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Atlantic ocean current unlikely to collapse with climate change

California Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Caltech researchers create a more detailed physical model that suggests a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by more extreme climate model projections.

Journal: Nature Geoscience

An iron oxide ‘oxygen sponge’ for efficient thermochemical hydrogen production

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

POSTECH and Seoul National University Identify Innovative Mechanism in Iron-Based Catalysts, Doubling Hydrogen Production Efficiency.

Journal: Acta Materialia

New model revolutionizes zeolite catalyst design for enhanced stability

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. LIU Zhongmin and Prof. YE Mao from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators proposed a theoretical model describing the migration-aggregation behavior of confined metal clusters within individual zeolite.

Journal: Nature

Observing one-dimensional anyons: Exotic quasiparticles in the coldest corners of the universe

University of Innsbruck
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists led by Hanns-Christoph Nägerl have observed anyons - quasiparticles that differ from the familiar fermions and bosons - in a one-dimensional quantum system for the first time. The results, published in Nature, may contribute to a better understanding of quantum matter and its potential applications.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Austrian Science Fund

Solitonic superfluorescence paves way for high-temperature quantum materials

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study in Nature describes both the mechanism and the material conditions necessary for superfluorescence at high temperature.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

High-resolution metalens doublet microscope for compact biomedical imaging

SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Metalenses, compact alternatives to bulky optical systems, suffer from off-axis aberrations that restrict resolution and field of view (FOV). In a recent study, researchers from China developed a novel metalens microscope using a metalens doublet configuration and annular illumination. Their design achieved unprecedented resolution and a wide FOV in an extremely compact format. Notably, a prototype could successfully image cervical cancer cells, highlighting its promise for portable, high-performance biomedical imaging and miniaturized optical devices.

Journal: Advanced Photonics

Insilico Medicine and collaborator announce discovery of potent WDR5-MYC interaction inhibitors through generative AI platform

InSilico Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Applying a dual-engine approach that combines generative chemistry with advanced physics-modeling module AlChemistry, the research team identified and validated novel compounds with sub-micromolar affinity, achieving 35-fold increase in inhibitory activit.

Journal: Chemical Biology & Drug Design