A multi-disciplinary research team at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and collaborating institutions leveraged their recently developed highly versatile DoriVac DNA origami nanotechnology that is both vaccine and adjuvant as an alternative to current vaccine platforms. As published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, DoriVac vaccines made with different viral antigens produce potent antigen-specific antibody-mediated and T cell-mediated responses in mice as well as in a forward-looking pre-clinical in vitro model of the human lymph node engineered using the Wyss Institute’s microfluidic human Organ Chip technology. The findings are published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

POSTECH and Pukyong National University researchers develop a conductive bioglue that seamlessly integrates tissues and electronic devices in the fluid‑filled body.

Measuring high aspect ratio and composite micro-trenches without damage is critical for advanced microfabrication, yet conventional coherence scanning interferometry often suffers from a low signal-to-noise ratio and limited lateral resolution. A team from Nanjing University of Science and Technology presents FP-CSI, a transmissive near-infrared interferometric modality that combines aperture synthesis from Fourier ptychographic microscopy with quantitative phase recovery of coherence scanning interferometry, enabling robust 3D morphology reconstruction without iterative phase retrieval.

A research team led by Professor Taesung Kim from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University has developed hafnium oxide-based ferroelectric transistor arrays and successfully demonstrated their application in next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.

Based on a large number of experimental results, the reason why small-sized Goss grains can engulf surrounding large-sized grains and eventually grow abnormally was analyzed using the enhanced elastic anisotropy of ferrite at high temperatures as well as the significant molar volume difference between ferrite and inhibitors. This study entitled “Secondary recrystallization behaviors and the formation mechanism of strong Goss textures of oriented electrical steels” is published online by Frontiers of Materials Science in 2026.

A Mendelian randomization study reveals PCSK9 inhibitors may reduce low back pain (LBP) risk, while HMGCR and NPC1L1 inhibitors show no significant association, providing genetic evidence for lipid-lowering drug safety and new insights into PCSK9 pleiotropy.