A team from China Agricultural University has developed a novel synergetic cooling and charging strategy for high-power direct current fast charging in electric vehicles. Published in Engineering, the approach uses a gallium-based liquid metal flexible charging connector (LMFCC). This new solution aims to overcome the challenges of thermal shocks and inefficient cooling during high-current charging, with promising results in improving charging system performance.

A review in Engineering explores organ preservation, which is a critical area due to the global organ shortage. Current methods like static cold storage and machine perfusion have limitations. Cryopreservation shows promise, but challenges remain. The research details the history, techniques, and prospects for different organs, aiming to improve preservation and address the shortage.

A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban areas, particularly concerning the Main Marmara Fault near Istanbul in western Türkiye. Based on the correlation between rupture directivity and the direction of the transported seismic energy, a team of researchers led by Dr Xiang Cheng and Prof. Patricia Martínez-Garzón from the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany, has shown that quakes in the Marmara region transport a particularly large amount of energy and thus destructive force in the direction of Istanbul. Their study has been published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. They analysed 31 well-constrained ML ≥ 3.5 earthquakes in this region. The unveiled critical patterns could influence preparedness for future seismic events in one of the world’s most populous cities.