3-Aug-2026 Finding a hidden culprit in quantum biosensors University of Chicago An interdisciplinary research from UChicago PME and the University of Iowa, originally aimed at making diamond-based quantum biosensors less toxic, less inflammatory, and overall easier on cells, unexpectedly revealed new insights that overturned a major assumption limiting the sensors' effectiveness. Journal Advanced Materials
3-Aug-2026 The first laser retroreflector on the lunar far side onboard China's Chang'e-6 lander Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd In a newly published research article in Space: Science & Technology, an international team of researchers from the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences; the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN); the China Academy of Space Technology; the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences; the Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences; and the China University of Geosciences jointly presents a detailed account of the successful deployment of the INRRI laser retroreflector on the lunar farside by the Chang’e-6 mission. Journal Space: Science & Technology
31-Jul-2026 AI: Not always a team player University of Texas at Austin In a business environment, AI boosts team learning in the short term but can lead to long-term decline, according to new research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. “If you bring in AI, it’s going to have implications for how teams coordinate and develop a shared vision with what they’re trying to do with their work,” says Edward Anderson, professor of information, risk, and operations management. Journal Strategic Organization
31-Jul-2026 "Restoring the joy of eating": KIST overcomes dysphagia through 3D food printing technology National Research Council of Science & Technology The Natural Product Institute at the Gangneung Institute of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, President Oh Sang-Rok) has long conducted research leveraging natural-product-based core technologies to improve public quality of life. Building on this research foundation, a team led by Dr. Koo Song Yi, Senior Researcher at the Center for Natural Product Systems Biology, has developed a 3D food printing-based manufacturing technology for customized medi-foods. To address the mealtime challenges faced by dysphagia patients, the team engineered a composite ink for 3D printing that allows precise control of physical properties tailored to each patient's individual swallowing ability. Journal Food Hydrocolloids Funder Ministry of Science and ICT
30-Jul-2026 Can one screening strategy find many cancers? Artificial Intelligence is bringing the idea closer Intelligent Medicine What if cancer screening no longer had to look for one cancer at a time? Cancer screening has long followed a one-organ-at-a-time model: mammography for breast cancer, colonoscopy for colorectal cancer, low-dose CT for lung cancer, and cervical testing for cervical cancer. These programs save lives, but they also leave gaps. Many cancers still lack routine screening, while patients often face multiple appointments, tests, and follow-up procedures. Journal Intelligent Medicine Funder National Science and Technology Major Project, National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Tianjin Science and Technology Committee Foundation, Tianjin Key Medical Discipline (Specialty) Construction Project
30-Jul-2026 Unlocking new quantum architectures University of Chicago In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, a team from the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) found that non-Abelian systems could have a noise threshold – an ability to tolerate quantum-scale interference – that is about 38% higher than comparable Abelian systems for a particular type of noise. Journal Physical Review Letters
30-Jul-2026 Bringing general practice education earlier: expert consensus provides guidance for teaching clinical medical students outside GP-targeted programs Society of China University Journals As China continues to advance the Healthy China strategy and a tiered healthcare delivery system, general practice education is becoming relevant not only to students in GP-targeted training programs, but to all clinical medical students. A newly published expert consensus in the Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research focuses on general practice teaching for clinical medical students who are not enrolled in GP-oriented programs. It addresses common challenges such as unclear training objectives, weak practical teaching, and inconsistent faculty and course evaluation systems. The consensus recommends a staged pathway of early exposure, theoretical learning, and practice-based training, calls for Introduction to General Practice to be offered as a required course, and proposes a comprehensive assessment framework covering knowledge, skills, and professional values. It aims to provide a reference for medical schools seeking to standardize general practice education at the institutional education stage.
30-Jul-2026 Shanxi Normal University’s Chen Wenwen team makes significant progress in efficient green synthesis – achieving high-selectivity synthesis of azoxyarenes by modulating CeO₂ oxygen vacancies and confinement effects Tsinghua University Press Recently, the research team led by Associate Professor Chen Wenwen from the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Shanxi Normal University has made a breakthrough in the field of selective catalytic reduction of nitroarenes. Journal Nano Research
