Researchers from the Institute of Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have succeeded in creating three-dimensional skyrmions, so-called hybrid skyrmion tubes, in synthetic antiferromagnets and have demonstrated for the first time that these skyrmion tubes move differently than two-dimensional skyrmions.

Three researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have received National Science Foundation CAREER awards for their work developing molecules that facilitate pharmaceutical drug design and evaluation, designing phishing detectors and developing new materials for quantum technology.

Researchers from The University of Osaka have developed a polymeric adhesion system by introducing reversible bonds at the adhesion interface based on the formation and dissociation of host–guest complexes. The adhesive can be decomposed on demand using temperature or chemicals and reused multiple times. Visualization of the interface using neutrons revealed the mechanism underlying repeatable sticking and peeling. This technology can be used for sustainable material applications.

Researchers have for the first time measured the true properties of individual MXene flakes — an exciting new nanomaterial with potential for better batteries, flexible electronics, and clean energy devices. By using a novel light-based technique called spectroscopic micro-ellipsometry, they discovered how MXenes behave at the single-flake level, revealing changes in conductivity and optical response that were previously hidden when studying only stacked layers. This breakthrough provides the fundamental knowledge and tools needed to design smarter, more efficient technologies powered by MXenes.

Researchers from Shandong University and South China University of Technology have developed E2E, an effective and comprehensive R package to simplify the construction of ensemble models for diagnosis and prognosis. The package integrates bagging, stacking, and voting strategies, offering flexible model selection and improved handling of imbalanced data. Validated on TCGA and CHARLS datasets, E2E demonstrates strong performance in both diagnosis and prognosis tasks.

University of Utah engineers’ stripped-down version of glycoproteins in polar-region fish is simple enough to be manufactured at scale, but powerful enough to inhibit formation of ice crystals at sub-zero temperatures without toxicity of chemical antifreeze. Researchers successfully tested the synthesized polypeptide at temperatures relevant for storing frozen foods, as well as much colder temperatures used when transporting medicines.