The National University of Singapore’s Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (NUS I-FIM) is organising AI4X 2025 for leading researchers, innovators, and industry experts to explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving breakthroughs across Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Climate Science, Materials Science, Mathematics, Finance, and more. The conference, which will be held in Singapore on 8 – 11 July 2025, aims to bolster and refine the use of AI research in Natural Sciences, technology and beyond, thereby accelerating scientific discovery and translational potential on all fronts.

An interdisciplinary team of physicists and biomedical engineers unlocked new properties in capillary waves thanks to superhydrophobicity.

DNA hydrogels are biocompatible drug delivery systems for targeted therapeutic interventions. Conventional DNA hydrogels, formed with many DNA nanostructure units, lead to increased preparation costs and design complexities. To address this, researchers from Japan constructed a Takumi-shaped DNA nanostructure with minimal DNA units and optimized its structure for improved in vivo retention abilities and sustained drug release. This study presents a promising DNA-based drug delivery system, which can potentially improve patient outcomes.

New findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope explain the Phoenix cluster’s mysterious starburst. Data confirm the cluster is actively cooling and able to generate a huge amount of stellar fuel on its own. 

The researchers applied microdroplets of acidic solution onto small aluminum surfaces and applied an electric current, transforming the metal into glass-like transparent aluminum oxide (TAlOx).

A new study led by CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics investigates the paradox of these record-breaking cold spells and assesses future risks in a changing climate. The study reveals that human-induced climate change is actually weakening extreme cold events but also highlights that while extreme cold events are becoming less common, they have not disappeared entirely.

Scientists led by Prof. LIU Jing from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have created a leukocyte-like liquid metallic entity that vividly simulates various leukocyte behaviors in nature.