Researchers analyzed 17 tire- and rubber-related chemicals in Lake Sihwa sediments and found the highest concentrations in creeks that discharge into the lake. Sediment cores showed that contamination pattern shifted over decades alongside rubber industry growth and later pollution-control measures. The study is the first to provide a historical baseline for tracking tire- and rubber-related contamination in a heavily industrialized coastal ecosystem.

An international team of researchers has produced complete, gap-free genome sequences for six peanut varieties, providing a comprehensive blueprint for future peanut breeding and improvement strategies.

Max Planck researchers have uncovered the mechanism behind dendrite-induced short circuits in solid-state batteries, a step toward safer, longer-lasting next-generation batteries. The study was published in Nature.

New study highlights new ways to produce urea electrochemically, using electricity and waste gases.

Touch is a powerful yet underutilized sense in digital interaction. Expanding the role of mediated touch technologies could enhance remote communication, support wellbeing, and enrich educational experiences, believes Yulia Sion, who defended her doctoral thesis at Tallinn University School of Digital Technologies on April 21, 2026.

New research has shown how Australian energy companies and waste management firms can safely turn organic waste, such as food scraps, sewage and animal waste, into clean gas for homes and businesses.

Rural-residing adolescents are twice as likely to die by suicide compared to their urban-residing peers. To better support crisis care for rural youth, researchers developed Plan & Protect, a technology-guided safety planning program for youth with suicidality seeking care in rural emergency departments. Plan & Protect aims to enhance accessibility, usability, and fidelity of safety planning in resource-limited emergency departments, with a goal of supporting more effective crisis care for adolescents in rural communities. The program and findings from the study will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2026 Meeting, taking place April 24-27 in Boston.

CHANGWON, South Korea — Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), led by President Chul-jin Choi, announced that a research team led by Juchan Yang, principal researcher at KIMS, in collaboration with Professor Ji-Wook Jang, Hankwon Lim, and Hosik Lee of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has developed a high-efficiency electrochemical system that simultaneously produces hydrogen and value-added chemicals using glycerol, a low-cost, abundant byproduct of biodiesel production. This study is significant in that it replaces the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER), a key bottleneck in conventional water electrolysis, thereby reducing the overall cell voltage and improving energy efficiency and expanding the scope of electrochemical conversion technologies.