beads into trembling spheres that skate effortlessly on a pocket of their own steam, a phenomenon that normally chokes cooling systems in high-power microchips and nuclear reactors because trapped steam blocks heat escape. Yet moving liquids through these extreme-heat environments without mechanical pumps has long eluded engineers. Now in the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, researchers have flipped a notorious manufacturing flaw on its head: by intentionally misaligning ultrafast laser beams, they have carved microscopic ramps onto metal surfaces that harness that very steam cushion, turning chaotic boiling into a directional engine that propels droplets uphill and around curves without a single moving part.

A research team has found that changing what the United States exports to China could substantially reduce the environmental impact of agricultural trade. 

A research team has found that warming changes where nitrogen is held in flooded rice soil.

A research team has demonstrated that two tea plant genes, CsIPT3 and CsCKX5, can regulate leaf development by altering cytokinin levels in shoots.