A new climate modeling study published in the journal Science Advances by researchers from the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in South Korea presents a new scenario of how climate and life on our planet would change in response to a potential future strike of a medium-sized (~500 m) asteroid.

In a new study, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Princeton University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Brookhaven National Laboratory worked together to write a playbook for printing liquid crystal elastomers with predictable, controllable alignment, and hence properties, every time. By using an X-ray characterization method during the printing process that enables quantification of mesogen alignment at the microscale, the researchers have established a fundamental framework to guide their rapid design and fabrication across multiple scales.

Genoa Instruments, the deep-tech startup in super-resolution optical microscopy and a spin-off from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), has successfully closed a €1 million investment round led by Deep Ocean Capital SGR SpA through Deep Blue Ventures (DBV)*, the Deep Tech Venture Capital fund established to support startups, spin-offs, and innovation initiatives in aerospace, healthcare, and sustainability, with a focus on Key Enabling Technologies.

Rice University researchers have revealed novel sequence-structure-property relationships for customizing engineered living materials (ELMs), enabling more precise control over their structure and how they respond to deformation forces like stretching or compression.