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1-Apr-2025

Modeling telomere shortening process

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cell aging has always been an important topic in biological research, and telomere shortening is one of the key issues in cell aging studies.

Journal: Quantitative Biology
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Major Science and Technology Projects in Gansu Province-Leading Talents in Science and Technology, the Innovative Groups of Basic Research in Gansu Province, Lanzhou Talent Work Special Fund

1-Apr-2025

UVA Engineering Dean Jennifer West earns AIMBE’s 2025 Pierre Galletti Award

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
Grant and Award Announcement

The 2025 Pierre Galletti Award, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s highest award, was given on March 30 to Jennifer L. West, dean of the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science.

1-Apr-2025

USC researchers develop first-ever quantum filter to isolate entangled states with high precision

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a groundbreaking advance that could accelerate the development of quantum technologies, researchers at the USC Viterbi Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and School of Advanced Computing have demonstrated the first optical filter capable of isolating and preserving quantum entanglement—a mysterious but powerful phenomenon at the heart of quantum computing, communication, and sensing. This work, published in Science, opens the door to compact, high-performance entanglement systems that can be integrated into quantum photonic circuits, enabling more reliable quantum computing architectures and communication networks.

Journal: Science
Funder: Air Force Office of Scientific Research

1-Apr-2025

Edible biofilm based on pomegranate peel extract extends the shelf life of strawberries

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fruit coated with the material developed by researchers at the University of São Paulo showed 11% less weight loss during storage and took longer to start becoming contaminated by fungi.

Journal: Food Chemistry
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

1-Apr-2025

Doubling down on metasurfaces

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light.

Journal: Nature Communications

1-Apr-2025

Use of antifungals in agriculture may increase resistance in an infectious yeast

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Genomic changes in the infectious yeast Candida tropicalis may play a role in its resistance to antifungals, according to a study published on April 1^st in the open-access journal, PLOS Biology by Guanghua Huang at Fudan University, China, and colleagues. These genomic changes can be brought on by a common antifungal, TBZ. The study demonstrates that the use of TBZ in agriculture may contribute to the increasing problem of antifungal resistance.

Journal: PLOS Biology

1-Apr-2025

Hidden side channels in quantum sources could compromise secure communication

University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers from University of Toronto Engineering has discovered hidden multi-dimensional side channels in existing quantum communication protocols.

The new side channels arise in quantum sources, which are the devices that generate the quantum particles — typically photons — used to send secure messages. The finding could have important implications for quantum security.

Journal: Physical Review Letters