Every year, millions of newborns undergo routine heel-prick screening, a simple test that can mean the difference between a healthy life and catastrophic disability. Now, breakthroughs in high-throughput sequencing are supercharging this process. It detects rare genetic disorders before symptoms appear and transforms pediatric medicine from damage control to prevention.

Strengthening the competitiveness of the American transportation industry relies on developing domestically produced electric vehicle batteries that enable rapid charging and long-range performance. By integrating a new type of current collector, which is a key battery component, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated how to manufacture a battery with both superior energy density and a lasting ability to handle extreme fast charging. This enables restoring at least 80% of battery energy in 10 minutes.

The University of Pittsburgh will soon be home to a new research center that will challenge the notion of history as a single past, using massive amounts of data and voices that are often left out of textbooks to explore places around the world across time and contexts.

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Lee Ho Seong) participated in the "Daejeon-Quebec Quantum Technology Forum" held on June 12 (local time) in Sherbrooke, Quebec, at the DistriQ Quantum Technology Innovation Zone. During the forum, KRISS, in partnership with Daejeon Technopark (Daejeon TP), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DistriQ to strengthen cooperation in the quantum industry.

Humanoid robotics, robotic prosthetics, genomics and RNA technologies, nanomedicine, and advanced microscopy were the key themes presented today at the Italy Pavilion at the EXPO 2025 Osaka in Japan during the workshop "Health Technologies: How Science is Transforming Healthcare" organized by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) during the health week and moderated by the science journalist Akihiko Mori. The event brought together IIT scientists and experts from Italian and Japanese research institutes and companies with whom IIT collaborates on future medical technologies, including Nikon Instruments, RIKEN, Kanazawa University and Bracco. The workshop began with opening remarks from Mario Andrea Vattani, Italy's Commissioner General for Expo 2025 Osaka. This was followed by a discussion on the future of humanoid robotics in an aging society, featuring IIT Scientific Director Giorgio Metta and Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University and the creator of one of the Expo's three thematic areas.

Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum, carbon fiber is a staple in aerospace and high-performance vehicles — and now, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to make it even stronger. Using the Frontier supercomputer, they simulated 5 million atoms to study a novel process for making carbon fiber composites stronger and more cost efficient by incorporating a reinforced layer of polyacrylonitrile nanofibers, or PAN fibers. The research could lead to new ultra-durable materials for airplanes, electric vehicles, and a wide range of manufacturing applications that require stronger, more lightweight materials.

NHCS has successfully performed Southeast Asia’s first PASCAL transcatheter valve repair (also known as transcatheter edge-to-edge repair), offering new hope to patients with moderate-to-severe and severe mitral regurgitation who were previously considered too high-risk for conventional surgical repair or valve replacement.  

We often hear about the power of virtual reality (VR) to revolutionize healthcare, education, immersive training, and entertainment, but there's a hidden challenge standing in the way: imbalance.