A multi-disciplinary research team at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and collaborating institutions leveraged their recently developed highly versatile DoriVac DNA origami nanotechnology that is both vaccine and adjuvant as an alternative to current vaccine platforms. As published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, DoriVac vaccines made with different viral antigens produce potent antigen-specific antibody-mediated and T cell-mediated responses in mice as well as in a forward-looking pre-clinical in vitro model of the human lymph node engineered using the Wyss Institute’s microfluidic human Organ Chip technology. The findings are published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

A memory chip based on stacked quantum materials. Spintronics – a technology that harnesses the electron’s magnetic quantum states to carry information – could pave the way for a new generation of ultra-energy-efficient electronics. By combining different quantum materials, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have taken a decisive step forward, achieving unprecedented control over spin phenomena. By placing a magnetic material on top of a topological material, the researchers were able to switch magnetization using very small electrical currents, and without applying an external magnetic field. The interface between the two materials is perfectly smooth and creates an ideal connection without “friction” or defects. This allows spin information to be transferred between the materials without being weakened or disturbed. 

POSTECH and Pukyong National University researchers develop a conductive bioglue that seamlessly integrates tissues and electronic devices in the fluid‑filled body.

Measuring high aspect ratio and composite micro-trenches without damage is critical for advanced microfabrication, yet conventional coherence scanning interferometry often suffers from a low signal-to-noise ratio and limited lateral resolution. A team from Nanjing University of Science and Technology presents FP-CSI, a transmissive near-infrared interferometric modality that combines aperture synthesis from Fourier ptychographic microscopy with quantitative phase recovery of coherence scanning interferometry, enabling robust 3D morphology reconstruction without iterative phase retrieval.

A research team led by Professor Taesung Kim from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University has developed hafnium oxide-based ferroelectric transistor arrays and successfully demonstrated their application in next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.