Electric motors are getting smaller, lighter and more powerful – and that makes overheating a growing risk. A research team led by Professor Matthias Nienhaus at Saarland University has developed an AI-assisted method of determining the temperature distribution inside a running electric motor in real time – and without the need for additional hardware. The team will be showcasing the technology at the Hannover Messe (20–24 April) and is looking for industry partners to transfer it into practical and commercial applications. (Hall 11, Stand D41)

Researchers at Northumbria University have been awarded £4m to unlock the secrets of Earth's radiation belts and why they behave so unpredictably – information which is crucial for protecting satellites and forecasting space weather. 

New theoretical models, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, connect, for the first time, the magnetism at the surface of long-dead stellar remnants (white dwarfs) with recent evidence of magnetism at the cores of their dying progenitors (red giants). The team, led by astrophysicists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), argues that these magnetic fields might originate early in the stars’ lives, and survive their entire evolution, emerging as ‘fossil fields’ at the surfaces of older remnants.  A better understanding of these processes can also help to better understand our own Sun’s future.

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team observed that when mice were allowed to freely consume bread, wheat flour, and rice flour alongside their standard chow, they stopped eating the regular food almost entirely due to a strong preference for the carbohydrates. As a result, their body weight and fat mass increased even though their total caloric intake did not rise significantly.

A joint research team led by Professor PARK Kyoung-Duck and Associate Director SUH Yung Doug of the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has succeeded in realizing a high-efficiency quantum light source that emits bright lights even at room temperature. The achievement overcomes a longstanding limitation of two-dimensional semiconductors—atomically thin materials typically about 100,000 times thinner than a human hair—which previously required either cryogenic temperatures or complex electrical gating structures to produce efficient light emission.

Adelaide University researchers have successfully tested a new type of portable atomic clock at sea for the first time, using technology that could help power the next generation of navigation, communications and scientific systems.

A research team led by Dr. Lee Young Jun of the RAMP Convergence Research Group at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST; President Oh Sang-rok), in collaboration with research teams led by Professor Yun Hongseok of Hanyang University and Professor Kang Junhee of Pusan National University, focused on lignin-a wood byproduct discarded in the timber industry-to overcome these limitations. The research team designed and developed a carbon-based catalyst capable of selectively generating hydrogen peroxide through electrochemical reactions using lignin, and demonstrated hydrogen peroxide production with a selectivity exceeding 95% under experimental conditions.A research team led by Dr. Lee Young Jun of the RAMP Convergence Research Group at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST; President Oh Sang-rok), in collaboration with research teams led by Professor Yun Hongseok of Hanyang University and Professor Kang Junhee of Pusan National University, focused on lignin-a wood byproduct discarded in the timber industry-to overcome these limitations. The research team designed and developed a carbon-based catalyst capable of selectively generating hydrogen peroxide through electrochemical reactions using lignin, and demonstrated hydrogen peroxide production with a selectivity exceeding 95% under experimental conditions.

Seoul National University College of Engineering (SNU Engineering) announced that a joint research team led by Prof. Sunghoon Kwon (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SNU) and Prof. Sang Wan Kim (Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Boramae Medical Center) has discovered a new mechanism and drug combination strategy that can effectively treat osteoporosis, a representative disease of super-aging societies.

The research findings were published on April 2nd in Bone Research, a world-leading journal in the field of bone metabolism.

Curious about how AI is reshaping 6G communication? A new Engineering study explores generative AI’s role in semantic communication, moving past traditional bit transmission to focus on semantic meaning. It tests an LLM-powered system with huge efficiency gains and spotlights real-world uses, while tackling key tech challenges for future 6G rollouts.