For reusable rockets, the precision landing on Earth is very challenging. In atmospheric reentry flight, the rockets are subjected to disturbing conditions, mainly including engine thrust fluctuation, aerodynamic uncertainty, and winds, which severely decrease landing accuracy and fuel efficiency. Although the reusable rockets have achieved successful landing and recovery in recent years, the disturbance rejection issue of endoatmospheric powered descent guidance has not been systematically addressed in the field of advanced guidance and control, highlighting an important aspect of ongoing research.

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the 14th Asia-Pacific Conference on Transportation and the Environment (APTE 2025), hosted by the School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, co-organized by Communications in Transportation Research, Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, and ETS-Data. The conference will be held from Aug. 9-11, 2025, in Hangzhou, China.

This study provides insights into antibacterial components that could be combined with naturally derived materials through a facile Schiff base reaction, offering a potential strategy to enhance antibacterial properties.

Researchers at Korea University have achieved a significant breakthrough in regenerative medicine. They have demonstrated how fibroblast growth factor 4 and Ascorbic acid, known as vitamin C, can induce the trans-differentiation of fibroblasts into functional cardiomyocytes. This discovery activates key cellular pathways and offers hope for developing treatments for cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of death worldwide.

In a paper published in SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry, the review comprehensively introduces strategies for regulating water activity through electrolyte engineering to achieve side reaction-suppressed Zinc-based aqueous batteries (ZABs), including the latest research on aqueous zinc-metal batteries, the origin of critical zinc-related problems, and the development of technological and electrolyte additives. Lastly, various strategies were summarized from different perspectives to improve the performance of zinc metal anodes.

Near-infrared II (NIR-II) photoacoustic imaging (PAI) technology is an emerging biomedical imaging modality characterized by high spatial resolution, deep tissue penetration, and high signal-to-noise ratio. NIR-II PAI enables highly clear real-time monitoring of various physiological and pathological processes and visualizes different biological entities, making it crucial for advancements in life sciences and medicine. NIR-II PAI technology holds significant application potential in disease diagnosis and treatment, particularly in early diagnosis, precise localization, boundary delineation, and monitoring of treatment response for tumors and other conditions. By combining with multimodal or diagnostic-therapeutic integrated molecular probes, this technology enables accurate disease localization and guided treatment, which is crucial for early diagnosis and therapy. This review provides a detailed overview of research progress on NIR-II PAI probes, discussing the emergence and latest developments of various NIR-II PAI probes and their applications in early diagnosis and treatment of tumors, cerebrovascular systems, inflammation, and other tissues. Additionally, it summarizes the development status of these probes and outlines future prospects and challenges.

POSTECH research team accelerates stretchable technology commercialization with world's first visualization of serpentine structures.