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“Smart photonic healthcare devices” how light is transforming the future of healthcare

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

POSTECH · University of Oxford · Northwestern University, highlighting research trends in photonic nanomaterials and smart healthcare.

Journal: Advanced Materials

Researchers achieve efficient and stable perovskite solar cells through molecular bridge regulation of buried interface

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

In a study published in Advanced Materials, a research team led by Prof. YANG Dong from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. WU Congcong's team from Hubei University, proposed a novel strategy to regulate the buried interface through multifunctional molecular bridges, enabling efficient defect passivation and improved energy-level alignment.

Journal: Advanced Materials

Physicists observe rare nuclear isomer in ytterbium-150 for first time, advancing nuclear structure research

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics have observed an isomer in the rare, extremely neutron-deficient nucleus of ytterbium-150 for the first time, leading to the identification of a unique "isomeric relay" mechanism that advances our understanding of nuclear structure.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

How fast does smoke rise, rain fall, and a supernova explode?

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Impossible to study experimentally, and previously thought too complex to model computationally, researchers have successfully simulated the behavior of a fluid containing 100,000 particles, each with mass and volume, as it mixes with a clear fluid on a 3D grid of hundreds of millions of points over millions of steps. This computational breakthrough has already led to the discovery of novel fluid behaviors and lays a new foundation for studying fundamental physics in fields ranging from astronomy to meteorology, and for discovering engineering solutions in chemical refining, environmental protection, wastewater treatment, and beyond.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

How chaos theory could turn every NHS scan into its own fortress

University of East Anglia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fresh research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) could transform how the NHS protects patients’ medical images from cyber‑attacks. Computer scientists have developed a breakthrough way to encrypt medical images such as X‑rays, CT scans and MRIs, keeping them secure even if hospital networks are breached. Medical imaging systems have been repeatedly identified as weak points, with many relying on legacy protocols that were never designed to be exposed to the internet, making image‑level encryption an urgent priority. Developed by researchers at the University of East Anglia in collaboration with international partners, the new encryption approach uses advanced mathematical techniques to make each protected image uniquely unpredictable and extremely difficult to hack, while still fast enough for everyday NHS use.

Scientists design metal-enhanced biochar to boost clean hydrogen production from agricultural waste

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hydrogen is widely viewed as a promising clean energy carrier, but producing it efficiently and sustainably remains a major challenge. A new study reports that specially engineered biochar made from agricultural waste could significantly increase biohydrogen production by improving the way microbes transfer electrons during fermentation.

Journal: Biochar

Turning herbal waste into a powerful tool for cleaning heavy metal pollution

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study demonstrates that agricultural and medicinal plant residues can be transformed into a highly effective material for removing toxic heavy metals from contaminated water and soil while also improving crop productivity. Researchers developed a phosphorus-modified biochar derived from residues of Salvia miltiorrhiza, a widely used medicinal herb, and showed that the material can simultaneously immobilize harmful metals and enhance soil fertility.

Journal: Biochar

Aging reshapes the electron transfer behavior of pyrogenic carbon in soils and environments

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Pyrogenic carbon, a carbon rich material produced when biomass burns or is converted into biochar, is widely found in soils, sediments, and aquatic environments around the world. Scientists have long known that this material can influence environmental chemical reactions by transferring electrons, but how its properties change as it ages in nature has remained unclear.

Journal: Biochar

A dynamic twist of light’s ‘handedness’

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Harvard engineers have built a chip-scale, twisted bilayer photonic crystal whose twist angle and spacing can be dynamically adjusted with a MEMS actuator to tune the chirality of light.

Journal: Optica

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