A research team led by Professor Tae-Woo Lee (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea & SN Display Co., Ltd) has announced a major breakthrough in display technology. The team has developed a revolutionary technology to mass produce ultra-high color purity perovskite nanocrystals (PeNCs), the core material for next-generation displays, without the need for high temperature, vacuum, or specialized gas facilities. This study, which proves that 100% photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) can be maintained from lab to industrial scale, was published in the world’s leading scientific journal, Nature, on February 18, 2026.

The human genome is a long sequence of DNA scattered with innumerable genetic variants that distinguish us. Extracting information from large biobank datasets about complex traits, influenced by thousands or millions of variants, remains a challenge. Using human height as a model, researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have now tackled this problem and developed an enhanced algorithm, published in Cell Genomics, with potential applications in personalized medicine—and even at crime scenes.

A team led by Penn State researchers reported a novel material made of cheap, commercially available plastics that can handle four times the energy of a typical capacitor at temperatures up to 482 F.

UC San Diego School of Medicine and Scripps Researchers scientists used novel technology to map protein translation in ~20,000 individual mouse brain hippocampal cells, revealing that some memory neurons produce proteins faster than others.

SAN ANTONIO — February 18, 2026 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is creating a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system that stores and organizes decades of scattered records and data. The U.S. Air Force Academy project aims to improve aircraft efficiency and safety through prognostic engineering, which involves using data, modeling and analytics to perform repairs and maintenance before problems occur.

New research shows that small clusters of interacting units – “motifs” – can disproportionately trigger sudden changes in complex systems. In ecological networks, interactions among just two or three species can explain large, unexpected system responses. These motifs act as amplifiers, making minor disturbances cascade into major effects. Recognizing such critical clusters helps explain why ecosystems, power grids, supply chains, and social networks can collapse or surge unpredictably, offering a potential pathway to forecast and mitigate cascading failures across diverse networks.