Dr. Vadim Jucaud’s lab at the Terasaki Institute has developed a vascularized liver tissueoid-on-a-chip (LToC) platform that recapitulates key structural, functional, and immunological features of human liver tissue, enabling the study of liver regeneration and immune-mediated allograft rejection in a physiologically relevant human system.

University of Missouri researchers have released the world’s largest collection of protein models with quality assessment — a groundbreaking new resource that could accelerate drug development for diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer. The database, called PSBench, includes 1.4 million annotated protein structure models, all verified by independent experts. It gives scientists the reliable information they need to build more accurate artificial intelligence (AI) systems for assessing the quality of protein structure models, which is critical for developing future medical treatments.

 

Using commercially available technology and innovative methods, researchers at NBI have pushed the limits of how fast you can detect changes in the sensitive quantum states in the qubit. Their work allows researchers to follow rapid changes in qubit performance that were previously invisible.

America’s research program on the use of liquid metals in fusion energy systems took shape on Jan. 22 at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a world leader in such research. More than 75 fusion leaders from the public and private sectors discussed the infrastructure needed to pursue a fusion program that would use liquid metals to protect the inner components of fusion vessels from the intense heat of plasma and improve their performance.

The new QCyber joint research project is developing secure applications in quantum networks with multiple users. The methods will be tested in a real fibre-optic network in Stuttgart with up to six nodes and over distances of up to 20 km. The project involves three universities and is coordinated by Professor Stefanie Barz at the University of Stuttgart. QCyber is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) with six million euros over three years.