Researchers developed a nanophotonic processor via monolithicly integrating symmetry-broken quasi-bound states in the continuum (BIC) metasurfaces with GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells (MQWs). By leveraging light-matter interaction, the leaky mode of quasi-BIC makes the vertical-field light absorption possible in MQW. A nonlinear photoresponse is driven by changing asymmetry parameter, while linear scenario by incident angle and bias voltage. Implementing multifunctional BIC-MQWs into an artificial neural network provides a new hardware paradigm for machine vision applications.

Researchers led by Prof. DENG Dehui and Associate Prof. LIU Yanting from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a "seawater to hydrogen and fresh water (STHW)" route that couples alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) with low-temperature vacuum distillation desalination.

Researchers at the University of Arizona and Stanford University developed a dual-view Bessel two-photon projection microscopy that records neuronal activities at 100 volumes per second with synaptic-scale resolution. Combined with two-photon glutamate uncaging, the method tracks fast 3D calcium dynamics across extended neuronal structures, offering a new way to study how structure and dynamics of dendritic networks give rise to the neural computational power.

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have extended the search for evidence of microscopic black holes produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN).  The formation of these tiny, fleeting objects at the LHC represents one way in which theorists have sought to resolve anomalies in our understanding of the basic structure of spacetime, while the method that was used to look for them demonstrates a whole new way of searching for new particles.

Intensive vegetable farming can produce large harvests, but it often comes with heavy fertilizer use and low nitrogen use efficiency. A new field study in Southern China suggests that adding the right amount of biochar could help farmers grow more vegetables while making better use of nitrogen fertilizer and improving soil quality.

Five University of Texas at Dallas faculty members received 2026 Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation to support research aimed at making computer networks more resilient, developing next-generation electronics, strengthening software security and advancing mathematical understanding of complex systems.

The recipients of the five-year awards are Dr. Waseem Abbas, assistant professor of systems engineering; Dr. Sourav Dutta, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; Dr. Kirill Lazebnik, assistant professor of mathematical sciences; Dr. Kyle McCall, assistant professor of materials science and engineering; and Dr. Xinda Wang, assistant professor of computer science.

MXenes are two-dimensional nanomaterials first synthesized at Drexel University in 2011.They have been recognized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry as an emerging technology with “true potential to transform our world.” But their widespread use has thus far been limited by the complicated process it takes to produce them. In a recent paper, researchers from Drexel, with collaborators at the University of Pennsylvania and Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., show that a process called chemical vapor deposition can be tailored to produce the nanomaterials in a form, quality and quantity — and potentially at a lower cost — that could one day allow them to be used in electronic, environmental and quantum technologies.

Scientists have long assumed that networks function most reliably when individual components are similar. New framework identifies when differences could improve stability. Findings could inform how to deliberately design ‘imperfections’ to improve functionality.