Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University and UNSW Sydney have developed a dual-side electrosynthesis system that simultaneously converts plastic waste and biowaste into Succinic Acid, a key building block for biodegradable plastics, pharmaceuticals, and specialty chemicals. By directing both the anodic and cathodic reactions toward the same target product, the system achieves an unprecedented succinic acid yield of 169.1%, surpassing the conventional single-electrode limit. The process combines the electrooxidation of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)-derived 1,4-butanediol and the electroreduction of biomass-derived maleic acid, demonstrating a profitable and scalable pathway for circular chemical manufacturing.

High-throughput technologies are currently flooding life sciences with massive, highly complex multi-omics and biological imaging datasets. Classical machine learning and deep learning methodologies, while useful, often hit major roadblocks. These include high dependence on high-quality annotated data, weak generalization to unseen datasets, and significant computational bottlenecks when dealing with massive data scales.

Deciphering how drugs alter cellular gene expression is essential for new drug screening and personalized medical treatment. Scientists mainly rely on high-throughput sequencing to capture drug perturbation transcriptomic profiles, yet this experimental method suffers from high costs and long testing cycles, making it impossible to cover countless combinations of chemical compounds, cell lines and administration dosages.

A comprehensive review explores the developmental trajectory of integrating metasurfaces with photodetectors, highlighting the transition from traditional bulk optics to fully integrated, single-chip optoelectronic sensing architectures.

Researchers have developed a programmable synthetic temporal lattice using optical fiber loops to generate and synchronize chaotic light signals, providing a stable method for data transmission.

A comprehensive review explores the developmental trajectory of integrating metasurfaces with photodetectors, highlighting the transition from traditional bulk optics to fully integrated, single-chip optoelectronic sensing architectures.