The Reticular Science Prize for Emerging Scholars and Innovators, launched by Nobel Laureate Professor Omar Yaghi and Atoco, Inc., is a new international award recognizing outstanding early-career contributions to reticular chemistry, open to researchers with ten years or less of experience post PhD degree. The inaugural award will be presented at EuroMOF 2027 and includes a silver medal, US$2,500 and a dinner with Professor Yaghi and the selection committee.

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo discovered that hydrogen behaves either as a quantum wave or as a classical particle inside vanadium, depending on its concentration and the crystal structure of the material. By combining hydrogen diffusion measurements with theoretical calculations, crystal symmetry was identified as a key factor controlling hydrogen tunneling. The findings provide a new framework for designing materials for future energy technologies.

New study reveals that two widely studied ultrathin superconducting materials are more sophisticated than they appear. Although they seem to behave like simple superconductors with a single energy gap, they actually contain two strongly interacting superconducting states that work together and disguise themselves as one. This finding resolves a long-standing mystery about how these materials behave, providing new insight into superconductivity that could help scientists design better superconducting materials for future technologies such as quantum computers, ultra-efficient electronics, and advanced sensors.

This review synthesizes the evolution of aquatic ecosystem health assessment and proposes a paradigm shift from descriptive monitoring to predictive, intelligent governance. Led by Yong Liu from Peking University, the research team introduces a gene-to-landscape framework that integrates multi-omics, environmental DNA, ecological observation, and AI-enabled remote sensing to enable early warning, causal attribution, and anticipatory decision support for freshwater ecosystems under global change.

This review summarizes flexible electromagnetic induction-type tactile sensors that convert touch-induced magnetic-flux variation into electrical signals. It establishes an integrated framework linking magnets, coils, soft materials, signal processing and circuits, and discusses their relevance to wearable electronics, medical monitoring, human-machine interfaces and intelligent robotics.

A conventional robotic hand is equipped with multiple motors or peripheral devices for grasping a wide variety of objects. This study presents a robotic hand equipped with multiple grippers that are driven by a single motor with the transmission of motor power switched via a mechanism using gravity (Magnetic and Gravity-based Driving mechanism). Thus, it provides design guidelines for a new robotic hand capable of accommodating diverse grasping actions while maintaining a relatively simple structure.

A new study led by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences has visualized the spatiotemporal evolution of photogenerated holes in a facet-engineered bismuth vanadate photocatalyst using a home-builtin-situ transient reflection microscope.

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it will award $15 million over the next two years to launch the NSF STELLAR Engine in the Rochester/Finger Lakes Region of New York, led by the University of Rochester. The award, matched by $16 million in New York State support over the next six years will establish an internationally competitive technology and innovation cluster in the region focused on laser technologies, education, business expansion and attraction, manufacturing, and workforce development.