Researchers at the University of the Basque Country (EHU) have explored how a combination of photovoltaic energy and heat pumps could be used to carry out the energy retrofitting of social rental housing. The Basque Government’s Zero Plan was used as the basis, and the technologies that the European Union is keen to promote were assessed. The buildings in Araba-Álava were generally found to offer the greatest potential for implementing the system.

After its new extension, which increased its computing power fourfold, the Jean Zay supercomputer is now capable of 125.9 million billion operations per second. Hosted and operated by the CNRS’s Institute for Development and Resources in Intensive Scientific Computing (IDRIS), Jean Zay, which was acquired by the French Grand Équipement National de Calcul Intensif (GENCI), has become one of France’s most powerful supercomputers. The official inauguration of this extension, which was announced by the French President, was held on Tuesday, 13 May 2025.

New device can give peace of mind and reduce anxiety for breastfeeding moms. It uses bioimpedance, which is currently used to measure body fat, and streams clinical-grade data to a smartphone or tablet in real time. Developed by physicians and engineers, device was tested by new moms. Technology could particularly benefit fragile babies in the NICU, who have precise nutritional needs.

Researchers from The University of Osaka have developed a novel technology that allows the distribution of components within a single cell to be accurately detected and visualized. Positioning a t-SPESI (tapping-mode scanning probe electrospray ionization) unit above an inverted fluorescence microscope allows visualization of both the sample and the exact location of chemical components analyzed. This provides an increased understanding of complex biological samples, aiding the development of advanced therapies and diagnostic techniques.

Researchers in Japan have developed a digital laboratory (dLab) system that fully automates the material synthesis and structural, physical property evaluation of thin-film samples. With dLab, the team can autonomously synthesize thin-film samples and measure their material properties. The team’s dLab system demonstrates advanced automatic and autonomous material synthesis for data- and robot-driven materials science.

This review focuses on the electrochemical engineering in aqueous metal-ion batteries. Under large loading mass or thick electrode conditions, the challenges and solutions faced by anode, electrolytes, interfaces and cathode are discussed in detail from the perspective of ion mass transfer and electrode reaction, providing new ideas for addressing the battery performance degradation during the electrode/battery scaleup.