30-Jun-2026 Retrofitting diesel buses instead of replacing them Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) An Empa study shows that retrofitting existing diesel buses for electric operation would allow the entire European bus fleet to be electrified about 15 years earlier. This would benefit not only the environment but also bus operators. With the cost savings, they could expand public transportation services – without a significant need for additional infrastructure. Journal Environmental Research
30-Jun-2026 Policy as code: formal analysis of SELinux via semantic execution Higher Education Press Sub-headline: Zhejiang University researchers introduce K-SELinux, leveraging the K framework to automate the verification of complex security policies Journal Frontiers of Computer Science
29-Jun-2026 Awakening dark knowledge: addressing capacity mismatch in distillation Higher Education Press Sub-headline: Nanjing University researchers explore dark knowledge mechanisms to tackle the teacher-student capacity gap. Journal Frontiers of Computer Science
29-Jun-2026 Rice-grown chaga reveals genes behind valuable triterpenoids Maximum Academic Press A research team has uncovered candidate genes that may help explain how the medicinal fungus Inonotus obliquus, commonly known as Chaga mushroom, produces triterpenoids—bioactive compounds valued for their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antitumor potential. Journal Panfungi
29-Jun-2026 Microwave-made coal carbon captures CO₂ efficiently Maximum Academic Press A research team has developed a rapid microwave-assisted route to turn Ningdong coal into nitrogen/oxygen co-doped ultramicroporous activated carbon for efficient carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture. Journal Sustainable Carbon Materials
29-Jun-2026 Temperature tunes plastic waste upcycling Maximum Academic Press A research team has shown that temperature can be used as a control switch in the catalytic pyrolysis of waste plastic mulch film, determining both the value of the resulting oil products and the durability of the catalyst. Journal Sustainable Carbon Materials
29-Jun-2026 Weathered microplastics selectively capture organic matter in water Maximum Academic Press A research team has shown that microplastics do not interact with dissolved organic matter in a uniform way: their polymer type, environmental aging history, and the chemical composition of surrounding organic matter jointly determine how much organic matter attaches to their surfaces and which fractions are selectively retained. Journal Environmental and Biogeochemical Processes
29-Jun-2026 Deep neural network use to help improve vision-based depth estimation in computer vision Tsinghua University Press Three-dimensional computer vision is becoming more prevalent in everyday lives as advances in technology and its accessibility to the general population increase. This type of tech is seen in autonomous driving vehicles, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and robotics, to name a few. However, historically, these types of technologies have been limited by their methods employed: LiDAR (light detection and ranging, a remote sensing tech used to measure distances) is limited by its cost and low-resolution to be as useful as it once was in the burgeoning field that is 3D computer vision. Researchers are looking towards something else: vision-based methods using depth foundation models. Journal Computational Visual Media
