Adaptive camouflage that can operate across both the visible and infrared spectrum has long been a goal for defense and photonics research, offering practical advantages in extreme and dynamic environments. Researchers from Zhejiang University and Westlake University have now demonstrated a multilayer design that integrates thermochromic, electrochromic, and thermoelectric control to achieve wide-range, independent dual-band camouflage. The breakthrough, published in PhotoniX, achieves record thermal modulation and scalable multipixel integration, paving the way for next-generation multispectral stealth technologies.

Five researchers from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. They are  Michael Lerch, Loredana Protesescu, Tim Lichtenberg and Alexander Belyy from the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Miles Wischnewski from the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences.

When most people think of computer simulations, they imagine sleek graphics or Hollywood-style animations. But for Tayfun Tezduyar, the James F. Barbour Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University, accuracy is everything.

Cancer immunotherapy, which primes the body's immune system to fight off tumors, has historically focused on harnessing T cells' natural ability  to recognize and attack cancer cells. While this approach has saved the lives of patients with melanoma, as well as certain lung cancers and blood cancers, it has been less effective against solid tumors, which tend to be “cold” environments, where anti-cancer immune responses are inactive and cancer-killing T cells are not recruited.

Scientists have developed a tool made from a modified glue gun that can 3D print bone grafts directly onto fractures and defects during surgery. The tool, described September 5th in the Cell Press journal Device, allows scientists to quickly create complex bone implants without the need for prefabricating in advance. What’s more, the team optimized the 3D-printed grafts for high structural flexibility, release of anti-inflammatory antibiotics, and promotion of natural bone regrowth at the grafting site.

Two researchers at the Göttingen Campus have been awarded ERC Starting Grants by the European Research Council (ERC). Ecologist Dr Anggi Hapsari from the University of Göttingen receives funding of around two million euros for her project "SaLtedPeat: Potential impact of sea level rise related salinization on lowland tropical coastal peatlands". Neuroscientist Dr Oliver Barnsted from the European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen (ENI-G) receives funding of around 1.5 million euros for his project “LearnMamBo: Neuronal dynamics of learning and memory in the mammillary body“. Both projects will run for five years.