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Living hydrogel-based miniaturized and portable bio-battery developed for precise nerve stimulation

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

SIAT's researchers develop a miniaturized, portable bio-battery, which enables the precise control over bioelectrical stimulation and physiological blood pressure signals.

Journal: Advanced Materials

From lab to body: nanofluidic patch offers new hope for chronic diseases

Peking University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Peking University, May 16, 2025: A research team led by Professor Li Mo at Peking University Third Hospital has developed a revolutionary battery-free, flexible NanoFLUID patch for precise drug and gene delivery to internal organs. Their study, titled "A battery-free nanofluidic intracellular delivery patch for internal organs," was published in Nature, marking a breakthrough that overcomes key biological barriers. The technology enables highly efficient, low-toxicity intracellular therapy with single-cell precision, integrating medicine, engineering, and chemistry to advance targeted treatments for severe diseases.

Journal: Nature

New device simplifies optical imaging and sensing

Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

a research team led by Prof. LI Liang from the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. ZHAI Tianyou from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, has developed a novel "torsion unipolar barrier heterojunction" device.

Journal: Advanced Materials

Scientists unravel key mechanism of oxygen redox in li-rich cathode materials

Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recently, the research team led by Prof. ZHAO Bangchuan from the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. ZHONG Guohua from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology and Prof. LI Qiang from Qingdao University, achieved real-time tracking of electronic/magnetic structure evolution in Li-rich Mn-based materials during initial cycling through the self-developed operando magnetism characterization device.

Journal: Advanced Materials

New study shows how ‘marine revolution’ shaped ocean life

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

According to a new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, the change in calcium carbonate dynamics in the ocean appears to have influenced the evolutionary trajectory of tiny but mighty sea creatures: foraminifera.

Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Synchrotron in a closet: Bringing powerful 3D X-ray microscopy to smaller labs

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time, researchers can study the microstructures inside metals, ceramics and rocks with X-rays in a standard laboratory without needing to travel to a particle accelerator, according to a study led by University of Michigan engineers.

Journal: Nature
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy

UMass Amherst graduate student’s discovery shows that even neutral molecules take sides when it comes to biochemistry

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by a pair of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst turns long-held conventional wisdom about a certain type of polymer on its head, greatly expanding understanding of how some of biochemistry’s fundamental forces work. The study, released recently in Nature Communications, opens the door for new biomedical research running the gamut from analyzing and identifying proteins and carbohydrates to drug delivery.

Journal: Nature Communications