Using a novel cross-linking molecule, MIT chemists showed they can double the strength of common polymers, including polystyrene and a type of rubber used to make shoe soles.

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (CIAC) have developed a novel FeSNC catalyst with axial Fe-S₁N₄ coordination using a dual-precursor CVD strategy. This structural engineering optimizes the adsorption of oxygen intermediates and enhances proton transport, leading to a record-high power density of 1.2 W·cm^-2 in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

A new study is opening a rare acoustic window into the hidden world of underwater predators. Using machine learning and underwater recordings, researchers developed a system that can detect and classify shell-crushing feeding events by whitespotted eagle rays as they prey on clams, oysters and other shellfish. The technology delivers near-deep learning accuracy with far less computing power, paving the way for real-time, large-scale monitoring of predator behavior and the health of coastal ecosystems.

Scientists long assumed that the aluminum oxide surface should be highly reactive and capable of splitting water molecules. In experiments, however, this behavior is barely observed. At TU Wien, researchers have found an answer. It's the geometry: Instead of a smooth and regularly ordered surface, the outermost atoms are arranged in an irregular way, which dramatically changes chemical properties of the surface.

Core-collapse supernovae are thought to be powered by neutrino-driven energy transport. Now, researchers in Japan have shown that neutrino fast flavor conversion can either enhance or suppress supernova explosions depending on the progenitor star. Using advanced multiangle neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations, the team demonstrated that the mass accretion rate is the key factor governing this bifurcated behavior, offering new insight into the evolution and death of massive stars.

An international research team led by a researcher at the University of Bern has modeled 1,000 years of earthquake history along the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults in Southern California. The result: stresses in the crust are higher today than at any time in the last millennium – and a critical fault junction near Los Angeles could decide how big the next major earthquake will be.

The ranking, compiled by Isidro F. Aguillo at the Cybermetrics Lab of the Institute of Public Goods and Policies of the Spanish National Research Council (IPP-CSIC), aims to increase the visibility of women researchers through open-access platforms such as Google Scholar, ORCID and OpenAlex, which provide broader coverage than other bibliometric sources, including subscription-based databases. It also seeks to promote open infrastructures through the wider use of personal ORCID identifiers and institutional ROR identifiers.

The 2026 edition of the ranking includes a total of 12,110 researchers ranked according to the global impact of their research, 122 of whom belong to the public university of Castelló. The full ranking can be consulted in the author’s publication.